Episode 197: 🎙 Resiliency Face-Off, Part 2: Spoiler—Ours Wins

June 24th, 2025  |  32 mins 46 secs

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In this second part of our resiliency deep dive, Bob ‘n Joyce take a close look at MIT Sloan’s latest take on what makes a culture truly resilient.

Episode 196: The Resilience Face-Off: Street Smarts Meets Sloan MIT Smarts

June 9th, 2025  |  19 mins 52 secs

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In this episode, Bob ‘n Joyce dive into how to create and sustain organizational resiliency—a must-have competency in today’s fast-changing business world.

Episode 195: Flugidity Revisited: Why We’re Still Talking About Structure vs. Flexibility Back by popular demand… or maybe just our own curiosity.

June 2nd, 2025  |  11 mins 34 secs

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After we hit “stop” on our last episode, Tight Ship or Jazz Band?, we realized the conversation wasn’t over. The tension between discipline and flexibility kept tugging at us — and stirred up a few stories (and laughs) we hadn’t yet shared.

Episode 194: Tight Ship or Jazz Band? Finding Balance in Today’s Workplace

May 22nd, 2025  |  25 mins 15 secs

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Episode 193: Beyond Ping Pong Tables: How to Build a Culture of Care

May 9th, 2025  |  18 mins 5 secs

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In this episode, Bob ‘n Joyce explore what it really takes to create a workplace where people thrive — and it’s a lot more than free snacks and ping pong tables.

Episode 192: The Chosen Few: A Talent Strategy That’s Holding You Back

May 2nd, 2025  |  22 mins 22 secs

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In this episode, Bob ’n Joyce explore the common practice of relying on the same group of people—time and again—to get important work done. Joyce calls them the “spoiled brats,” while Bob refers to them as the “usual suspects” or “chosen ones.”

Episode 191: Creating Islands of Sanity in the Chaos – Part 2

April 24th, 2025  |  29 mins 53 secs

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In today’s episode, Bob ‘n Joyce pick up where they left off in episode 185, diving deeper into how leaders can navigate turbulent and unsettling times with intention and heart.

Episode 190: Getting Unstuck with Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo – OD Expert, Author, Academic, Entrepreneur... and All-Around Great Human

April 14th, 2025  |  40 mins 46 secs

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In this episode, Bob 'n Joyce sit down with someone who really knows how to spark transformation from the inside out—Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo.

Episode 189: Letting Employees Go – Do It Right or Pay the Price

March 28th, 2025  |  16 mins 36 secs

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In this episode, Bob and Joyce explore the critical importance of handling employee terminations the right way.

Episode 188: OD Challenge: Who Do We Choose to Be?

March 21st, 2025  |  16 mins 37 secs

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In this episode, Bob and Joyce reflect on the evolving role of HR and OD amidst today’s profound global disruptions.