Bruce and Clark explore the growing expectation for workers to carry more weight, delving into the pressures of increased workloads and the impossibility of meeting ever-growing demands. They discuss how businesses expect employees to take on responsibilities outside their expertise while maintaining existing workloads.

• Bruce shares a frustrating experience with video recording where technical issues wasted hours of his time
• The conversation examines how employees are expected to become experts in areas tangential to their primary roles
• Both hosts identify that businesses expect everyone to carry more weight regardless of capacity
• They question whether demands to "do more faster" actually produce better results
• Clark introduces the concept of "spinning plates" and the importance of saying no
• Discussion of three key levers for negotiating workload: time, scope, and resources
• Tips for offering trade-offs rather than outright refusing new responsibilities
• Strategies for communicating capacity limitations and proposing constructive alternatives

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