The Resilient Organization

Send us Fan Mail Two women walk into a manager's office. They don't knock. They drop a stack of price sheets on the desk and say: that's what your decision cost us. The numbers were real. The money was gone. And the manager — David — couldn't argue with either. What David decided to do next is one of the most quietly devastating things Dr. Ashley Newcomb has encountered in her...

Send us Fan Mail This one is a little different. After seven episodes of tracing organizational silence through policies, systems, and the people they affect, Dr. Ashley Newcomb steps back — and gets personal. It started with a trip to Savannah, Georgia with two of her nieces. And what that trip reminded her of became the foundation for this episode: that the most resilient leaders and followers a...

Send us Fan Mail If every person on your team decided today to stop telling you the truth — the quiet version, where people still show up and still do their jobs but stop surfacing what they actually know — how long would it take you to notice? For six episodes, we've traced organizational silence through the people it affects. Today, the frame widens. Because at some point, silence stops bei...

Send us Fan Mail We've spent the last four episodes inside the follower's experience. Today, the camera turns. Naomi was the kind of leader everyone wanted on their team — present, capable, genuinely caring, and always the first person in the room when something went wrong. Her results were strong. Her team performed. And something was quietly falling apart underneath all of it. In this...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5: Organizational Cinderella Syndrome In our last episode, we followed Elena — a manager who stopped trying not because she gave up on her career, but because the system around her stopped responding to her effort. That is Organizational Learned Helplessness. Today we look at something different. Something subtler. What happens when a capable follower doesn't lose hop...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a follower stops trying — not because they don't care, but because experience has taught them that trying doesn't change anything? In Episode 4 of The Resilient Organization, Dr. Ashley Newcomb introduces Elena — a mid-level manager who was once exactly the kind of employee every organization wants. Proactive. Invested. Always bringing something forward...

Send us Fan Mail What if the quietest team in your organization is also your most dangerous one? In this episode, Dr. Ashley Newcomb introduces Shannon and Bryson — members of an IT team that did everything right. They caught real problems, reported them through the right channels, and were professional every step of the way. And they were punished for it. What happened next didn't look like...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your most reliable people stop going above and beyond—but don’t say a word? In this episode of The Resilient Organization , Dr. Ashley Newcomb explores how high performers quietly disengage after learning their effort no longer leads to meaningful outcomes. Through a real-world story, you’ll learn to recognize the early signs of hidden disengagement, understand w...

Send us Fan Mail Your organization may not be as healthy as it looks. In this episode, Dr. Ashley Newcomb explores what happens when employees stop speaking up - not loudly, but quietly. Introducing the concept of the Silent Organization , this episode helps leaders recognize the subtle shifts that often go unnoticed until it’s too late, and why silence may be the most dangerous signal your organi...