# connection
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7:37The 3 Critical Elements to Fast-Track Real Human RelationshipsSean O'Shea: Yeah. And it's a small anecdote, but it's really consistent in what we see. And the messy moments, that's a term I like. Because I'm a real fan of those messy moments between humans that I think are so imporEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 7:37–10:2320:19Empathy, active listening, and building connectionLeanne Elliott: I wanna ask you about the kind of the cluster of skills that came up, which I think listeners will be a bit more like, oh, that makes sense. You know, creativity and analytical thinking, it might be, mighEP 307 · 4 Jun 2026·interview· 20:19–29:3833:02Loneliness, connection, and communityLeanne Elliott: I've also read a lot about how we've had this loneliness epidemic happening for, for years now. It started before COVID and it's got steadily worse and, and continues to. How do we take practical steps toEP 257 · 11 Dec 2025·interview· 33:02–35:4834:49Authentic connection vs. artificial funJohn Michel: Right now we are in the process of doing some work where we're looking at the relationship between fun and more destructive behaviors, if you will, not all destructive, but more counterproductive type behaviEP 223 · 14 Aug 2025·interview· 34:49–45:0425:13Connecting leadership to operationsLeanne Elliott: What I love about that, Eric, is that you've connected leadership to operations, you've connected it to people and culture, to HR, and I think there's not I don't hear many conversations about leadership EP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 25:13–27:2229:01The hybrid work myth — why remote isn't the villainLeanne Elliott: I'm wondering, is there something we can do in that moment to stop somebody being, uh, you know, just doing a lap to maybe staying an hour? Or is it really just about getting people to the event and then EP 139 · 24 Oct 2024·interview· 29:01–49:0512:44News Roundup: Remote work vs. in-office connection (Cornell study)Leanne Elliott: Well, of course, everywhere the debates around remote work, return to office is continuing. I actually saw an article very like in the last hour or so that I would have included but didn't quite have the EP 136 · 15 Oct 2024·news roundup· 12:44–19:1031:07Trend 2: Employee engagement and connectionAl Elliott: So our second future trend is employee engagement and connection. Employee engagement, oh, Lianne's favorite word. Employee engagement, without a doubt, is the focus of the future in terms of wellbeing. EmploEP 49 · 27 Jul 2023·panel interview· 31:07–38:48
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