EP 257
"Get Your Shit Together": Rob Kalwarowsky on How to Capitalise on 2025's Chaos (Before It's Too Late)
· 49:24
- `[0:00]` Intro — who is Rob Kalwarowsky? - `[1:37]` The story behind the book: standing on a Hawaiian beach…
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EP 256
Gen-Alpha are coming! PLUS! Micro-joy, power poses and what to get the CEO for Christmas
· 51:10
- `3:26` Story 1 — Generation Alpha are coming - `11:45` Story 2 — The rise of micro-joys…
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EP 255
Why some people are difficult at work, with Aoife O'Brien
with Aoife O'Brien · 49:50
Aoife joins Al and Leanne to flip the script on difficult people at work. Drawing on her research into the three universal needs — autonomy, relatedness, and competence — she makes a compelling case that most "difficult"…
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EP 254
AI-xiety, dreamers vs doers, and toxic COVID culture. PLUS! Can you really fake it till you make it?
· 52:24
- `3:48` Story 1 — The toxic COVID culture inquiry report - `12:38` Story 2 — The rise of AI-xiety…
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EP 253
What happens when you bet on people the world overlooks?: The story of Standout Socks, with Co-founder and MD, Christian Laing
with Christian Laing · 1:04:36
What began as a COVID-era side hustle is now a national mission. Stand Out Socks employs people with learning disabilities — including Ross, who's been with the company for two years and now trains the staff — and sells …
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EP 252
QuitTok returns, rising Gen-Z confidence and LinkedIn’s most memorable interviews. PLUS! Do high achievers really sleep less?
· 52:40
- `0:26` Story 1 — LinkedIn's most unforgettable interview moments - `10:11` Story 2 — QuitTok makes a comeback…
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EP 251
WD-40’s Garry Ridge on leadership: "Any dumbass can do it"
· 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…
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EP 250
The Post Office scandal, beating imposter syndrome and the UK's work crisis. PLUS! Does time really speed up as we get older?
· 52:44
- `0:48` Story 1 — Can the government really 'Keep Britain Working?' - `14:21` Story 2 — The Post Office scandal: how trust collapsed…
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EP 249
Why LinkedIn feels fake, with Nick Power
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…
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EP 248
What Celebrity Traitors can teach us about lying. PLUS! Trump's war on woke, quiet-quitting success and the work impact of bad music.
· 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…
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EP 247
Emotion Hacks: 50 Ways to Feel Better Fast, with Dr Ryan Martin
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 …
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EP 246
Career catfishing, outrageous interview hacks and recognition at work. PLUS! The truth behind the 10,000 hours rule.
· 53:52
- `2:43` Story 1 — Career catfishing - `9:36` Story 2 — The interview hack…
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EP 245
How to dress for success: The surprising psychology of workwear, with Style Coach, Angela Foster
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…
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EP 244
Waitrose axes autistic volunteer, A.I. clones and managing hiring chaos. PLUS! Are first born children natural leaders?
· 50:50
- `[0:21]` Story 1 — Waitrose axes autistic volunteer - `[9:32]` Story 2 — AI clones are coming for your coworkers…
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EP 243
What if leadership didn't need a leader? With Psychologist and Author, Danny Wareham
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…
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EP 242
Amazon sacks HR, bosses blame Gen Z and new-job red flags. PLUS! Does your vibe really attract your tribe?
· 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…
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EP 241
What if meetings were the best part of your day? (Yes, really!). With Mamie Kanfer Stewart
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…
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EP 240
Starbucks’ CEO fail, toxic superstars and Dubai’s Wolf of Wall Street? PLUS! Is Maslow's hierarchy a myth?
· 47:11
- `2:15` Story 1 — Breadcrumbing at work - `7:37` Story 2 — Starbucks' "fabricated empathy" problem…
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EP 239
Why your founder's culture dies at 50 employees (And what to do about it), with Work Futurist, Josh Levine
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…
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EP 238
Mr Beast on hiring A-players, digital hangovers and risky workplace humour. PLUS! Are tall people really more successful?
· 52:30
- `8:21` Story 1 — Is workplace humour too risky? - `13:38` Story 2 — MrBeast's "vibe check" hiring trials…
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EP 237
Is hybrid the worst of all worlds? With Professors Ina Purvanova and Alanah Mitchell, authors of The New Workplace"
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…
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EP 236
Office frogging, A.I. workslop and Deloitte's awkward pay gap. PLUS! Are lefties really more creative?" - This Week in Work, 30th September 2025
· 53:21
- `2:30` Story 1 — Office frogging: Gen Z's job-hopping trend - `7:45` Story 2 — Workslop: AI's productivity problem…
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EP 235
How to make work work for you, with Isabel Berwick, best-selling author of The Future-Proof Career
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 …
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EP 234
Job hugging, Microsoft meltdowns and career regrets. PLUS! The truth about white noise and your brain - This Week in Work, 23rd September 2025
· 47:42
- `2:24` News Roundup — "Job hugging": the new quiet quitting? - `7:53` News Roundup — Arthur Brooks on career risk and regret…
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EP 233
The 1st HR leader who didn't carry a gun: Meet Amy Bouque, Chief People Officer at Kelly Services
· 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…
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EP 232
CEO scandals, September resets and 1000 days of ChatGPT. PLUS! The rise of rage-baiting, with Vanessa Judelman
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…
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EP 231
When HR goes rogue, with former Adidas VP of HR, Tony Cooke
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…
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EP 230
How to Stand Out Without Burning Out (Truth, Lies & Work x Nerd Journey)
· 42:00
- `0:02` Intro — part two of the Nerd Journey conversation - `1:49` Being in the team: role clarity and standing out…
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EP 229
This Isn’t Working: What Business Gets Wrong About People and Profit, with Meghan French Dunbar
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…
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EP 228
How to Plan Q4 Like a Psychologist (and Actually Stick to It)
· 53:26
- `[2:55]` Exercise 1 — STOP: a mindfulness reset - `[9:32]` Exercise 2 — Three Good Things: gratitude with science…
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