Debbie Lovich is a Managing Director & Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and Author of Make Work Work: The 5 Daily Practices of the Employee-Centric Leader. In this episode of The Edge of Work, Debbie discusses why she believes work is broken and how organizations can become more employee-centric without sacrificing performance. She explains why employee experience needs to focus on the work itself, not just HR programs, and why the perceived trade-off between employees, customers...

In this episode, industry experts discuss the latest trends in construction technology, AI integration, and the evolving landscape of data centers, highlighting challenges, opportunities, and future innovations.Episode Sponsors: Check Out Trunk Tools: https://trunktools.com/ Check Out Document Crunch: https://www.documentcrunch.com/

How should you think about your HR career when salary, learning, job title, employer brand, and long-term opportunity are all pulling in different directions?In this episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Bartlow and Jess Yuen take a practical look at career growth for HR professionals - from choosing your next role to deciding which forms of professional development are actually worth your time and money. Andrew shares a framework that has influenced his career since his first HR

The most expensive finance hire can be the one that looks senior enough to feel safe but solves the wrong problem.Tom Hunter of Story Recruitment joins FP&A Today to explain why the first finance hire at a startup is often not a CFO. Story Recruitment focuses on first-CFO and first-finance-hire searches for Australian tech, fintech and deeptech startups, and Tom also hosts The CFO Track Podcast. His starting point is simple: before choosing a title, define the financial problem the business

When Wiz brought in new go-to-market leadership and decided to go big, Lauren Lynch's commercial org went from about 40 people to more than 80 in a couple of months. She explains why hiring at that speed made her process tighter, not looser, and walks through the steps she used at Wiz and took with her to Drata to keep the bar where it was. If you are about to scale a cyber sales team, this is the episode to hear first. In this episode The numbers behind the Wiz commercial build: 35 to 65 AEs...

Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, we dive into viral interview etiquette, ultra-fast AI tools for work triage, workplace beekeeping, the science of first impressions, and answer your burning workplace surgery questions.🚀 Special Announcement: Cornerstone Launch Before we jump into the news, Al and Leanne share an exciting update about the launch of Cornerstone! Be sure to register your interest

In this episode of the Think Factory Podcast, Alexis Crowell, General Manager of Americas and Global CMO at Axelera AI, discusses her unconventional career journey across finance, engineering, technology, marketing, and executive leadership. Alexis shares how taking on unfamiliar challenges, including leading a team of software engineers without an engineering background, taught her the value of curiosity, learning, and being comfortable saying, “I don’t know, but I’ll figure it out.” She also

Optimism isn’t about ignoring problems or pretending everything will work out. It’s about acknowledging challenges while believing that your actions can still make a difference. Psychologist and researcher Michelle Gielan says leaders can cultivate that mindset in themselves and their teams and argues that, when they do, it creates a powerful performance advantage. Drawing on an 11-year dataset of more than 25,000 business professionals, she shares research linking optimism to higher productivity,

A trip through Sri Lanka makes it hard to look at tea and cinnamon as ordinary groceries. You see the farms, meet the people, and start following the journey those products take beyond the island. Grace Sharkey and I talk about what I noticed during my visit, including the Port of Colombo and Sri Lanka’s place in Indian Ocean trade. We also discuss the work behind artisanal tea and the hospitality that made this trip feel so personal. This is the Sri Lanka conversation from our July Freight ...

A conversation about sponsorship effectiveness, creativity and the price of chasing vibes. Richard is joined by Mike Grumbridge and Peter Wilson of Sid Lee Sport to talk about Mike's recent Marketing Week piece: "Stop confusing vibes with sponsorship effectiveness" which took the Levi's Stadium ambush at this summer's FIFA World Cup as a starting point in to an argument about the value of official and unofficial sponsorship. From there the conversation widens: why sponsorship still can't prov...

A “slowdown” in healthcare spending sounds like relief until you ask one uncomfortable question: what if the numbers look better because people are quietly priced out of care? We sit down with award-winning healthcare journalist and author Ken Terry to unpack why CMS spending projections can hide a worsening healthcare affordability crisis, especially as disposable income drops and families rank housing and groceries ahead of doctor visits they still need. We dig into the growing gap between...

How do corporate boards and individual directors maintain credibility and investor support in an era where transparency, active communication, and demonstrable value are essential? In this episode, Doug Chia speaks with Jon Christensen and Robin Weinberg, both partners at FGS Global. They explore how the adoption of universal proxy has fundamentally changed director elections by requiring individual directors to effectively run "campaigns" for office. They also share actionable strategies fo...

What if having too much to do isn't actually the reason you feel overwhelmed?Justin Hale, author and consultant at Crucial Learning, sits down with productivity expert and Getting Things Done author David Allen to explore how to stay focused and productive without burning out. They explain what happens when we use our brains to hold and manage unfinished commitments, and why getting those commitments out of your head can create more clarity, focus, and peace of mind.Along the way, Justin and David

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Some days, gratitude feels like something for people with calmer inboxes. Someone dropped the ball, you're three meetings deep, and "thank you" is the last thing on your mind. But gratitude that only shows up on easy days never shows up at all. Learn what grateful leadership really looks like, how to appreciate the team member you struggle with, why a pizza party can backfire, and the one question that reveals how each person wants to be recognized.We could all use a bit more gratitude, so

Integrity in leadership is easy to talk about when the stakes are low. The real test comes when living your values costs you something: approval, belonging, comfort, status, or social capital.In this episode of Shameless Leadership, we’re talking about what leadership character actually looks like in practice. It’s one thing to say you support women, value inclusion, or believe in ethical leadership. It’s another to examine whether your actions consistently reflect those values, especially in

Do you ever feel exhausted at the end of the workday without being able to point to what you actually accomplished? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Liane Davey, an organizational psychologist, about the invisible cognitive and emotional load that keeps you distracted, anxious, and stuck in the swirl. We break down the connection between thoughtload and conflict, why modern workplaces create so much mental noise, and what happens when you outsource too much of your thinking and feedback to AI. We

Send us Fan Mail Modern FP&A platforms such as Pigment are evolving beyond traditional budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to support broader finance transformation initiatives. As planning becomes more connected across finance and operational functions, selecting an FP&A platform is increasingly a strategic business and architectural decision rather than simply a software purchase. In this webinar, we explore how modern CPM and EPM architectures are reshaping planning, forecasting,...

In this podcast episode, I talk with Guy Berger about new data that shows that immigration policy is slowing the jobs market.Guy Berger is a macroeconomist with expertise in US labor markets. Aside from his role as Chief Economist at Homebase, he is currently Senior Advisor on Labor Markets at Access/Macro. He was previously the Principal Economist at LinkedIn, and has also worked as an economist at Bank of America and the Royal Bank of Scotland. His work includes the creation of novel economic

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Factory of the Future, E90, The Leadership Playbook for Tech Rollouts Join us as we discuss: - Four leadership styles: adaptive, servant, transformational, authentic - Matching leadership style to the phase of a tech rollout - Authenticity vs. professionalism as a leader - Early leadership mistakes and lessons learned And so much more. Connect with A.W. Schultz Email: aw@awschultz.org Personal Website: https://www.awschultz.org/ Link...