
Rodney Evans
PARTNER AT THE READY + COHOST OF THE BRAVE NEW WORK PODCAST
Rodney Evans is a pioneer in adaptive organization design and the future of work. With 20 years of experience in all things transformation, she has researched, developed, and taught new ways of working in dozens of complex environments including Airbnb, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Macy’s, Intuit, and Johnson & Johnson.
The Ready is a self-managed change agency that helps you discover a better way of working. Rodney works with companies around the world to modernize traditional practices and bust bureaucracy.
- Org Designer
- Coach
- 📍Durham, NC
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LET'S TALK ABOUT
- What makes teams awesome
- How to self-manage
- Developing self-awareness and changing your relationship with conflict
- Navigating a working world designed by and for men
- Using tarot and other intuitive practices for sensemaking
- How being a serious cellist as a kid prepared me for adulthood
- Choosing dogs over kids
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A former People Ops leader and chief innovation officer, Rodney’s insights—into hiring, strategy, leadership, adaptiveness, collaboration, and teaming—are shaped by past roles living with toxic managers and systems. She’s worked with loads of C-Suite executives, imbuing her current work with critical bite and a desire to reimagine historically homogeneous spaces.
Rodney’s fluff-free expertise strikes at a potent question: What’s stopping you from doing the best work of your life? Not “best” in a brandified and performative #findyourpassion way; “best” in the sense that your job should treat you like an adult, should give you real autonomy, and should embrace experimentation.

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Rodney Evans
PARTNER AT THE READY + COHOST OF THE BRAVE NEW WORK PODCAST
- Org Designer
- Coach
- 📍Durham, NC
Rodney Evans is a pioneer in adaptive organization design and the future of work. With 20 years of experience in all things transformation, she has researched, developed, and taught new ways of working in dozens of complex environments including Airbnb, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Macy’s, Intuit, and Johnson & Johnson.
The Ready is a self-managed change agency that helps you discover a better way of working. Rodney works with companies around the world to modernize traditional practices and bust bureaucracy.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT
- What makes teams awesome
- How to self-manage
- Developing self-awareness and changing your relationship with conflict
- Navigating a working world designed by and for men
- Using tarot and other intuitive practices for sensemaking
- How being a serious cellist as a kid prepared me for adulthood
- Choosing dogs over kids
_
A former People Ops leader and chief innovation officer, Rodney’s insights—into hiring, strategy, leadership, adaptiveness, collaboration, and teaming—are shaped by past roles living with toxic managers and systems. She’s worked with loads of C-Suite executives, imbuing her current work with critical bite and a desire to reimagine historically homogeneous spaces.
Rodney’s fluff-free expertise strikes at a potent question: What’s stopping you from doing the best work of your life? Not “best” in a brandified and performative #findyourpassion way; “best” in the sense that your job should treat you like an adult, should give you real autonomy, and should embrace experimentation.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Rodney Evans
PARTNER AT THE READY + COHOST OF THE BRAVE NEW WORK PODCAST
- 📍Durham, NC
- Org Designer
- Coach
Rodney Evans is a pioneer in adaptive organization design and the future of work. With 20 years of experience in all things transformation, she has researched, developed, and taught new ways of working in dozens of complex environments including Airbnb, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Macy’s, Intuit, and Johnson & Johnson.
The Ready is a self-managed change agency that helps you discover a better way of working. Rodney works with companies around the world to modernize traditional practices and bust bureaucracy.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT
- What makes teams awesome
- How to self-manage
- Developing self-awareness and changing your relationship with conflict
- Navigating a working world designed by and for men
- Using tarot and other intuitive practices for sensemaking
- How being a serious cellist as a kid prepared me for adulthood
- Choosing dogs over kids
_
A former People Ops leader and chief innovation officer, Rodney’s insights—into hiring, strategy, leadership, adaptiveness, collaboration, and teaming—are shaped by past roles living with toxic managers and systems. She’s worked with loads of C-Suite executives, imbuing her current work with critical bite and a desire to reimagine historically homogeneous spaces.
Rodney’s fluff-free expertise strikes at a potent question: What’s stopping you from doing the best work of your life? Not “best” in a brandified and performative #findyourpassion way; “best” in the sense that your job should treat you like an adult, should give you real autonomy, and should embrace experimentation.
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Rodney Evans is a partner at The Ready, the podcast host of Brave New Work, a pioneer in adaptive organization design and has 20 years of experience in all things transformation. She has researched, developed and taught new ways of working in dozens of complex environments for companies of every shape and size, including Airbnb, GE, Macy’s, Intuit and J&J. In this interview, Rodney talks about brave new work that can help you reinvent your organization.
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How can I be a lady boss without behaving like a patriarchal jerk? |
What does it mean for an organization to be more human and adaptive? |
Why should companies focus more on their “how” instead of their “what” or “why”? |
What’s it really like to work at a bossless company? |
Why can “find your passion” thinking do more harm than good? |