Podcast Episodes

What gives a team the 'collective edge'?

Season 12 Episode 212

If we shifted our focus from the individual to the collective how different would our results at work be?

I'm joined by Colin Fisher who explains that great teams are the most important contributors t…

Published on 6 hours ago

How behavioural psychology is shaping workspace

Season 12 Episode 211

It’s been a while since I revisited a conversation on offices and how our physical workspaces are evolving. Disruption has made the property business hugely raise their games. With 20-25% of Gen Z wo…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Our personalities are changing, will it ruin work?

Season 12 Episode 210

Last month the FInancial Times published an article by John Burn Murdoch in the form of an analysis of personality data, specifically looking at what are styled the Big Five personality traits: openn…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Did we do Big Ange dirty?

Season 12 Episode 209

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A couple of years ago, I was surrounded with so many happy Spurs fans that I bought into the euphoric buzz they were giving off.

Ange Postecoglou had brought the smile back t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How Octopus Energy used culture to reach the top

Season 12 Episode 208

I’m often asked asked which company cultures I admire, especially as I tend to be critical of the culture inside tech firms. It’s easy to have good vibes in small firms but organisations who manage …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Getting to grips with workplace AI

Season 12 Episode 207

This is the second episode this month about AI and the implications for our jobs.

Two weeks ago I went along to a huge event run by Workday down in North Greenwich. Workday, their partners and their c…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

What does it mean for culture when 'intelligence is on tap'?

Season 12 Episode 206

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First of two episodes going deep on how AI is going to impact work - and therefore workplace culture and dynamics.

This week is with Alexia Cambon from Microsoft. Alexia is He…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Time to chase Calendar Zero

Season 12 Episode 205

"There's this concept called inbox zero, where everyone tries to get to their inbox down to zero. But I would suggest that a more noble pursuit is that of calendar zero".

I chatted to Howard Lerman th…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The best culture book of 2025: The Power of Mattering

Season 12 Episode 204

When Zach Mercurio’s new book, The Power of Mattering, arrived on my desk I devoured it. It’s the most essential book about workplace culture that I’ve read in a couple of years.

Read a full transcrip…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Meaning: why showing work matters has such an impact

Season 12 Episode 203

The next two podcasts I see as a piece with each other, today is about meaning the next one is about mattering. Collectively I feel they present serious substance about the foundations of good cultur…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago