Podcast Episodes

The Cognitive Cost of Proactivity

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Proactivity at work has many benefits; it increases meaning, engagement, and change. But that proactivity has a real cogniti…

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Consciously Unbossing - Jessica on CNN

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Increasingly, employees are opting out of the management leadership track. And it's not because they're lazy. Some people ha…

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Case Studies in AI Messaging: Duolingo, Shopify, and Fiverr

In today's episode, we explore three levels of corporate messages regarding AI-based changes within the company:

The inauthentic message from Duo…

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Fairness in an Organization

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ABM's Raul Valentin focuses on the value of fairness and equal opportunity. Consistency in policy across all levels of an or…

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What the Pope Can Teach Us About Succession Planning

In today's episode, we get some lessons on succession planning from the Catholic Church:

In these permanently uncertain times, stability is a lead…

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What Do Employers and Employees Owe To Each Other?

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Workers and businesses alike tend to think they're entitled to more than they actually are from each other. In an era of det…

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Investment Banking Work-Weeks

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Investment banking has a culture of long hours and pushing people to the brink; a recent article noted that Baird has a norm o…

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The Power of Second Thoughts - The Legacy of David Horowitz & Peter Collier

In today's episode from the This Week in Culture Newsletter:

Jessica reflects on "Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts on the Sixties" by David…

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Performance Evaluations and Authenticity

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Google is changing compensation to reward high performers; but metrics for judging "high performance" are always subjective. …

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The April Jobs Numbers - Jessica on LiveNow FOX

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The April jobs report was solid; but it may not capture much of the fallout from President Trump's tariffs. In times of big …

1 year ago

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