# transparency
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9:08What honest communication actually meansLeanne Elliott: I'm curious, what does honest communication actually mean when you're in a situation where you feel like things are falling apart? Because again, I'm thinking leaders are thinking, well, that initial convEP 315 · 2 Jul 2026·interview· 9:08–15:5849:18Workplace Surgery: The transparency gapLeanne Elliott: Have you had a conversation with your manager about why they're doing this? Al Elliott: Great question Leanne Elliott: Because you're already talking about 2 extremes, really, 2 absolutes. You either stayEP 280 · 3 Mar 2026·workplace surgery· 49:18–52:134:36Prediction 1 — Phill Agnew: AI must 'show its working' & the rise of text speakAl Elliott: Nice. Welcome back. Right. Our first prediction comes from a friend of the show, fellow HubSpot Network podcaster and host of the UK's number one marketing podcast, The always cheerful, always amazing Phil AgEP 262 · 30 Dec 2025·other· 4:36–11:125:23Radical transparency — why PostHog's handbook is publicAl Elliott: Looking at your website, it does feel a bit like I've got unauthorized access to your Notion wiki. It does. It feels a bit like I shouldn't know these things. Um, I've got, I've got loads of questions about sEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 5:23–6:4833:20The first survey results that changed everything: 'We would rather know than not know'Leanne Elliott: You are going to get it. But I think our— we've settled on we would rather know than not know, because at least if you know, you can do something about it. So, you hear the term, like, quiet resignation. EP 127 · 12 Sept 2024·other· 33:20–35:1931:54Ethical considerations and transparency in data collectionAl Elliott: What is the smallest group that this is effectively working for? Peter Dorrington: Well, I think if you've got less than 500 employees, it's probably not economic to put the investment in to do the initial stEP 98 · 16 May 2024·interview· 31:54–36:3464:30No. 2: Understand secrets — including your ownLeanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: We'll go and do something else. And that makes perfect sense. Mine isn't a secret either, but I was bankrupt in 2007 for about 103 grand. And so now I've got this thing about money where—EP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 64:30–69:2129:08Transparency, vulnerability and leadershipAl Elliott: So we've mentioned before that this feeling of pain or fear is the major way of becoming an asshole boss. But there's an idea that Leanne came up with that leaders should be a filter for information. Leaders EP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 29:08–33:059:24Prediction 8: Why transparency will be vital in 2023Al Elliott: So that brings me on nicely to prediction number 8, which is mine, which is going to be a lot more transparency, or there should be a lot more transparency in a business. Now, whether it's— I mean, why I origEP 19 · 4 Jan 2023·other· 9:24–14:2115:02Transparency and honesty in layoffsAl Elliott: We actually have a lot in common. We both use behavioral science to help people do better at work Al Elliott: It canEP 13 · 22 Nov 2022·other· 15:02–16:04
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