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Why Does It Feel So Wrong To Be Human At Work?

Local Wisdom
Workplace Culture
Change Management
Workplace
Internal Communications
Gossip
Artificial Intelligence
Neurodiversity
Employee Experience
Reddit
Mental Health
Local Wisdom
Psychological Safety
Social Media
Influencers
Burnout
Gossip At Work
Salary
Polycrisis
Radical Acceptance
Maslow's Hierarchy

Pinaki Kathiari & Chris Lee challenge traditional best practices in the workplace

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No guest, no Reddit story, no agenda. Just Pinaki, Chris, and Bree catching up after a packed stretch of conference season, and somehow landing on some of the most useful thinking they've shared all year.

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Someone posts on the consulting subreddit: they wake up every morning with a literal pit in their stomach knowing they have to deal with their client. Seven weeks in. Belittled, micromanaged, undermined, expectations that shift by the hour. The title... more

When a client relationship turns difficult, it almost never starts with the thing you're actually arguing about. There's a manager behind the scenes applying pressure. An organizational fire nobody told you about. A misalignment of expectations that ... more

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Recent Guests

Ellen Griley
Founder and head brain in charge at Equilibrious Communications; creator of Internal Calms
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Episode: Your Employees Are Already Triggered Before They Open Their Laptops | Ellen Griley
Dr. Matt Zakreski
Clinical psychologist, founder of the Neurodiversity Collective
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Episode: Radical Acceptance Isn't About Giving Up | Dr. Matt Zakreski
Jen Samuel
Senior Account Manager from Local Wisdom
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Episode: My Job Is Depending on Me Too Much | Reddit at Work | Jen Samuel
Jen Samuels
Senior Account Manager at Local Wisdom
Local Wisdom
Episode: A Team of One Is Not a Team | Jen Samuel
Nazmul Islam
Marketing communications consultant; producer behind History Meets Finance YouTube channel
Local Wisdom
Episode: Your Side Hustle Is Showing | Reddit at Work | Nazmul Islam
Chuck Gose
Co-founder of ICology, co-host of Frequency
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Episode: Five Years of ICology — What It Really Takes to Build Community at Work | Chuck Gose & Kristin Hancock
Kristin Hancock
Co-founder of ICology, executive director for Friends of Indy Animals
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Episode: Five Years of ICology — What It Really Takes to Build Community at Work | Chuck Gose & Kristin Hancock
Rich Dome
Senior Director of Partnerships at Local Wisdom
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Episode: How to Network at Conferences Without Feeling Awkward | Rich Dome
Amanda Todd
Senior Director of Communications at Temporal Technologies
Temporal Technologies
Episode: From Fuzzy Metrics to Real Impact: Making Clarity Measurable | Amanda Todd

Hosts

Pinaki Kathiari
Co-host and discussion facilitator; provides analytical commentary and guidance.
Chris Lee
Host of the show and co-host; guides the conversation and synthesizes insights.
Bree Bartos
Producer who co-hosts and shares personal experiences; contributes segment expertise.

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Q: What can listeners expect in the coming weeks of the show?
The hosts tease short, thoughtful episodes, experiments with format, more voices from industry friends, and upcoming Reddit story reactions that will be discussed unscripted.
Meet the Human Behind the Pod | BTS 01
Q: How did Bree get started in marketing and storytelling?
She describes discovering PR in college, studying strategic communications at WVU, and falling in love with storytelling across photography, video, and journalism, which shaped her approach to marketing as storytelling rather than hard selling.
Your Employees Are Already Triggered Before They Open Their Laptops | Ellen Griley
Q: What practical steps can managers take to improve boundaries and reduce after-hours pressure?
Use tools like scheduled sends, set clear expectations, create organizational norms around response times, and ensure leaders model healthy boundaries to reduce unnecessary urgency.
Your Employees Are Already Triggered Before They Open Their Laptops | Ellen Griley
Q: How should communications adapt to a polycrisis environment where crises are persistent and interconnected?
By acknowledging the reality of ongoing stress, adopting a trauma-informed leadership approach, and implementing STEDI principles to create safer, more trusting, and more participatory communication flows.
Your Employees Are Already Triggered Before They Open Their Laptops | Ellen Griley
Q: What does it mean that employees are showing up with their nervous systems already activated before they even open their laptops?
It means the broader environment—ongoing crises, climate events, and organizational changes—keeps people in a heightened state. This affects how they interpret messages and requests, so communications must be crafted with safety and regulation in mind.

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This show consistently centers how people experience work—from mental health and burnout to the design of inclusive, trauma-informed communication in organizations. Episodes explore practical leadership tactics to reduce stress, foster psychological safety, and build healthier workplace cultures. Guests range from clinicians and researchers to practitioners in internal communications and community-building, offering frameworks, playbooks, and real-world anecdotes that bridge psychology, rhetoric, and day-to-day work life. The conversations often surface how technology, side projects, and community dynamics influence employee experience, with a notable focus on neurodiversity, empathy-driven leadership, and meeting the human needs behind per... more

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