O.C. Tanner’s Culture by Design Podcast

Season 3 is coming to town January 11th, 2021. So put another marshmallow in your hot chocolate and settle in for a sneak peek at what we have in store for the next season of The Work Place. Merry Listen-mas!

This episode, we’re putting a bow on season 2 with a candid conversation between two employees (spoiler: it's Executive Producer Katie Clifford and host Andrew Scarcella) about their own personal perspectives of workplace culture. How has it changed over the last year, and how should it change as we claw our way out of this global crisis?

This episode, we’re talking with legendary poker player, Annie Duke, about decision making under pressure and why embracing uncertainty is the key to better leadership. Her latest book, How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, is on sale now. Influence Greatness 2020 , O.C. Tanner's annual recognition and culture conference is streaming now—for free—with a rich library of on-demand c...

This episode, we’re talking with author and designer Ingrid Fetell Lee about joy—why it’s not the same as happiness, and what we can change about the places we work to make our jobs, and ourselves, more joyful. 

This episode, we’re talking with Andrea Procaccino about the work she’s done to transform and strengthen the culture of recognition at one of the nation’s top hospitals—New York-Presbyterian.

This episode, we're talking with Namrata Yadav from Bank of America about inclusion, diversity, and why those terms are so much more than buzzwords.

This episode, we talk with Tim Kuppler from Human Synergistics about how workplace culture evolves and what we can do to guide it in the right direction like the tiny cultural tugboats we are.

This mini-ep, we’re back at it, digging into the O.C. Tanner Institute’s ongoing research on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting people, organizations, and the workplace cultures that tie them together with friend of the program, Alex Lovell.

This episode, we’re featuring another podcast that’s fighting the good fight for better workplace cultures—HCMx Radio. Created by the Brandon Hall Group and hosted by their COO, Rachel Cooke, HCMx Radio has some of the best in-depth analysis of organizational culture in the podcast-a-verse. Their latest episode just to happens to have our very own David Sturt as a guest—and since David will be bac...

This episode, we talk with Melissa Arnot, the first American woman to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen, about team-based leadership and decision-making in high-risk environments.  

This mini-ep, we have tangible takeaways from O.C. Tanner's weekly pandemic pulse surveys—how it's changing workplace cultures, companies, and the people who work in them. 

This episode, we're talking with founder of Girls Who Code , Reshma Saujani, about bravery, inclusion, and how to raise the next generation of female business leaders.

On this mini-ep, we dig into why traditional leadership is dying off, and what the modern replacement can do for your culture, your people, and your organization. For more findings, insights, and case studies on modern leadership and more, check out the 2020 Global Culture Report .

This episode, we talk with Kristin McDonald & Gareth Whalley about their role in guiding Coca-Cola’s corporate workplace culture into the future.

This episode, we're working from home and talking about what we can do to keep our cultures—and ourselves—thriving as we weather this crisis together.

This episode, we talk about the genesis of the employee lifecycle model and why it's an antiquated way to think about employee experience. 

This episode, we talk with Davis Smith, founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, about capitalism, kayaking, and why giving back is just good business—and Andrew leans on his shovel while talking trail-maintenance.

This episode, we talk with Alex Lovell about the 2020 Global Culture Report, the O.C. Tanner Institute’s second annual deep-dive into the state of workplace culture, and Andrew tests cutting-edge holo-casting technology.

This episode, we examine why employee burnout is more common than ever and what, if anything, we can do to prevent it.

This episode, we talk with Kat Cole about failure, bravery, leadership, and what the workplace of the future might look like, and Andrew tries his hand at hot takes.

For the first episode of season 2, we talk with Malcolm Gladwell about why the human tendency towards trust might just be the lynchpin of modern society, and Andrew wonders what it must be like to meet himself as a stranger.

The Work Place is back and bigger than ever, with new episodes dropping January 6. Get a sneak peek at all the experts, authors, and HR leaders we’ll be talking with season 2, plus some exciting news about a new episode format that will help us break down the big ideas behind workplace culture and learn how to wield them.

This episode, we’re doing things a little differently. We’re between seasons, so today there’s no expert, no interview, just you, me, and workplace culture. Which is good, because there’s something I’ve been meaning to talk to you about. We’ve spent the better part of a year discussing workplace culture from all kinds of angles: leadership with a Navy fighter pilot, purpose with an HR guru, mentor...

This episode, we’ll be talking with professional snowboarder and two-time Olympic champion Jamie Anderson about how to manage stress and keep your mental wellbeing strong when you’re competing for Olympic gold. Jamie gets real about finding peace in the eye of the success hurricane, and Andrew reveals the hidden treasure stashed away at O.C. Tanner’s headquarters.

This episode, we talk with Rajiv Kumar about how to turn employee wellbeing from just another company benefit into a way of life. Rajiv shares the secrets of creating a thriving culture of wellbeing, and Andrew discovers his environmentalist side. Guest: Rajiv Kumar Host: Andrew Scarcella