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0:23Meet Lindsey Caplan: from Hollywood screenwriter to organisational psychologistLeanne Elliott: Our guest today, Lindsey Caplan, is a former Hollywood screenwriter turned organisational psychologist who discovered that The most expensive change initiatives fail for one simple reason Al Elliott: YeahEP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 0:23–3:333:33What screenwriting taught Lindsey about keeping attention: stakes and structureAl Elliott: Tell me, what is it about your background in Hollywood, you think, that taught you how to keep people's attention? Lindsey Caplan: Oh, a lot. I mean, I think we're taught, you know, how to engage people on a EP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 3:33–5:3739:48The movie with the greatest story, according to a screenwriterAl Elliott: I cannot let you go without asking you this question. Movie with the greatest story, in your opinion? Lindsey Caplan: The movie with the greatest story? Whoa Al Elliott: No, but come on, we, we don't get HollEP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 39:48–40:59
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