Nicky Espinosa

What's Wrong With People?

Business EN ↓ 3 episodes

A leadership podcast about workplace absurdity, human behavior, and the strange art of bringing people together. Each week, veteran HR leader and people strategist Nicky Espinosa unpacks the ridiculous, frustrating, and surprisingly relatable things people do at work. Through real stories, humor, psychology, and leadership insight, you'll learn what's really happening beneath the conflict—and how great leaders create trust, connection, and healthy cultures even when people seem impossible. Because everyone thinks they're the reasonable one.

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Nicky Espinosa

Episodes

Stop Letting Everyone Else Vote 04.07.2026 7:41

Message Nicky Freedom isn’t only about fireworks, rights, or big life choices. Sometimes it’s the quiet, uncomfortable freedom to tell the truth, to disappoint people, and to stop living by everyone else’s expectations. On this July 4th reflection, I share what 30 years in leadership coaching has taught me about why people feel stuck and why it often has less to do with circumstances and more to d...

The Movie In My Head 02.07.2026 8:58

Message Nicky Your boss says, “Can you stop by my office?” and suddenly your brain writes a whole screenplay where you’re getting fired. I’ve been there, and I’m willing to bet you have too. That split-second leap from a neutral moment to a worst-case story is one of the biggest hidden drivers of workplace stress, messy communication, and unnecessary conflict. We dig into the invisible narrator in...

What’s Wrong With People? (Spoiler: Probably Nothing.) 29.06.2026 10:11

Message Nicky After 30 years in Human Resources, I've seen incredible leadership, breathtaking dysfunction, office feuds over copier paper, and adults behave in ways that make you question everything. So what is wrong with people? Maybe the answer isn't what we think. In the first episode of What's Wrong With People?, I explore why seemingly irrational behavior at work often has sur...