Podcast Episodes

40. Our 2026 Predictions: Expect the Unexpected

Season 8 Episode 32

As 2025 comes to a close, AI hype is still everywhere, workers are feeling the strain of constant change, and organizations are quietly reorganizing who (or what) does the work. We’re ending the year…

Published on 16 hours ago

AUA: Can Internal Transformation Teams Really Drive Change?

Season 8 Episode 31

Many people who want to work in organizational change hit the same question: is it better to do this work from inside an organization, or from the outside as a consultant? In this AUA mini episode, R…

Published on 1 week ago

39. Performance Management "Needs Improvement"

Season 8 Episode 30

Everyone knows performance management is broken—but we keep doing it anyway. Why?

For decades, organizations have poured time, money, and emotional energy into performance management—even though alm…

Published on 2 weeks ago

AUA: How Do You Balance Autonomy With Alignment In IT Teams?

Season 8 Episode 29

Every organization eventually hits the same wall: central teams aren’t responsive enough, federated teams reinvent everything, and the result is a messy tug-of-war between alignment and autonomy. IT …

Published on 3 weeks ago

38. Running Better Experiments at Work

Season 8 Episode 28

Get the Experiment Proposal Template mentioned in this episode.

Everyone says they want to “experiment” at work—especially now that AI is reshaping how teams operate—but most organizations still tre…

Published on 4 weeks ago

AUA: Your Team Isn't Ready For Your Future

Season 8 Episode 27

How do you bring people along when you’re already living in the future?

In this mini episode of At Work with The Ready, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin tackle a listener question about how to lead from…

Published on 1 month ago

37. Leadership Across Generations with Raven Solomon

Season 8 Episode 26

It’s easy to blame “kids these days” when generational tension flares up at work. But beneath the eye rolls and stereotypes are deeper forces (economic shifts, social movements, and broken workplace …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

AUA: Surviving the Culture Shock of an International Merger

Season 8 Episode 25

What happens when your small European company gets acquired by a massive American one?

In this mini Ask Us Anything episode of At Work with The Ready, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin dig into what reall…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

36. What AI Is Teaching Us About Ourselves

Season 8 Episode 24

Get the AI Coffee Club toolkit to start one at your own organization: Download here!

AI isn’t coming—it’s here. Every organization is already feeling its impact, whether through new tools, shifting …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

AUA: How to Change When People Are Loyal To The Past

Season 8 Episode 23

How do you change the way work happens when everyone agrees on what to do—but no one wants to change how it’s done?

In this mini episode of At Work with The Ready, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin tackl…

Published on 2 months ago