Épisodes

  • 298 Human–AI Collaboration Etiquette

    298 Human–AI Collaboration Etiquette
    Dec 8 2025
    In this episode, Dr. Grajdek lays out practical etiquette for working alongside AI so quality, safety, and trust don’t get left behind. She helps to define who owns what when a model helps produce work, how to disclose AI use without stigma, and the safeguards teams need. Dr. Grajdek discusses the importance of avoiding assumptions and focusing on truth and accuracy. Tune in to learn more.
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    15 min
  • 297 After-Hours Boundaries & On-Call Design

    297 After-Hours Boundaries & On-Call Design
    Dec 1 2025
    Responsiveness doesn’t equal reliability – and treating them as being the same burns people out. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek separates that which is perceive as urgent from what is seen as important. She discusses the significance of tiered responsiveness windows, on-call rotations with recovery, and escalation trees that fix systems, not people. Dr. Grajdek underlines team norms and leader modeling. Tune in to learn more.
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    16 min
  • 296 Sabbaticals & Extended Recovery

    296 Sabbaticals & Extended Recovery
    Nov 24 2025
    Sabbaticals & Extended Recovery: Career Sustainability Beyond PTO
    High performers don’t need more snacks. They need structured restoration. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek makes the business and psychological case for sabbaticals, which can help to renew identity, spike creativity, and improve retention. She explains the importance of sabbaticals to be designed for equity and impact. Where employees get a “learn/give/restore” sabbatical planner, organizations get clear ROI metrics. Finally, Dr. Grajdek’s pilot template can help to start your organization’s test run. Tune in to learn more.
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    16 min
  • 295 Workflow Design And Cognitive Load

    295 Workflow Design And Cognitive Load
    Nov 17 2025
    Workflow designs are intended to make things easier for employees. However, all too often, workflow designs become too complex, complicated, and convoluted. As a result, they can lead to stress and burnout. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores workflow designs through the lens of cognitive load theory as it applies to everyday work. She highlights variables such as click audits, number of fields, handoffs, and rework to identify “superfluous cognitive load.” Dr. Grajdek suggests focusing on defaults, templates, and single sources of truth as a solution to problematic workflow designs. Finally, she helps leaders to learn when to kill features and re-design workflow. Tune in to learn more.
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    17 min
  • 294 Performance Reviews That Don_t Demotivate

    294 Performance Reviews That Don_t Demotivate
    Nov 10 2025
    Performance systems can grow people, or they can teach them to play defense. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores common rater errors, and suggests how to replace vague competencies with behavior-anchored rubrics tied to outcomes. She addresses separating potential from performance as well as empowering employee agency through evidence logs and feed-forward goals. Tune in to learn more.
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    17 min
  • 293 Proximity Bias & Hybrid Equity

    293 Proximity Bias & Hybrid Equity
    Nov 3 2025
    Hybrid work quietly rewards face time unless employers design for equal access to opportunity. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek explores proximity bias and hybrid work equity. She discusses proximity bias and shows how to neutralize it with outcome-based goals, time-zone fairness, and rotating meeting roles, to name a few. Moreover, Dr. Grajdek presents managers with tangible norms to equalize exposure. Tune in to learn more.
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    15 min
  • 292 Talent Marketplaces & Internal Mobility

    292 Talent Marketplaces & Internal Mobility
    Oct 27 2025
    In this episode, Dr. Grajdek reveals why the best hire might be the talent you already have, and how psychology shapes whether internal moves feel fair or political. She unpacks self-efficacy, expectancy theory, and procedural justice, then translates them into a practical internal-mobility system. Dr. Grajdek also explains which metrics to track when considering and executing internal mobility practices. Tune in to learn more.
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    15 min
  • 291 Capacity Planning & Workload Negotiation

    291 Capacity Planning & Workload Negotiation
    Oct 20 2025
    Chronic over-commitment is a process problem, not a personal failing. In this episode, Dr. Grajdek teaches teams to visualize demand vs. capacity with Kanban and WIP limits, prioritize, and renegotiate. Set SLAs for inbound requests, prune the backlog quarterly, and protect maker time – so that “no” becomes a professional, data-backed path to reliable delivery (and saner weeks). Tune in to learn more.
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    13 min