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Remote, Hybrid, Return to Office—there are so many ways to work in 2025, and as the debate in popular media rages on it can feel utterly overwhelming to know how and where we actually work best. To help us wade through the mess of public discourse, and cut to the facts, we sat down with Stanford University Professor of Economics Nicolas Bloom whose research spans global geographies and focuses on...

Welcome to Brain Snacks: bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today’s brain snack, Lily Zheng shares with us how to Rethink Your DEI strategy and ensure inclusion and belonging in your team and organisation. For more, check out the full conversation with Lily right here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcast/deireconstructed For now, enjoy your Brain Snack. Hosted on Acast....

We’re lonelier than ever, fact. So what's causing it and can we do about it? And what role does the workplace play in ending loneliness? We asked Dr Michelle Lim, one of the world’s leading experts in loneliness to help us understand the issue. Distinctly different from being alone, socially isolated or in solitude, loneliness is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a distressing subj...

Welcome to Brain Snacks: bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today’s brain snack, Justin Jones-Fosu shares with us how to Respectfully Disagree, and the five pillars needed to truly shift our perspective to make this possible. For more, check out the full conversation with Justin Jones-Fosu called '"I Respectfully Disagree": How to Navigate Conflicting Views' here. For now, e...

Sleep is a universal experience for humans. It’s also universally debated: how much sleep should we really be getting? Why is healthy sleep essential to great leadership and a great life? And, what can we do to improve our sleep? In this episode, we speak with renowned sleep neuroscientist and expert in sleep leadership Dr. Els van der Helm. Els has spent over two decades studying the powerfu...

Welcome to Brain Snacks: bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today’s brain snack, Tricia Cerrone and Edward van Luinen share with us how leaders can turn the team naysayer into a catalyst for good, tapping into their wisdom and experience for Authentic Collaboration. For more, check out the full conversation with Tricia and Edward here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcas...

How successful could you become with the right mentors in your corner? In this episode, Dr Ruth Gotian shares with us the power of mentoring to drive success. We learn how mentoring can transform your mindset and shift your perspective on what success can look like for you, and how to go about making your dream a reality.  We’ll learn how to build amazing mentoring relationships as mentor or...

Welcome to Brain Snacks: bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today’s brain snack, Lodro Rinzler shares with us a beautiful guided meditation for you. For more, check out the full conversation with Lodro at the link here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcast/buddha-at-work-lodro-rinzler For now, enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What would it mean to you to live a life of Greatness?  Greatness is something we can all achieve, if we get crystal clear on what greatness means today. And in today’s conversation with sit down with Author of ‘Living a Life of Greatness, Sarah Grynberg to understand just how we do this. Sarah defines Greatness as an interior state,one where through shifts in our thoughts, behaviors and dail...

Welcome to Brain Snacks: bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today’s brain snack, Daniel Goleman shares with us the four components of Emotional Intelligence, and why EQ is critical for the modern leader. For more, check out the full conversation with Daniel at the link here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcast/emotional-intelligence-optimal-daniel-goleman For now, enjoy...

The term self compassion has evolved from a concept that lurked at the fringes of leadership, right into the mainstream of what it means to be a modern leader. And research shows it’s an essential attribute for all leaders who want to create healthy work environments and experience more fulfilment in life. In this episode we're are talking to global expert Amy Finlay Jones to learn why self-compas...

Welcome to Brain Snacks: bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today’s brain snack, Kelly L Campbell shares with us the four fundamentals of high conscious leadership, including how integrating trauma is critical to leadership effectiveness. For more, check out the full conversation with Kelly at the link here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcast/healing-trauma-leading-aut...

What if better relationships were just a few [intentionally considered] questions away? In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Jeff Wetzler to discuss his brilliant new book, Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life . We Asked Dr. Wetzler to help us unpack the Ask Approach™, his five-step method designed to help leaders uncover the untap...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Huggy Rao shares the impact of bad friction on our relationships at work and beyond – and shares two examples of how this damage can be avoided. For more, check out the full conversation with Huggy at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with Huggy R...

Working with difficult people can be one of the most challenging things we all face at one point or another in our career. So how do we navigate difficult people in a way that’s productive and maintains our own sanity? We explore just this with workplace conflict expert Amy Gallo. In this podcast episode we unpack the 8 Archetypes of difficult people at work from Amy’s brilliant book ‘Getting Alon...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Claude Silver shares how to ensure we don't get trapped in Toxic Positivity but instead can bring Emotional Optimism to our lives and our leadership. For more, check out the full conversation with Claude at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with C...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Amy Edmondson shares with us how we go about ensuring the right conditions for intelligent failure and success for our teams and workplaces. For more, check out the full conversation with Amy at the link in the show notes. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with A...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, George Kohlrieser shares how to become aware of, acknowledge and process grief for leaders – and how this process is one we need to undertake in community. For more, check out the full conversation with George at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders...

What will it take to thrive as a leader in 2025? The answer isn’t rooted in authority or credentials—it lies in six transformative qualities that are reshaping the very essence of leadership. To uncover these qualities, we engaged with 24 of the foremost experts in workplace dynamics—renowned researchers, authors, and thought leaders. From these conversations, a clear picture emerged: six defining...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Urs Koenig shares the foundations of Radical Humility – and why one of the four matters most. For more, check out the full conversation with Urs at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with Urs Koenig here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcast/ra...

We live in a world that feels so divided. Where cancel culture is rife. And where righteously offering our own opinion rather than trying to find common ground has become the norm. So how do we connect to those around us, how do we find the common thread that can bring us back together? In this conversation we extend to you the invitation to rethink and recalibrate how we treat one another in what...

When you think of Buddhist meditation, you might not immediately see the connection with great leadership and a healthy workplace culture. And yet, today's guest illuminates just how profound and perhaps even essential a consistent meditation practice is for modern leaders. And the good news is it's also highly accessible for all of us. In today’s episode we’re speaking with Lodro Rinzler, the awa...

In this episode we’re speaking with Edward van Luinen and Tricia Cerrone - two former Walt Disney Imagineering leaders on Authentic Collaboration. In this conversation Edward and Tricia share the five key behaviors of Authentic Collaboration, and help us understand these by by exploring their real world experiences. Together they’ve developed a new way to work based on five behaviors, and teach pr...

A few years back, a best selling book appeared about why we shouldn’t worry about the little things in life: Don’t Sweat the small stuff. And it's a tempting premise: as leaders we often focus on the macro. Our guest today poses the question: what if some small stuff is worth sweating? What if sometimes it's the micro-interactions that can lead to maximum impact in how we build relationships, fost...

How can we work together better? Well according to today’s guest there’s a critical ingredient needed for this to happen: Radical Respect. Radical Respect occurs when we honor individuality, while collaborating together - the keys to unlocking the best in people and creating a culture where everyone thrives. In this episode we unpack what Radical Respect is, with Kim Scott and she shares what each...