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Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: Sparks: The Employee Experience Equation: How Physical Space, Technology, and Culture Can Make or Break Teams Pub date: 2025-08-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What if your office is making people miserable… and you don’t even see it? We now live in a world of hybrid work. The spaces we work in, the technology we use, and the culture we experience shape us more than we realize. If you’re still only focusing on tasks and performance while ignoring the environments that make or break engagement, you’re already falling behind. In today’s Leadership Spark, we uncover the three hidden forces driving employee experience: physical space, technology, and corporate culture. You’ll hear how these environments impact mental health, motivation, and performance, and what you can do to fix the silent culture killers draining your people. This episode will also show you why corporate culture is really the side effects of working at your company, and why modern leaders must see themselves as the front line of human connection, not just task management. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: Sparks: The Global Citizen Mindset: How Leaders Should Learn to Break Beyond and Expand their Borders Pub date: 2025-08-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What if your leadership skills were truly borderless? Could you step into any culture, any team, anywhere in the world—and still thrive? That’s the challenge and opportunity of developing a Global Citizen mindset, one of the most crucial traits for leaders today. In today’s Leadership Spark, I share why the Global Citizen mindset is a non-negotiable skill for modern leaders. I tell the story of a remarkable CEO who defied cultural limitations in Morocco, built her career across multiple countries, and earned the nickname “Water Lady” for brokering a major deal between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. We explore how leading in different cultures teaches unique lessons—like patience in Japan or entrepreneurship in the U.S.—and why cultural blind spots, such as Disney’s failed “Euro Disney” launch, can sink even the strongest brands. You can’t lead a world-sized organization without a world-sized mindset. Check out what it means to build this mindset in this episode. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: Patrick Lencioni Shares What Separates Great Leaders From the Rest Pub date: 2025-09-15 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Leadership may come with titles, pay, and freedom, but it also demands sacrifice, and too often, leaders forget this truth. When they do, organizations slip into coddling cultures, unclear values, and employees unprepared for the realities of work. In this episode, Patrick Lencioni, CEO of The Table Group and bestselling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Working Genius, breaks down what leadership really requires and why so many organizations get it wrong. We explore why true leadership is rooted in service, clarity, and accountability, not perks or comfort, and caution against the dangers of companies trying to be “everything to everyone.” We also explore the balance between inclusion and responsibility, the widespread misuse of psychological safety, and how overemphasizing well-being can unintentionally weaken resilience. This conversation is a reminder that leaders must be brutally clear about values, hire for humility, hunger, and smarts, and embrace discomfort as the foundation for growth and long-term success. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: Software Process and Measurement Cast (LS 32 · TOP 5% ) Episode: AI - The Death Of Specialization? A Panel Discussion, SPaMCAST 869 Pub date: 2025-06-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization And we are back! The SPaMCAST 869 features a conversation on whether AI means the death of the specialist. Why it matters: AI tools and agents are becoming a core feature in the workplace of nearly all forward-facing organizations. To keep up, employees need to see the future and take action. Panelists include: Jeremy Beeriault - - - SusanParente - Me - Mastering Work Intake sponsors SPaMCAST! Overwhelmed? Find your focus. Readers praise "Mastering Work Intake" for its practical, actionable advice. Learn to prioritize effectively and eliminate bottlenecks. Real results, real change. Discover the system that simplifies complex projects. Order your copy today! Links to buy a copy… JRoss Publishing: Amazon: Interested in continuing the conversation on work intake with peers in a safe space? Join the Mastering Work Intake Community on LinkedIn Habits or Rituals: The next SPaMCAST Have your daily events become habits with all the conscious thought you’d give to scratching your…ear? Why this matters: If true, the value and joy from these events have probably gone the way of your conscious thought. THAT IS A BAD THING! Teams that get no value from retrospectives just go through the motions and then quit. This is true for ANY repeated event. The SPaMCAST 870 will be posted on July 6th. For the summer of 2025, we will drop bi-weekly and focus on panel discussions. If you want to participate, email me at spamcastinfo@gmail.com.

Podcast: Software Process and Measurement Cast (LS 32 · TOP 5% ) Episode: 🚣Flow, Flow and More Flow, A Panel Discussion, SPaMCAST 873 Pub date: 2025-08-17 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Dry riverbeds or flash floods - flow matters! Why it matters: Understanding how value is created and moves through an organization is critical. The problem is that the concept is complicated. Freddie Clark stated, “measuring flow is a two-dimensional measure of a three-dimensional problem.” Our panel flows with: Jeremy Berriault - Freddie Clark - https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddie-clark/ - Me - Mastering Work Intake sponsors SPaMCAST! Starting Everything Means Finishing Nothing One big thing: Poor work entry means delivering less. Why it matters: Work Intake controls what a team works on and when they work on it. Overloaded teams deliver less value. Poor prioritization leads to delivering the wrong work. Chaotic work intake costs organizations money and time. Zoom in: Mastering Work Intake by Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley provides the reader with ideas, principles, actionable advice, worksheets, and examples to deliver more value. Buy a copy! JRoss Publishing: Amazon: There are things you can control and things you can’t. — The next SPaMCAST Epictetus described this idea as the dichotomy of control. Why this matters: We have direct control over our thoughts, judgments, and actions, but external events, other people's opinions, and the outcomes of our actions are not directly within our control. The SPaMCAST 874 will be posted on August 31st. If you would like to participate in the panel discussions, email me at spamcastinfo@gmail.com.

Podcast: Thoughtworks Technology Podcast (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% ) Episode: Why the tech industry needs Expert Generalists (w/ Martin Fowler) Pub date: 2025-07-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization The technology industry has embraced specialisms — not just in different fields or job roles, like web development or security, but even in terms of particular platforms or stacks. But are we losing something as every tech professional is forced to push themselves into increasingly smaller niches? Martin Fowler and Unmesh Joshi think so. They've been thinking a lot about the importance of what they call "Expert Generalists" — professionals who "can dissect unfamiliar challenges, spot first-principles patterns and make confident design decisions with the assurance of a specialist." In this episode of the Technology Podcast, Martin and Unmesh join hosts Prem Chandrasekaran and Lilly Ryan to discuss how they came to identify the importance of expert generalists and why it was important to not just talk about the issue, but to explicitly name it. They also explore how they believe the industry can cultivate and encourage expert generalists, despite an entrenched tendency to overlook their value. Read Martin and Unmesh's article, written with Gitanjali Venkatraman: https://martinfowler.com/articles/expert-generalist

Podcast: Thoughtworks Technology Podcast (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% ) Episode: Organizational design and Team Topologies after AI Pub date: 2025-09-04 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Managing technological change in an organization — particularly a large and complex one — has always been challenging. But thanks to the rapid adoption of AI in all kinds of spheres, from knowledge management to software development to content creation, it's becoming more difficult than ever. How do you strike a balance between governance and safety and autonomy and empowerment? How should teams be structured and how should they work together? In this episode of the Technology Podcast, Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais — authors of the influential Team Topologies book — join hosts Birgitta Böckeler and Ken Mugrage to discuss what AI means for organizational design. They discuss how AI is changing team capabilities, what it means for cognitive load and knowledge sharing, and how to ensure there's structure and control without constraining experimentation and creativity. With the second edition of Team Topologies set to be published in September 2025, Matthew and Manuel used the conversation to explore the evolution of their ideas and what they've learned from working with and listening to the stories of many different organizations around the world. Learn more about Team Topologies: https://teamtopologies.com/

Podcast: Software Engineering Daily (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: A Conversation with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels Pub date: 2025-08-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer at Amazon, where he has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technology vision for over two decades. Before joining Amazon in 2004, Werner was a research scientist at Cornell University where he focused on distributed systems and scalability, both of which are concepts that would later influence the design of AWS. He holds a PhD in computer science and has authored numerous academic papers on the reliability and performance of large-scale systems. As CTO, Werner has been instrumental in guiding Amazon’s transition from an online retailer to a global cloud infrastructure provider. He is one of the key architects behind Amazon’s push into cloud computing, helping to define the new model for delivering infrastructure. He is known for his pragmatic, customer-focused approach to technology and for championing ideas such as “you build it, you run it,” “APIs are forever,” and more recently, Frugal Architecting, which emphasizes cost-effective and sustainable software design. In this episode, Kevin Ball sits down with Werner for a wide-ranging conversation. They discuss the early days of Amazon, the birth of AWS, the principles of the Frugal Architect, aligning cost to the business, engineering-business collaboration, technical debt, and much more. Kevin Ball or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space. Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post A Conversation with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Podcast: The Psychology Podcast (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% ) Episode: Turning Ideas Into Action w/ Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle Pub date: 2025-06-05 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization This week, Scott welcomes Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, senior research scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Director of the Creativity and Emotions Lab. They dive into Dr. Pringle’s new book, The Creativity Choice: The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas Into Action, which offers research-backed guidance on transforming imagination into reality. The conversation explores the intersection of creativity, emotional intelligence, and motivation, providing actionable insights to help you overcome internal barriers and pursue your goals with clarity and purpose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Podcast: The Psychology Podcast (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% ) Episode: Rethinking Time and the Myth of Urgency w/ Chris Guillebeau Pub date: 2025-08-14 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization This week Scott speaks with author, entrepreneur, and world traveler Chris Guillebeau, best known for The Art of Non-Conformity and his latest book, Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live. Chris unpacks the concept of time anxiety—the persistent feeling that we’re running out of time—and explains why it’s different from FOMO or ADHD. Together, he and Scott explore how cultural pressures toward constant efficiency can leave us feeling perpetually behind, and how to redefine “enough” in our own lives. This conversation offers fresh perspectives on slowing down, finding meaning, and reclaiming your relationship with time. Whether you’re chasing big dreams or simply trying to savor the present, this episode will help you rethink how you spend your most precious resource. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: Why Empathy, Trust, and Communication Are Every Leader’s Advantage in the Age of AI Pub date: 2025-08-11 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Why are so many employees entering the workforce unsure of themselves, lacking confidence, and not quite ready to thrive? And with AI automating more tasks by the day, what should leaders actually be focusing on to future-proof their people? The world is flooded with information at the speed of light, yet starved of real connection and human skills. So how do we bridge the growing gap between soft skills and hard results? In this episode, Joe Hart, President and CEO of Dale Carnegie, joins us to unpack how to future-proof your workforce by re-centering on timeless human principles like empathy, trust, and communication. We explore why emotional and social intelligence, not technical expertise, will define leadership success in an AI-powered world. You’ll learn how to better understand and lead across generations by shifting from judgment to curiosity, why building confidence and connection should be at the heart of your talent strategy, and why real growth starts with personal responsibility. Plus, we dive into how leaders can prepare Gen Z to be job-ready through more confidence-building and less criticism, and how to balance high-tech tools with high-touch leadership. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: From Drudgery to Employee Experience: Five Trends That Will Shape the Future of Work Pub date: 2025-08-15 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization If aliens landed on Earth and observed how we work, they’d probably be baffled. We spend most of our lives doing this thing called “work,” yet so many people feel unfulfilled, undervalued, and stuck in roles that don’t inspire them. It’s even baked into our language. Look up synonyms for “employee,” “manager,” or “work” and you’ll find words like cog, zookeeper, and drudgery. Something’s clearly broken. But the good news? It’s starting to change. In today’s Leadership Spark, I break down the five major trends reshaping how we define work: the rise of new behaviors driven by tech, generational shifts in values, globalization, increased mobility, and disruptive technologies like AI and automation. We also explore why traditional employee engagement just isn’t cutting it anymore, despite massive investment, engagement scores remain low. You’ll learn why employee experience is the real path forward. If you want to understand where the future of work is headed and what it takes to lead in it, this one’s for you. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: How to Handle Conflicts Without Losing Your Cool, Your Relationships, or Your Job Pub date: 2025-08-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Why do we struggle with conflict even when we know it's important? In today’s polarized and high-stakes workplace, leaders are more afraid than ever to say the wrong thing or engage in tough conversations. But avoiding conflict doesn’t protect relationships, it slowly breaks them. In this episode, Bob Bordone, Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, shares why conflict isn’t something to fear, but something to practice and turn into a tool for connection. You’ll learn how to build conflict resilience by recognizing your default conflict style (fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or fester), why avoidance is the “slow kill” of meaningful relationships, and how to approach disagreement with assertiveness and empathy. We also tackle how to know when to engage in conflict and when to let it go, handling workplace tension and generational differences, why most workplaces misunderstand psychological safety, and why grace—not censorship—is the antidote to cancel culture. This episode will show you why discomfort isn't something to run from and give you the mindset and tools to handle conflict with more clarity, confidence, and care. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% ) Episode: Sparks: Lead the Future: Why Current Workplace Models and Mindsets are Outdated and How to Change Them Pub date: 2025-08-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization The way we manage people today is built on ideas from over 100 years ago—ideas designed for factory floors, not modern workplaces. Management was originally created to enforce control, standardize behavior, and ensure compliance. Engagement, empowerment, and innovation? None of those were part of the equation. And yet, many organizations still operate with that outdated playbook, whether they admit it or not. In today’s Leadership Spark, I break down how the roots of management are still shaping the way we lead today, and why that must change. From the rigid philosophies of Frederick Taylor and Henry Fayol to the mindless “yes sir” culture revealed in David Marquet’s story as a submarine captain, we explore the dangers of blind obedience, outdated control models, and transactional leadership. You’ll also hear how even the words we use, such as manager, employee, and work still reflect an antiquated, dehumanizing view of the workplace. Things are changing, and if you want to lead the future, better start rejecting the “slave driver and cog” model now and build cultures based on trust, empowerment, and shared responsibility. ________________ Start your day with the world’s top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% ) Episode: Read Like a Champion (with Doug Lemov) Pub date: 2025-07-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Many students graduate high school today without having read a book cover to cover. Many students struggle to learn to read at all. How did this happen? Listen as educator and author Doug Lemov talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the failed fads in reading education, the mistaken emphasis on vocabulary as a skill, and the importance of background knowledge for thinking and reading comprehension. Lemov and Roberts also discuss their love of difficult-to-read authors, the power of reading in groups, the value of keeping a reading journal, and how even basketball can be more enjoyable when we have the right terminology.

Podcast: Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% ) Episode: Stop Letting Your Emotions Hijack Your Success | Travis Bradberry Pub date: 2025-09-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What if your success as a leader, parent, or partner depends less on IQ — and more on emotional intelligence? On today’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Travis Bradberry — best-selling author and one of the world’s leading voices on emotional intelligence (EQ). With over 5 million books sold, including his latest The New Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Bradberry has spent decades studying how EQ shapes performance, relationships, and well-being. In this conversation, we explore what emotional intelligence looks like in action: how it shows up in leadership under pressure, how it impacts the quality of your relationships, and what happens when it’s missing. You’ll learn: Tune in to hear Dr. Bradberry share practical strategies for building EQ in the modern world — and why doing so can unlock deeper trust, resilience, and clarity in every part of your life. Links & Resources Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for more conversations at the intersection of high performance, leadership, and wellbeing: https://www.youtube.com/c/FindingMastery Get exclusive discounts and support our amazing sponsors! Go to: https://findingmastery.com/sponsors/ Subscribe to the Finding Mastery newsletter for weekly high performance insights: https://www.findingmastery.com/newsletter Download Dr. Mike's Morning Mindset Routine: findingmastery.com/morningmindset! Follow on YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Podcast: Schmidt List - Entrepreneurial Insights (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% ) Episode: Make Change Your Superpower Pub date: 2025-04-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode of "Schmidt List," host Kurt Schmidt engages with Sarah and Ashleigh from Messhill to discuss the art of strategic decision-making and organizational development. As seasoned professionals, Sarah and Ashleigh specialize in guiding leaders and teams through complex challenges, equipping them with the skills to tackle future decisions independently. They share valuable insights from their experiences, emphasizing the importance of understanding both internal and external dynamics while addressing organizational fatigue. The discussion also explores the impact of remote work on change management and the necessity of a flexible, supportive strategy to navigate ever-changing environments. Ashleigh introduces the fascinating concept of regeneration, drawing on ecological principles to improve organizational systems over time. This episode is a must-listen for those curious about how strategic decisions can embrace complexity while driving growth. Check out: https://www.messhill.com Visit https://schmidtconsulting.group for more from Kurt! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/schmidt-list-entrepreneurial-insights--2664825/support.

Podcast: Knowledge at Wharton (LS 44 · TOP 1% ) Episode: Ripple Effect: Gen AI Workplace Revolution | Stefano Puntoni Pub date: 2025-07-15 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Generative AI promises productivity and cost-cutting gains, but it also has the potential to increase employee well-being. That’s why Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni wants companies to put their workers at the center of the AI conversation. This Ripple Effect episode is part of the “Research Spotlight” series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast: Knowledge at Wharton (LS 44 · TOP 1% ) Episode: Where AI Works: From Pain Points to Productivity — Finding AI’s Real Value Pub date: 2025-08-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Listen to a special episode from Where AI Works, a podcast hosted by Wharton faculty, sponsored by Accenture. The show dives into how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live and work, with real-world stories and insights from leaders across industries. In this episode, Wharton professor Serguei Netessine is joined by Tereza Nemessanyi, worldwide director of private equity and venture capital partnerships at Microsoft. Together, they discuss how companies are experimenting with AI to unlock value, why the biggest opportunities lie in high “cost-to-serve” pain points, and why rapid iteration is essential to success in this evolving space. 🎧 Search Where AI Works in your podcast app to discover more episodes, or click this link to follow along: Listen to more episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast: Product Thinking (LS 48 · TOP 1% ) Episode: Episode 238: Managing Success Beyond the Build Pub date: 2025-08-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What product management principles can be applied in an enterprise setting where teams implement a purchased SaaS tool rather than building their own? The podcast discusses the role of product management in organizations that implement purchased software rather than building it. Melissa Perri emphasizes that product managers still need to evaluate whether the tools solve the right problems, customize them for their needs, and ensure they align with business goals. She encourages teams to practice good product management principles, regardless of whether they own the tools, and to communicate the importance of these practices to leadership. Episode resources: Check out Monday dev: http://monday.com/dev Get a Angel Squad Guest pass: https://go.angelsquad.co/melissa Check all the podcast episodes here: https://www.produxlabs.com/product-thinking