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EP LIVE-2026-04-03

LIVE! Employee engagement in times of crisis (why bother?), with Jeffrey Fermin and Kristien Turner

with Jeffrey Fermin, Kristien Turner · 1:12:47

In this special live panel edition, Al and Leanne are joined by Jeffrey Fermin and Kristien Turner to tackle the elephant in the room: what engagement actually means in a crisis — and why it matters more than ever. They …

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EP 289

The Canary in the Coal Mine: What Autistic Employees Reveal About Your Workplace, with BPS President Elect, Dr Laura Dean

with Laura Dean · 50:44

Dr Laura Dean joins Al and Leanne to introduce a powerful framing: autistic employees are the workplace's "canaries." The environmental stressors that cause autistic burnout — ambiguous instructions, fluorescent lighting…

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EP 288

The pink ice cream maker disaster. PLUS! A.I. assistants, the glass cliff and managing friends at work.

· 53:01

- `4:03` Story 1 — Psychological sovereignty & the 2026 overwhelm - `13:19` Story 2 — NotebookLM: your personal AI "Mike Ross"…

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EP 287

What if A.I. is Fairer Than Humans? The Truth About Bias in Recruitment, with Kate Young, Head of People Science at Sapia.ai

with Kate Young, Sapia.ai · 51:23

Kate joins Al and Leanne to explore what happens when behavioural science meets artificial intelligence in recruitment. She shares the "painful" reality of traditional job analysis — including her 6:00 AM flight to Munic…

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EP LIVE-2026-03-25

LIVE! Are we entering the 'Great Career Reset?', with Che Ugwuala, Kelly Garthwaite and Erica Breuer

with Che Ugwuala, Kelly Garthwaite, Erica Breuer · 1:12:15

In this special LinkedIn Live panel discussion, Al and Leanne are joined by three industry experts to explore whether we're seeing a temporary reaction to economic uncertainty — or a deeper, structural shift in how we th…

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EP 286

The 'Cockroaches of HR', interview hacks and return-to-office Dilemmas. PLUS! Should you hire for culture fit?

· 52:41

- `0:31` Story 1 — The $75 lunch that beats any exit interview - `10:00` Story 2 — HowToJob & Interviewly: AI interview coaching…

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EP 285

"I built OfficeVibe & here's why most HR Tech doesn't work," with Jeffrey Fermin

with Jeffrey Fermin · 46:28

So what went wrong? Jeffrey joins Al and Leanne for a brutally honest conversation about the industry he helped build. They dig into the "vitamin vs. painkiller" problem plaguing engagement tools, why your fancy dashboar…

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EP 284

Corporate Bullshit, new-collar jobs and interview red flags. PLUS! Are Morning People More Successful?

· 54:10

- `5:20` Story 1 — The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale - `12:57` Story 2 — The rise of "new-collar" jobs…

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EP 283

How Google and Netflix design engagement surveys that actually work, with Bill Yost

with Bill Yost · 53:46

Bill Yost has run surveys at the very highest level — four years launching and running Googlegeist at Google, and now leading people analytics at Netflix. He joins Al and Leanne to explain why most engagement surveys are…

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EP 282

No Tech Bros Allowed, The Death of Coworking and Managing Zero Ambition. PLUS! Can we really multitask?

· 55:24

- `[8:09]` Story 1 — Brand Well-being: the new competitive advantage? - `[12:54]` Story 2 — The death of coworking & the rise of "proworking"…

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EP 281

"I was the adult at Facebook", with FB's #57 employee & author Tom LeNoble

· 49:44

But here's what his colleagues didn't know: while Tom was leading through some of Silicon Valley's most chaotic and exhilarating years, he was also being told he had six months to live — three separate times. Tom joins A…

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EP 280

Jack Dorsey’s A.I. Gamble, Friction-maxxing and The 10:47 PM Email. PLUS: Are Leaders Born or Made?

· 51:40

- `[4:00]` Story 1 — The rise of "friction-maxxing" - `[12:28]` Story 2 — Jack Dorsey's AI gamble…

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EP 279

The Leadership Assessment Tool we're ALL using wrong, with Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Juliette Alban-Metcalfe

with Juliette Alban-Metcalfe · 45:10

Juliette joins Al and Leanne to argue that personality only explains a tiny fraction of leadership success. The real "magic sauce" is behaviour — the specific, observable actions leaders take to engage their teams. They …

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EP 278

Gen-Z Office trends, unlimited holiday leave and silent disengagement. PLUS! Do people really leave managers, not jobs?

· 53:56

- `[7:54]` Story 1 — The rise of "silent disengagement" - `[14:30]` Story 2 — Gen Z leading the return to the office…

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EP 277

What REALLY happens when you let A.I. run your workday, with The Economist's Boss Class Host, Andrew Palmer

with Andrew Palmer · 54:12

In this episode, Andrew joins Al and Leanne to share what he discovered when he let generative AI draft his management column, why the companies getting results with AI aren't the most tech-savvy — they're the best manag…

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EP 276

Is your career giving you the ick? PLUS! A.I. literacy for managers, finding hope and the verdict on NLP

· 54:30

- `[0:16]` Story 1 — The "career comedown" - `[0:16]` Story 2 — Google's Generative AI Leader certification…

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EP 275

Why your 13th hire is like puberty (and what to do about it), with Steve Kemish

with Steve Kemish · 53:44

Steve joins Al and Leanne to explain why this is the "puberty phase" of an organisation: the awkward, uncomfortable, and completely unavoidable transition from a tight-knit group running on instinct to a real business ru…

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EP 274

Is this the internet’s most unsettling AI story? PLUS! Hiring Gen-Alpha, Career Destiny and the Truth About 'Matrescence'

· 52:31

- `6:06` Story 1 — Matrescence: the transition nobody plans for - `12:26` Story 2 — The AI agent that called its owner while he was sleeping…

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EP 273

What Taylor Swift can teach leaders about workplace change, with Hollywood screenwriter turned organisational psychologist, Lindsey Caplan

with Lindsey Caplan · 42:43

Lindsey joins Al and Leanne to explain why information alone never creates change, and what actually does. She shares the MOVED Model, a practical framework for driving engagement and influencing behaviour in a way that …

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EP 272

What if work was about purpose, not survival? With Louise Hill, Founder of GoHenry, and Ruth Handcock OBE, CEO of Octopus Money

with Louise Hill, GoHenry, Ruth Handcock OBE · 59:14

Rising living costs, economic uncertainty, layoffs and AI have changed how people make career decisions. Instead of taking risks or pursuing meaningful work, many are staying put — not because they want to, but because i…

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EP 271

271: "This Is and Will Always Be the Best Place I've Ever Worked", with Gemma & Xav from Studio XAG

with Gemma, Xav · 1:00:59

Gemma and Xav join Al and Leanne to share the story of Studio XAG — the agency behind a 35-metre boombox on Diesel's Carnaby Street facade, a certified B Corp where people regularly say: *"This is and will always be the …

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EP 270

Is flexible work actually fair? PLUS! Corporate politics, motivating Gen X and the truth about learning styles

· 55:24

- `6:25` Story 1 — Who actually gets flexible work (i-deals) - `14:13` Story 2 — Corporate politics: the IT director's survival guide…

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EP 269

Why Truth is Funny: 7x Emmy Winner Beth Sherman on Building Trust at Work

· 47:29

Beth joins Al and Leanne to share why "truth is funny" — and what that reveals about building rapport, why the most effective communicators are the most observant (not the funniest), and how humour creates psychological …

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EP 268

Does complaining at work rewire your brain? PLUS! Gen Z growth hunting, wellbeing perks and how to manifest success

· 54:11

- `3:45` Story 1 — Gen Z "growth hunting" (with a nod to friend of the show, Jeff LeBlanc) - `11:04` Story 2 — Does complaining rewire your brain?…

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EP 267

How to build a business bigger than you, with Dustin Hillis

with Dustin Hillis · 46:24

Dustin joins Al and Leanne to share a simple, uncomfortable truth: what gets you to your first milestone will not get you to the next one. Unless leaders change how they work, think, and let go, they become the bottlenec…

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EP 266

Is Blue Monday actually real? PLUS! Autistic Barbie, career pivots and the science of 'wintering' - This Week in Work, 13th January 2026

· 54:43

- `3:40` Word of the Week — Wintering - `9:52` Story 2 — When is it really time for a career pivot?…

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EP 265

Are We in a Hope Crisis at Work? With Matt Poepsel, PhD

with Matt Poepsel · 50:31

Matt joins Al and Leanne to make the case that we're facing a "hope crisis" at work, and it's quietly draining performance, motivation, and leadership effectiveness. Drawing on Snyder's Hope Theory, he breaks down the tw…

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EP 264

How to Measure Culture Like a Business Metric - Great Mondays Radio X Truth, Lies and Work

· 35:34

- `[0:02]` Intro — Leanne's favourite definition of culture (John Amaechi: "The worst behaviours tolerated") - `[5:39]` Why 50+ definitions of culture leave leaders stuck…

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EP 263

The Expert Predictions for 2026 (Part 2): Hybrid work, unionisation and more of the same?

· 47:45

From hybrid teams fracturing under the weight of distance, to a predicted surge in unionisation, to AI breaking management before it fixes it — this episode covers the forces that will shape how we work in 2026. Plus, Al…

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EP 262

Expert Predictions for 2026 (Part 1): Ethical AI, text chat and the death of the resume

· 44:24

- `[1:49]` The annual predictions tradition (and their track record so far) - `[2:20]` Meet the panel — two very different camps emerge…

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