💬 Our Stone Age ancestors lived for hundreds of thousands of years without organisations. Just small tribes of 20-40 people. But now organisations run every part of our world, from the clothes we wear to the water we drink. 

⚡ So have we lost something by allowing faceless organisations to take over? Peter Garrett, author of A New Kind of Dialogue, argues organisations have created a fragmented experience of life, shifting what it means to be human. 

In this episode we examine daily life as a Stone Age person, organised through families, tribes, kinship and trust. And we compare it with the modern day - the “age of organisations” - where artificial entities make all the decisions, and life has grown more complex than ever.

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🎧 Stay tuned to learn about:

➡ How Peter’s first-hand experience growing up in the African bush has shaped his views

➡ How daily life might have looked for a Stone Age person

➡ Why organisations have even reshaped our relationship with time itself

➡ Peter’s theory of “fragmentation” - and what systems are robbing from us

➡ Why organisations cause more problems than they solve

About the podcast:

What We Did Before is a podcast exploring the history of everyday life, from how we kept food fresh before fridges, to how we survived without shoes and what came before AI.

About your host:

Ollie Guillou is an award-winning podcast producer and broadcaster. He's co-founder of OG Podcasts, working with the likes of New Scientist, Dr Karan and Lessons From Our Mothers.

Connect with Ollie:

Website: www.ogpodcasts.co.uk 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ollie-guillou 

Email: hello@ogpodcasts.co.uk

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Erscheinungs­datum: 23.3.2026, 02:00:00