It's an Inside Job

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “What you are not changing, you are choosing.” - Chris Dyer Chris Dyer breaks down how to build a strong company culture in remote and hybrid teams using simple, repeatable practices—especially around meetings, team norms, recognition, and psychological safety . You’ll leave with concrete tools (meeting audits, team charter, feed fo...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "When we operate from a 'fight' mentality, we are keeping our nervous system in a state of high alert. True healing begins when we move from combat to curiosity." - Kristin Grayce McGary Discover how to break free from unconscious childhood patterns and transition from a "fight" mentality to a healing m...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “The nervous system runs the show, even when you think you’re in control.” - Louise Rellis In this episode, I speak with Louise Rellis , founder of the ANAM Rural Youth Association , about providing vital mental health support to marginalized youth in Alberta. We discuss the effects of trauma on behavior and practical strategies for...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "Thinking feels heavier, not because the task is complex, but because the space required to think has become crowded." Struggling to finish simple tasks? Learn about the "Clarity Tax"—the hidden cognitive cost of overthinking and decision fatigue—and discover a three-step micro-reset to reclaim your mental focus...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. Are you leading with clarity and structure—or are you unintentionally relying too much on inspiration or too much on systems? Discover how balancing meaning and mechanism—the “poet and the plumber”—can improve your leadership, strengthen your routines, and increase follow-through. This episode breaks down practical tools, including...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Protecting your time isn’t selfish — it’s self-respect in action.” Do you ever say yes when every part of you wants to say no — and walk away wondering why you agreed in the first place? Learn how to say no without guilt or apology. In this solo episode, Jason Lim explores the psychology of boundaries, how over-agreeing drains our...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Resilient people don’t let past investment dictate future choices. They measure value by direction, not duration.” What would you walk away from today if you weren’t busy trying to justify the time, money, and effort you’ve already spent? In this solo episode of Seeing Sideways , I unpack the Sunk Cost fallacy and how it quietly sa...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “What veterans need more than anything is a new mission. We’re built to serve others, to protect. Give us purpose again and incredible things happen.” - Lee James Hanna In this episode, I sit down with Army veteran and Western Regional Veterans Program Manager, Lee James Hanna , to unpack the hidden struggles of transitioning from m...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "One honest detail added can shift the entire meaning and make your story more real and not just more comfortable." Is the story you tell about your past actually the truth , or is it just the most comfortable version? Understand the Narrative Fallacy , the cognitive bias that makes your brain rewrite the past into a neat,...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Combat mode can lead you through war; it cannot lead you through life.” — Clay Rojas U.S. Marine veteran and counsellor Clay Rojas joins me to unpack the hard transition from combat to civilian life—covering post-traumatic stress (drop the “D”), dialling down “combat mode” at home, and how families and communities can become real r...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. What changes when you stop assuming people “get it” and start checking what they actually heard? In this chapter of Seeing Sideways , I break down egocentric bias —why we think others see what we see—and show simple ways to improve clarity, perspective-taking, and leadership communication . Walk away with practical prompts and routi...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Burnout doesn’t book a slot in your calendar. It just shows up and takes what it’s owed.”   Are you living on resilience credit—spending today’s energy while expecting tomorrow’s self to pay the bill? In this solo episode of It’s an Inside Job , I explore the idea of resilience debt —how constantly borrowing against our well-being...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “ Emotional reasoning is the shortcut that convinces us our feelings are facts. ” A clear, practical walkthrough of emotional reasoning —the bias that makes feelings feel like facts—and how to separate signal from story. Learn simple tools to build self-awareness, better decisions, and steadier leadership. When a strong feeling hits...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. When the title, team, or role that once defined you falls away—who are you in the silence that’s left, and how do you start to feel solid again without pretending you’ve already “moved on”? In this solo episode, I explore the rarely spoken “middle stretch” of transition—the quiet space between roles, careers, or identities—drawing o...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Discomfort doesn’t mean you’re wrong. It means you’re growing.” (08:37) What if the very discomfort you’re trying to escape is actually pointing you toward your greatest growth? In this episode of Seeing Sideways , I explore Cognitive Dissonance —the mental tension we feel when our actions contradict our values or beliefs. Learn ho...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Basketball was something that I did, not who I was.” — Abiola Wabara When your main identity suddenly ends—whether it’s on the court or in the corner office—how do you rediscover purpose and rebuild a sense of self that feels whole again? Former professional basketball player Abiola Wabara   shares how she rebuilt her identity afte...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Growth doesn’t come from protecting the ego. It comes from seeing clearly what you did well, what you missed, and where you could do better.” Do you protect your ego at the cost of your growth? In this episode of Seeing Sideways , I unpack the self-serving bias —our tendency to claim credit for success while shifting blame for fail...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Mental health often gets worse before it gets better—because you’re having hard conversations and making changes.” - Isaiah Neil How can accepting your vulnerability—and creating a safe space for others to do the same—be the most powerful play you ever make, both in sports and in life? Discover how former collegiate athlete and men...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Confidence can signal progress, but unchecked, it can also become a ceiling.” Have you ever felt overly confident about a skill, only to later realize how little you actually knew? Discover the Dunning-Kruger Effect —why the less we know, the more confident we often feel—and learn practical tools to balance confidence with humility...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. What happens when the role that has defined your identity disappears overnight—and how do you rebuild when the structure, community, and purpose are gone? “Retirement for an athlete isn’t stepping down—it often feels like falling off a cliff.” - Emily Huston Former pro volleyball player and HomeTeam founder Emily Huston joins me to...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Clarity means letting insight be earned, not assumed.” Have you ever convinced yourself that “this always happens”—only to realise it might just be a coincidence? In this episode of Seeing Sideways , I explore how our brains connect the dots—even when there’s no real picture to see. We dig into pattern-seeking and apophenia , the b...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “DEI isn’t a cure-all and it isn’t a poison. It’s a tool—and it depends how we use it.” Is DEI expanding opportunities—or unintentionally fueling resentment and division? In this solo episode of It’s an Inside Job , I unpack the promise and pitfalls of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). I explore where DEI policies strengthen r...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Resilience isn’t built on perfect foresight. It’s built on honest hindsight.” In this episode of Seeing Sideways , I explore the Hindsight Bias —how the brain tricks us into thinking we “knew it all along.” I share tools to help you separate real insight from illusion, so you can reflect more clearly, lead more fairly, and build tr...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Design thinking is conscious decision-making.” - Kat Mather In this episode, I discuss design thinking with Kat Mather from Design Linking , a design professional with over 25 years of experience. We explore how design thinking helps teams address root causes instead of surface-level issues, enhancing problem-solving. Kat shares he...

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “The negativity bias doesn't just distort your mood—it reshapes your attention.” Why does your mind hold onto criticism more than compliments? In this episode of Seeing Sideways , Jason Birkevold Liem explores The Negativity Bias —your brain’s built-in tendency to focus on what’s wrong—and offers practical strategies to shift f...