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· 52:40
- `0:26` Story 1 — LinkedIn's most unforgettable interview moments - `10:11` Story 2 — QuitTok makes a comeback…
· 51:06
In this conversation, they go deep into what makes a great leader, why psychological safety drives performance, how to build a culture people genuinely want to belong to, and why treating mistakes as learning moments cre…
· 52:44
- `0:48` Story 1 — Can the government really 'Keep Britain Working?' - `14:21` Story 2 — The Post Office scandal: how trust collapsed…
with Nick Power · 50:31
Nick joins Al and Leanne to unpack the rise of "weird LinkedIn" — the corner of the platform where people call out corporate nonsense, talk openly about burnout, and prove that being human is not unprofessional. From vir…
· 57:10
- `2:34` Story 1 — Trump appoints DEI critic to lead the EEOC - `9:08` Story 2 — The quiet-quitter who rose to senior leadership…
with Ryan Martin · 47:37
Dr Ryan Martin joins Al and Leanne to explain his "Why We Feel" model — how stimuli, mood, interpretation, feeling, and expression combine to create what we experience as emotion. He shares practical in-the-moment tools …
· 53:52
- `2:43` Story 1 — Career catfishing - `9:36` Story 2 — The interview hack…
with Angela Foster · 56:26
Angela joins Al and Leanne (in a brilliant archive interview) to unpack the psychology of workwear, from the science of *enclothed cognition* to the "7-11 rule" — the idea that strangers make 11 decisions about us in jus…
· 50:50
- `[0:21]` Story 1 — Waitrose axes autistic volunteer - `[9:32]` Story 2 — AI clones are coming for your coworkers…
with Danny Wareham · 47:00
Danny joins Al and Leanne to challenge everything we think we know about leadership. Drawing on research from Navy SEAL teams to small businesses under Dunbar's number, he explains why culture, purpose and behavioural no…
· 49:04
- `2:25` Story 1 — Six ways Gen Z are "ruining" the workplace - `11:05` Story 2 — The 40 jobs most at risk from AI…
with Mamie Kanfer Stewart · 49:45
Mamie joins Al and Leanne to flip the script on the workplace's most dreaded activity. Drawing on her childhood growing up in a family business where heated, open debate was the norm, Mamie explains why most organisation…
· 47:11
- `2:15` Story 1 — Breadcrumbing at work - `7:37` Story 2 — Starbucks' "fabricated empathy" problem…
with Josh Levine · 41:11
Josh joins Al and Leanne to explain why your founder's culture has an expiration date — and it arrives sooner than you think. He breaks down the physics of cultural breakdown, why most values end up as expensive wallpape…
· 52:30
- `8:21` Story 1 — Is workplace humour too risky? - `13:38` Story 2 — MrBeast's "vibe check" hiring trials…
with Ina Purvanova, Alanah Mitchell · 53:23
Ina and Alanah join Al and Leanne to share their research on nine distinct work personas — from "officers" who never want to leave the office, to "avatars" who live entirely online, to "integrators" trying to bridge both…
· 53:21
- `2:30` Story 1 — Office frogging: Gen Z's job-hopping trend - `7:45` Story 2 — Workslop: AI's productivity problem…
with Isabel Berwick · 47:13
Isabel rejoins Al and Leanne to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling book *The Future-Proof Career*. They dig into the "accidental manager" crisis — how people end up leading teams with zero training — and …
· 47:42
- `2:24` News Roundup — "Job hugging": the new quiet quitting? - `7:53` News Roundup — Arthur Brooks on career risk and regret…
· 44:14
Picture this: you're in your mid-twenties, walking into a Detroit manufacturing plant for your first day as head of labor relations. Your job involves firing at least one person every single week. And you discover you're…
with Vanessa Judelman · 56:41
Then, in our Hot Take, executive coach Vanessa Judelman joins us to unpack **rage-baiting** — the online provocation tactic that's quietly creeping into leadership styles. She explains why sarcasm and "poking the bear" m…
with Tony Cooke · 46:11
That's exactly what happened at Adidas, where Tony Cooke was running HR. His "waggish" approach — using humor, personality, and genuine humanity — was so effective that HQ kept stealing his initiatives and rolling them o…
· 42:00
- `0:02` Intro — part two of the Nerd Journey conversation - `1:49` Being in the team: role clarity and standing out…
with Meghan French Dunbar · 53:44
Meghan joins Al and Leanne to challenge the banana-hoarding billionaire mindset — why we celebrate exploitative leaders and what that says about our values. She shares how one of her best hires started with an unexpected…
· 53:26
- `[2:55]` Exercise 1 — STOP: a mindfulness reset - `[9:32]` Exercise 2 — Three Good Things: gratitude with science…
· 42:37
Patrick Fagan spent a year doing something completely new every single week. From joining cults to attending cuddle workshops, from My Little Pony conventions to colonic irrigation, he pushed himself into the uncomfortab…
· 53:27
Some get an A+. Some fail spectacularly. All of them get a grade. - `0:02` Intro — Summer Sessions continues (and the rosé is out)…
with Joel Zeff · 47:32
Joel joins Al and Leanne for a summer session on why fun isn't a distraction — it's a leadership tool. He shares the story of getting fired from his newspaper job and ending up on a loading dock playing harmonica for the…
· 46:46
They dig into what happens when you're expected to lead a large team in a flatter organization, why more than half of managers aren't equipped with the skills they need, and the practical steps you can take to protect yo…
with Associate Professor John Michel · 44:26
John Michel joins Al and Leanne to reveal what his research discovered when his students started digging into coworker socializing: awkward small talk doesn't just make people uncomfortable — it leads to emotional exhaus…
