The Office Politics Podcast with Fexingo: Workplace Dynamics, Influence, and Getting Things Done

Lucas and Luna tackle a workplace landmine: the email that was sent in anger, regret, or haste. They examine the psychology behind reactive emailing, the real career damage it can cause, and a specific three-step protocol for either preventing the send or recovering from it. Lucas shares a case from a Fortune 500 HR director who handled a toxic email chain without firing anyone, and Luna brings da...

Lucas and Luna explore the overlooked skill of strategic refusal at work. Using the case of a mid-level product manager who turned down four projects in one quarter without damaging relationships, they break down the difference between being difficult and being protective of your output quality. Lucas walks through the 'decision tree framework' that the PM used: weighing visibility against cogniti...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a workplace dynamic that quietly derails careers: passive undermining through information withholding. They examine the case of a mid-level marketing manager at a Fortune 500 CPG company who saw her promotion prospects stall because a peer systematically 'forgot' to CC her on key emails and excluded her from informal Slack channels. The discussion drills int...

In the debut episode of The Office Politics Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine the single most destructive force in workplace productivity: the culture of excessive meetings. They anchor on a 2024 Microsoft Workplace Trends study finding that the average knowledge worker spends 68 percent of their week in meetings, leaving just 12 percent for focused work. Lucas breaks down how one product team at a...