The Be Verdant podcast focuses on stories and lessons of change and transformation as shared by everyday people and business leaders, as well as tools for implementing, managing and sustaining change from practitioners. We provide relatable stories with pragmatic and simple approaches for addressing leadership, organizational and personal change. You can take our stories to the next level by using our 5-point guides for individual or team development at http://www.verdantconsulting.net/conte ...
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This idea for the forum and conversation space was born out of sheer frustration with the gap between HR and other departments that we encounter in our work at People Not Tech and Verdant Consulting every day. Duena Blomstrom first brought up the concept of HumanDebt and its associated workplace horrors and mental health crisis it creates in her book People Before Tech: The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age and has since worked tirelessly to democratise the n ...
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SSHWA- S2E2 - Amazon's RTO Demands: Unhappy Bums on Seats in lieu of Talent
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In this spirited and enlightening conversation, Duena Blomstrom and dr. Alessandria Pollizzi dive into the implications of Amazon's recent return-to-office mandate and what it means for workplace culture, employee well-being, and the future of work. They tackle the complexities of remote work policies, shedding light on the vital importance of incl…
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S2E1 Coaching Women In STEM with Susan DiClemente
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In this conversation, Duena Blomstrom and Susan DiClemente discuss the importance of psychological safety and belonging in the workplace. They share their experiences of trying to promote these concepts and the challenges they faced. Susan now focuses on helping women in science and corporate navigate their organizations and build their communicati…
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S1E11 - How AI will unfortunately help fearful middle managers who impression manage
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Episode 10- Popcorn Experiments and Tools for Human Work
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HR Professionals, Burnout, Mental Health, Team Psychology - lean about easy ways to demonstrate the value of investing in the Human WorkBy Duena Blomstrom, Allessandria Polizzi SPHR, Dr
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s1 - Bonus - Interview with the Author of the Human Debt Concept and the "Tech-Led Culture" Book, Method and Tech.
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S1 E 9 - Trust and Execs as Human Debt Fighters - Part 2-
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S1E8 - On Trust and Empowering Human Debt Fighters and Preventers
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S1E7 - "Just be vulnerable" and other bad human work advice.
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S1E6 - Penguins - Why We All Must Keep It Real and Speak the Same Language
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See Linkedin to see the rest of this saga.By Duena Blomstrom, Allessandria Polizzi SPHR, Dr
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Tools to Stop Our Leaders Further Productivity Paranoia
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In this USA - Canaries Island conversation, Duena and Alessandria return to the topic of authenticity, how difficult these times can be to leaders who have been propelled to people management on account of their technical proficiency; anti-patterns; things we found and things we learned. Listen and subscribe and come find us on Linked In or elsewhe…
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The One about Masks, TikTok and Authenticity
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SSHWA Season 1 Episode 2 - The One We Forgot to Title
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Why the Secret Society for the Human Work Advocates?
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Ep 82: Psych Safety World Tour - Australia
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Isn't it great to catch up with friends from the past? I am fortunate this week that my next guest for this week's stop along the Psychological Safety World Tour is my friend Jody Weir. Jody is a brilliant thought-leader on creating agile teams, designing thinking, and driving organizational change. You can learn more about her work and Next Level …
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Ep 81: Psych Safety World Tour - South Africa
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Alison Coates, who consults with businesses on creating resilience at work through her company, Re/Vo, joins us from South Africa, as our Psychological Safety World Tour continues. She shares her insights from her extensive experience in business consulting, as well as what she sees unfolding now. You can learn more about the benefits of building p…
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Our next stop on the Psychological Safety World Tour takes us to China, where we have the pleasure of hearing from two guests, Claudia De Llano and Desiree de Wit, who have spent several years there. Both Claudia and Desiree are partners with Bearapy, an organization dedicated to creating mentally healthy workplaces. Our discussion covers many inte…
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Ep 79: Psych Safety World Tour - Switzerland & Finland
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We are fortunate to not only have two countries covered in this week's episode of our Psychological Safety World Tour series but to also have some "hot off the presses" insights into the recently released WHO & ILO Mental Health at Work guidelines. Susanna Harkonen, CEO of InnerWork, walks us through some of the highlights of this important next st…
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Ep 78: Psych Safety World Tour - Singapore
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Singapore welcomes the Psychological Safety World Tour as we continue our sojourn around the globe. Jasmine Liew, professor, consultant, and psychological safety expert, shares the fascinating perspective from her internationally-diverse region. For those looking to continue their own learning journey about psychological safety, we offer workshops …
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Alessandra Scomparin joins us from Italy, the next stop on our Psychological Safety World tour. An HR consultant and owner of Resilienti, Alessandra brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and gives a really good perspective from an emerging market in this space. If you are also just getting started, check out our dedicated psychological safety…
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Following our stop back in the US, we are on the road again with our next episode of the Psychological Safety World Tour. Chris Menzel, executive, author, sustainability advocate and self-proclaimed connector extraordinaire, joins me for episode 10 of our journey, where we discuss how German and multi-national companies located there are implementi…
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We are back in the USA for this episode's stop on our Psychological Safety World Tour. I am delighted to be joined by fellow podcast host and psychological safety advocate, Dr. I. David Daniels. David is the Founder and CEO of ID2 Solutions, as well as the host of the Psychological Health and Safety podcast and brings a deep expertise in safety and…
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Ep 74: Psych Safety World Tour - Venezuela
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After a short hiatus, we are back on the road for our Psychological Safety World Tour. Our guest for this episode is Gabriela Biscardi, a licensed therapist in Venezuela who works with individuals and companies. She brings a depth of knowledge to the discussion, as we explore how the cultural norm of joking impacts psychological safety at work. You…
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Cainã Rangel joins us from Brazil for our next stop on our Psychological Safety World tour. Cainã is a people development practitioner for a tech company, so he has a lot of real-world examples to share, including some amazing work he has accomplished in role. From nonviolent communication to practical processes, this episode is full of tactics tha…
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We are so fortunate to have the insightful and highly experienced Samriti Makkar Midha join us for our next stop on our Psychological Safety World Tour. Samriti is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of several organizations, including Mental Health at Work and POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) at Work. Her background provides us with a wel…
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Our next stop on our Psychological Safety World Tour is in Hungary, where we had a chance to chat with Viktor Maros. Coming from a more traditional environment health and safety engineering background, I love getting Viktor's point of view on this topic. He shares some of the cultural impacts on embracing psychological safety, especially as we cons…
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Ep 70: Psych Safety World Tour - United Kingdom
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Our next stop on our Psychological Safety World Tour is the United Kingdom, where Tom Geraghty, founder of Psychological Safety LinkedIn Page, PsychSafety.co.uk, the weekly Psychological Safety Newsletter, and a dedicated Slack channel for all things Psychological Safety, joins us to share his perspective. In this episode we discuss the process of …
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Episode 68: Psych Safety World Tour - Slovenia
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Our Psychological Safety World Tour continues with a stop in Slovenia. Our guest, Irena Gogala, joins us to discuss her own journey exploring psychological safety, as well as how it has evolved in her part of the world. You can learn more about psychological safety on our dedicated page, https://verdantconsulting.net/psychsafety. And stay tuned for…
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Ep 69: Special Edition - Supporting HR Wellbeing in Crisis
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**We interrupt this psychological safety world for a special edition episode*** In response to what has been transpiring in the US, we recorded this special episode to provide support to HR teams and other leaders. This is a little more raw as an episode but we wanted to get something out to support our followers and clients ASAP. Lauren Howard gra…
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Ep 67: Psych Safety World Tour - Hong Kong
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The amazing Soundari Mukherjea joins me at our next stop on the Psychological Safety World Tour. Soundari is an expert in creating engagement and organizational commitment through the power of storytelling. She shares her insights, through stories, of course, on how psychological safety is showing up where she lives. By looking at the cultural cont…
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We are excited to kick off episode 1 of our Psychological Safety World Tour with our amazing guest from Mexico, Claudio Palomares. Claudio is founder of ACI Wellbeing and Servicios Industriales, which specializes in helping organizations build psychological safety and implement the NOM 035, the national guidelines for workplace psychological safety…
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Ep 65: Daryll and Helping HR Leaders Flourish
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Our SHRM 22 Conference series continues with speaker Daryll Bryant. This was a huge treat, as Daryll and Dr. Al are former colleagues. On this episode, they discuss how leaders can flourish by self-reflecting, practicing mindfulness, and creating connection. You can check out Daryll's presentation on Tuesday and Wednesday of the SHRM conference and…
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Ep 64: Jeremy and Improving HR Wellbeing Through Empathy
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Jeremy York, from Purple Inc, LLC, joins to discuss his empathetic journey and how HR teams can lean in on being empathetic, starting with themselves. Jeremy is presenting on Empathy at SHRM 22, as well as a session on the role of HR with transgender employees. You can learn more about Jeremy and his work on the Purple Inc website. To learn more ab…
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Ep 63: Steve, Hannah and Being Human in HR
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As part of our SHRM 22 speaker series, CEO of The Kite Program and co-founder of KiteHR, Hannah Hardy-Jones, helps co-host our episode as Steve Browne, CPO for LaRosa Pizzarias, joins us to discuss embracing our humanity as HR professionals. This topic is spot on with the work we have been doing both in creating KiteHR for HR professionals and in o…
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Ep 62: Rob and Improving HR Wellbeing by Creating Connectionby
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Rob Lawless joins me for the first in a series we are doing on HR Wellbeing in partnership with SHRM. As a speaker at the SHRM22 Annual Conference, Rob will be bringing his perspective to the stage, which you can get a sense of from our discussion. In 2015, Rob set out to meet 10,000 people, and our episode catches him halfway through this journey.…
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Ep 61: Lindsay and Nerds Have Feelings Too
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Lindsay Recknell and I participate in the "podcast exchange program and mutual admiration society" by appearing as guests on each other's shows. :-) As President and CEO of Mental Health in Minutes, Lindsay brings a wealth of expertise to our show, sharing her insights into the innerworkings of employees and leaders in the workplace. Our focus is o…
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Author, entrepreneur, and host of Mass Business Podcast, Matt Ward, joins me to discuss that ever-illusive concept of joy. We begin our discussion with a study of joy, flow and meaning in the workplace. Matt then shares his mission of helping business leaders and fellow entrepreneurs find joy in the work they do.…
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Ep 59: Ben and the Call is Coming from Inside the House
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Ben Eden, HR coach, CEO of Reach Your Ultimate Potential, and co-founder of the HR Wellbeing community, joins me to discuss how leaders can undermine their own resiliency and accelerate burnout for their teams and themselves. We start with the article, "Your Boss is the Problem and the Solution," which explores "hinderance stressors," which are way…
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Ep 58: Sarah and the Impact of Positive Family Life
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Parenting expert and Co-founder of Well & Ready, Sarah Porter-Braun joins me to discuss how parenting impacts leadership skills and behaviors at work. We start with a review of a study that looks at how positive family events the night before can increase consideration and leadership behaviors by 17 percent. Sara shares how companies can encourage …
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The always thoughtful, kind, and giving Sal Vergara joins me for this week's episode to discuss the impact of gender identity on emotional wellbeing, particularly masculinity. We start with a 2019 study of help seeking and masculine stereotypes, which shows that these biases hinder healing and positive coping behaviors. Sal shares how an organizati…
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Ep 56: Jon and the Social Media Pub Crawl
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Jon Hyman, Esq joins me for a unique episode. Rather than focusing on a study, we take a tour of Jon's social media feeds to review what's hot in the world of work. As an employment lawyer, Jon is very knowledgeable about the emotional impacts of work on employees, and he shares his awards for Worst Employer of the Year awards. You can learn more a…
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Sille Østergaard, CEO & Founder of From Balance and former HR Business Partner and head of talent, joins me to discuss belonging and it's impact on safety, both physical and psychological. We discuss a 2020 study that shows a positive impact on safety compliance when employees (in this case, pilots and manufacturing technicians) felt they belonged.…
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Leadership coach, former reliability engineer, and host of the Leadership Launchpad Project podcast, Rob Kalwarowsky, joins me this week to discuss physical safety in mining and construction. One quote I read during the show was this: "Male-dominated industries tend to have more suicides. The macho, tough guy, and stoic nature of construction worke…
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Chief Talent Officer of Rubicon, Adrienne Kimball, joins me this week to discuss strategic HR and creating fit in non-profits (although we also touch on wellbeing topics like how traditional performance review models re-traumatize our employees and supervisors). We walk through a 2021 article that looks at the impact of strategic HR on fit within n…
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Ryan Wolf joins the show for our first episode of 2022, and this is a great one! Ryan is the Physical Wellbeing lead at Gallup, so he brings a wealth of insights about the latest research. We discuss the topic of "toxin handlers," with a specific focus on HR, based on a 2021 article. We also refer to a December 2021 report from Gallup that showed a…
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Ep 51: Amy, Annabel and the Power of Non-Judgement
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Annabel Fitzsimmons and Amy Brown, Co-Founders of MindMGT, join us for a final "Season of You" episode to help us find a bit of calm as we round out the year. We discuss a November 2021 study that demonstrates how mindfulness and suspending judgement can help increase motivation. Amy provides us with a short exercise, and we discuss the science beh…
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Ep 50: Brian and Self-Compassionate Leadership
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Brian Henderson, Founder of Whole Business Wellness in Hong Kong, joins me to discuss one of my favorite topics: leaders. With recent data (which we will discuss on a future episode) showing an increase in manager burnout, and as part of our "Season of You," this is a timely topic. We kick off our discussion with a review of the recent article, "Wh…
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Ep 49: Savio and the Resiliency Perspective
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Author, coach and cancer survivor, Savio Clemente, joins me for this episode, where we continue our "Season of You" by focusing on building resiliency. We share findings from a 2021 meta-analysis of resiliency training effectiveness, which reveals that formal training can result in a 70% improvement on post-traumatic stress indicators. Web-based or…
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Ep 48: Monica and Perfectionism for Innies and Outies
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As part of our "Season of You," accomplished author, former Assistant Director at the Obama White House, and psychologist, Dr. Monica Ramirez Basco, joins me for our second session on perfectionism. In her book, Never Good Enough, she describes inward- and outward-focused perfectionism (what she calls "Innies" and "Outies"), as well as many specifi…
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Ep 47: Geraldine & Crowdsourcing Perfectionism
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This week we cover the causes and education of perfectionism with the high-energy insights of Geraldine McGrath. You may recognize her from her TedX Talk on this topic, where she shares her story and how she developed perfectionism. On our show, we go through a 2021 meta-analysis of how perfectionism is taught online. Geraldine than further describ…
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