Podcast Episodes

Depthfinding: Sunshine Zone - Artifacts, Org Charts, and Metrics

Season 8 Episode 3

In this miniseries, we’re exploring Depthfinding—an easy-to-grasp framework designed to help leaders and teams solve their gnarliest cross-functional challenges.

This week, Rodney and Sam dive into th…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Depthfinding: Sky - Threats and Opportunities

Season 8 Episode 2

In this miniseries, we’re exploring Depthfinding—an easy-to-grasp framework designed to help leaders and teams solve their gnarliest cross-functional challenges.

This week, Rodney and Sam look at the …

Published on 11 months ago

Depthfinding: Solve Your Cross-Functional Problems…Finally!

Season 8 Episode 1

Over the last decade at The Ready, we’ve seen firsthand that the most significant organizational challenges are nearly all cross-functional. But most company structures? Very much not cross-functiona…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

25. 1M Downloads and Counting: Looking Back on 2024

Season 7 Episode 25

2024 felt like a bit of a rollercoaster—and while we’re ready to close the book on this year, we wouldn’t be first-class org designers if we passed up the chance to hold a retrospective. Add in the f…

Published on 1 year ago

The Future of HR: Giving HRBPs the Future-of-Work Makeover They Deserve [Rebroadcast]

Season 7 Episode 25

Rebroadcast note: We're hard at work recording a brand new miniseries for January, so this week we're resharing one this episode from our Future of HR miniseries. As we've worked with companies over …

Published on 1 year ago

24. Ask Us Anything No. 3

Season 7 Episode 24

It’s mailbag time! And while we know we said this last time, we really mean it that this was probably the hardest group of questions we’ve dealt with on the show yet! Rodney and Sam get out their thi…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

23. Adopting a Product Mindset in Organizations

Season 7 Episode 23

There are plenty of organizations that say they want to be “customer-focused”—but in practice? It’s easy to fall back on leader-driven opinions and assumptions about what customers really want. That’…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

22. Founder Mode vs. Manager Mode is the Wrong Question

Season 7 Episode 22

If you’ve been on LinkedIn this past month, you’ve likely seen at least one post (or more than you’d care to) about “founder mode.”

Presented as a counter to “manager mode” (meant to represent highly …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

21. From Control to Trust: The People Positivity Journey

Season 7 Episode 21

Over the last nine years, The Ready has seen firsthand how organizations designed to be people positive (a.k.a. a foundational belief that people are eager to contribute and capable of change) outper…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

20. Psychological Safety Starts With Your Leadership Team

Season 7 Episode 20

Psychological safety is a buzzy topic every company claims to want—but only a handful actually achieve. Sometimes, it’s misunderstood as being about “niceness” or “politeness”, but real psychological…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago