Change Unscripted

Nobody promotes you to parent. Nobody promotes you to manager. Yet somehow, you’re expected to figure it out. In this episode of Change Unscripted , I explore the surprising similarities between becoming a first-time manager and becoming a parent. From learning to lead people with different needs to realizing that growth requires letting go, this episode explores how the biggest changes in our liv...

"We value honest feedback." Most organizations say it. The real question is...what happens when they actually get it? In this episode of Change Unscripted , Colin dives into one of the most frustrating (and surprisingly common) experiences in the workplace: when organizations ask employees to speak up, only to explain away, ignore, or quietly discourage the very honesty they requested. T...

AI is everywhere! It's writing emails, summarizing meetings, building presentations, generating ideas, and inspiring equal amounts of excitement and existential dread. But beneath all the headlines and hype, the real story isn't about technology. It's about people. In this episode of Change Unscripted, Colin explores how AI is changing the way we work, learn, and think about our own va...

Most people don't hate meetings. They hate bad meetings. The kind that should have been emails. The kind that end without decisions. The kind where someone says "Let's circle back" and somehow everyone's day gets worse. In this episode of Change Unscripted, Colin explores why meetings drain us, why they so often fail to accomplish their purpose, and why deciding where to go f...

Humans say they want change. Until the software changes. The process changes. The organizational chart changes. Or someone moves a button they've been clicking since 2018. In the debut episode of Change Unscripted , Colin Walsh explores one of the biggest misconceptions in business: people don't actually resist change—they resist uncertainty. Drawing from psychology, evolutionary history,...

Organizations love talking about change. Humans? Slightly more complicated. Change Unscripted is a podcast about organizational change, leadership, workplace psychology, and the very human reactions that show up whenever people are asked to adapt, evolve, transform, “reimagine,” or attend another meeting that could’ve been an email. Hosted by Colin Walsh — consultant, former theatre kid, husband,...