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Work Unplugged

Welcome to Work Unplugged, where we explore what it really takes to work with purpose, lead with impact, and engage people in a way that actually works - for companies, teams and individuals

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11:05

Self Sabotaging Your Organisation's Growth?

Work Unplugged ·

2026/01/27

This year proves to be anther challenging year. Our teams are expected to do more with less. Geopolitical tensions mean the old maps we relied on to navigate this complex world, have been torn up, leaving us trying to understand where we go from here. We desperately want to drive greater innovation and creativity but cannot seem to get off first base. Could we be unintentionally be holding ourselves back? Rather than looking externally for a magic solution, could the answer to greater performance

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33:10

A Second look - Authentic Leadership with David Hynam

Work Unplugged ·

2025/12/17

As many of you will have seen, we've been going through our back catalogue of guests, from our previous podcast series. Since then, we've rebranded, and some of our listeners, may never have heard the amazing guests we've had on our podcast.This week, we've decided to save the best. This podcast was the most listened to podcast of all the 100+ episodes we recorded. It has consistently been downloaded hundred of times since. David Hynam at the time of recording this podcast was in charge of Bupa Care

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38:53

A Second Look: David Marquet on Transforming a...

Work Unplugged ·

2025/12/01

L. David Marquet, a US Navy submarine captain, takes command of the USS Santa Fe, the worst-performing sub in the fleet. He’s trained for a different submarine class, so he doesn’t know this sub well. Early on, he gives an order that literally cannot be carried out (because that control doesn’t exist on this type of sub). The officer repeats the order anyway. Marquet realises the problem isn’t “bad people” but a leader–follower culture where everyone is trained to obey, not think. His experience led

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39:23

The Neuroscience of Trust

Work Unplugged ·

2025/11/17

Back in the middle of lockdown, we had the opportunity to interview Paul Zak, one of the most cited scientists in the world. If you've ever undertaken any leadership development with ourselves, then you will have heard us speaking of the amazing research by Paul Zak and his team into Oxytocin and trust. Trust is, and will always be the foundation of an engaging workplace, and the critical ingredient for stronger relationships. So, since this podcast was first recorded when we were called 'The

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12:20

The Cost of Silence

Work Unplugged ·

2025/10/27

How many regular meetings are held across your organisation that are a complete waste of time? What routines are expected of most people but they are a complete nonsense, but everyone does them anyway? There are many practices that go on across organisations that add little value, and in fact probably do more harm, but no one calls them out. Self-silencing has an impact on the organisation, where people don't feel they can call out the 'emperor has no clothes on', but also on the individuals, who

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10:48

The Pursuit of a Happier Workplace

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2025/10/13

When was the last time you heard someone described their workplace as 'happy'? Some people might even question whether we want happiness in the workplace, as they might see happiness as representing frivolity, poor productivity and poor performance. Others might argue that when people are happy, they might do their best work. Happiness could also be labelled as being 'satisfied', and when people are satisfied, are they likely to have the motivation to do more?Happiness it seems is complex. There is

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11:04

Small Acts, Strong Bonds - Developing Meaningful...

Work Unplugged ·

2025/09/29

How comfortable are you in developing meaningful relationships at work? Do you see people with the gift of charisma and charm, work their magic with people around them, only to reinforce the point that you struggle to connect with people? Building connections with people isn't always easy, especially in new environments, where you're meeting people for the first time. But there are steps you can follow that will help those you interact with, feel good, and walk away delighted they interacted with

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11:45

Your Hidden Gems of Innovation

Work Unplugged ·

2025/09/15

Who are the drivers of innovation across your organisation? Is it your leadership team? Maybe it's your board of Directors? What if you're focusing in the wrong area? Across our organisations, we have so many talented people, who work tirelessly to drive the best performance. Many of them are probably unknown to senior leaders. Nameless and faceless, they continue to do their best. What if one of them has the answer to the successful future of your organisation?Often we listen to those who have the

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10:43

The AI Brain Drain - Are We Losing Our Edge When the...

Work Unplugged ·

2025/09/01

How much AI do you use in your life currently? You may be surprised at how much AI is already pervading our lives. The impact? Well, it's definitely making us more productive. But there is another side effect that we didn't see coming. AI was meant to remove the noise allowing us to focus on the things that really mattered so we could solve complex problems. With recent research article pointing to a very different outcome, do we need to rethink how we use AI? Join Amrit for this week's episode of

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11:57

From Managers to Mobilisers - Reimaging Leadership...

Work Unplugged ·

2025/08/18

How many of us really need 'managing' at work? Whilst some managers are amazing, others can make work a difficult place to be. What role does the manager play in the current climate, where long-term strategies seem non-existent, resulting in senior leaders getting more involved in tactical planning. Quite often managers become regulated to being compliance officers, ensuring tasks are complete, and results are achieved.What if there was a better way? What if Managers became Facilitators? What impact

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13:07

Do Toxic Cultures Have Better Performance?

Work Unplugged ·

2025/08/04

With so much attention on creating better organisational cultures, are we all missing the reality, that some toxic organisations are successful? Is it really critical to have a great workplace culture as a prerequisite to be successful? Join Amrit in this week's podcast as he explores this topic. He uses Amazon as a case study to understand what's driven their performance, and what impact their culture is having on them. Do toxic cultures have better performance? Join us to find out!

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12:09

The Outlier Advantage - Why Convention is Killing...

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2025/07/21

How often do leaders across your organisation accept dissenting views? Are we after original thoughts and thinking, or would we prefer compliance? Outliers, mavericks and those on the fringes of thought, are often frowned upon, and even dismissed. We lean towards convention rather than fringe. But what if the very people you hesitate to embrace, could bring the rebel advantage to your organisation? What if they are the key to unlock your organisations potential?How welcoming are we to differing

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12:30

The Joy Deficit - How Workplace Pressures Erode...

Work Unplugged ·

2025/07/07

It seems more and more organisations are under increasing pressures to achieve seemingly unachievable targets and results. Words such as 'relentless' being used to describe work, tells you how people feel. How can anyone feel joy under such pressures? And without moments of joy, how can employees ever experience happiness in the workplace?CEOs and senior leaders need to drive results, but is there a fine balance to be achieved here, or will employees always complain about higher budgets, whilst

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14:43

From Clock-in to Buy-in

Work Unplugged ·

2025/06/16

Every organisation says it listens to its employees. Every organisation says improving engagement is important. Yet, if it's so important, then why aren't we seeing improvements in performance and productivity - why isn't it happening? Is engagement the best measure? What would happen if people began to feel a real sense of ownership to the organisations they work with. Ownership seems a more stable measure than engagement - let's face it, we're less likely to feel transient ownership unlike

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15:14

Is Politics Killing Your Culture?

Work Unplugged ·

2025/06/02

It might seem that politics is an inextricable part of the world of work, such is the prevalence of it., across so many organisations, in almost every sector. Politics undermines the very structures set up across organisations, leaving individuals to drive personal agendas for personal gains. We cannot stop human nature from yearning for more, but we can stop that behaviour from become a cancer, slowly killing our organisations from within. Hard working, dedicated and committed employees can quickly

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14:58

Reverse Elevation - Empowering Emerging Leaders to...

Work Unplugged ·

2025/05/12

How many development programmes lead to change across your organisation? Whilst many programmes are looking to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours across a specific level, one question that gets raised consistently by those being developed: "Have our managers been through this?". There seems to be a view that once leaders achieve a certain level/ status, they don't need to experience the same programme their teams are being put on, leading to a skills gap between managers and their teams

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16:13

Re-engaging the Disengaged

Work Unplugged ·

2025/04/28

How many people are disengaged across your organisation? Engagement surveys often provide a break down of those who are engaged and disengaged. The focus inevitably goes to those in the middle - those in the 'neutral zone' who have responded with 'I neither agree nor disagree', because they are seen as being the easiest to move to across to the positive side. What then do we do with those who are disengaged? Typically, organisations write them off, seen as internal saboteurs, who have no positive

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15:16

Potentialising People

Work Unplugged ·

2025/04/14

Yes, 'Potentialising' is not a verb but it seems like this should be a word to describe the actions of developing the potential within others! With talent being such an important concern for many organisations, one has to question whether we're making the most of the talent currently within our organisations.With so many people having non-linear career paths, it just goes to show the transferable skills many of us have to apply to many different roles. How much focus are leaders and managers

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12:06

Forgotten Wisdom

Work Unplugged ·

2025/03/31

As a former Pharmacist, I've always been fascinated with how many new drugs are being developed from nature - herbs and plants, many benefits of which were known about anecdotally by people, but science is now catching up. There seems to be this 'forgotten wisdom' that humanity has which is now being rediscovered. How much 'forgotten wisdom' is present across our organisations that could add so much value, but is being lost? Older employees are often left questioning their value in a world they

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14:21

Technology and Human Centric Workplaces

Work Unplugged ·

2025/03/17

When senior leaders think of AI, it's possible their immediate thoughts are driving efficiencies by embracing AI and reducing head-count. After all, it's all we seem to hear - 'AI is after your jobs!'. But is this the only way? How much AI are senior leaders across organisations embracing? How much AI adoption is going on amongst employees outside of work. to improve their efficiencies at work?AI is here to stay and it's important that organisations adopt AI strategies to ensure they make the most

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