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There’s a quiet crisis in the modern workplace.

Organizations around the world are investing in culture, engagement, and leadership development — yet many people still feel disconnected, unmotivated, or unseen. What if the problem isn’t a lack of strategy, but a lack of alignment?

In this intro episode of Mind the Culture, host Larissa Ensor — journalist and neuroscience-based culture strategist — invites you to pause and look beneath the surface of work as we know it.

Through the lenses of neuroscience, positive psychology, and storytelling, Larissa explores how emotions, communication patterns, and hidden beliefs shape everything from performance to purpose. She unpacks the invisible architecture of organizational culture — the systems, stories, and human dynamics that determine whether people feel safe to innovate, speak up, and bring their full selves to work.

You’ll learn:

• Why so many workplaces look successful on the outside but feel misaligned inside.
• What neuroscience reveals about trust, belonging, and psychological safety — and how these shape decision-making and engagement.
• How storytelling acts as a neural shortcut for culture change, helping teams reconnect faster than policies ever could.
• Why the future of leadership depends on our ability to blend data and depth, logic and intuition, story and strategy.

This episode sets the tone for everything to come: evidence-based insights, global research, and reflections that help you rise above the noise to see your organization — and yourself — more clearly.

Because once you see the full picture — the systems, the emotions, the unseen connections — you can finally lead from awareness, not autopilot.

If you’re ready to move beyond buzzwords and start understanding the science and alchemy of culture, this show is for you.

🎧 Follow Mind the Culture to explore the intersection of neuroscience, leadership, and organizational transformation — and learn how to build cultures that work for humans, not machines.