Okay, Actually

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard and starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. In under 30 minutes, we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I'm talking about direction — and specifically why it's not the same thing as having a plan — and then offer some ways to think about direction at thi...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard and starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. In under 30 minutes, we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I talk about inputs: specifically all the places things come at you that you're not fully tracking, and what it actually costs you to hold those chann...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard and starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. Each episode, we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I'm joined by Jennifer D'Agostino, a fractional HR executive and someone who has been handed more broken hiring processes than she can count. We're talking a...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard and starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. In under 30 minutes, we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I get into urgency: what it actually does to your brain, why fake urgency is so hard to call out, and why fire drill culture costs you more than just...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard and starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. Each episode, we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I'm joined by Rachael Goldfarb — adviser and former Chief of Staff — to talk about one of the most common ways organizations avoid solving a structural probl...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard, still falling behind, and are starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. Each episode — always under 25 minutes — we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode: vanity metrics aren't just a marketing problem — they're everywhere, and they're undermining your abili...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard, still falling behind, and are starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. Each episode — always under 25 minutes — we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I walk through what friction actually is, why you've probably stopped feeling it, and how to locate exa...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard, still falling behind, and are starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. Each episode — always under 25 minutes — we dig into what's truly broken and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. In this episode, I walk through what ground truth is, why it's harder to find than it sounds, and four questions I use t...

Okay, Actually is a podcast for people who are working hard, still falling behind, and are starting to wonder if the problem is them. It's not. Each episode we dig into what's truly broken, and figure out how to build a solution that can actually work. The smartest women I know are drowning. They're overwhelmed, burnt out, and working incredibly hard. That last part is the tell: if effort isn't fi...