Oct 2, 2025
Is your workplace a community or a congregation? Chuck & Andrew skewer the culty side of “culture”: forced fun, founder worship, surveillance-y “care,” and those rituals that eat your calendar and your soul. Then they map the healthy alternative—psychological safety, clear boundaries, dissent that isn’t...
Sep 3, 2025
Most people think coaching is just advice with a fancier invoice. In this episode of Humanize the Workplace, Chuck Allen and Andrew Sheridan dismantle the biggest myths about coaching and mentoring, roast the corporate addiction to “advice culture,” and explore why listening is a lost art leaders think they’ve...
Aug 12, 2025
Andrew and Chuck drag design-thinking rebel Robert Bloom, Founder & Managing Partner @ Design Thinkers South Africa, into the ring to skewer soul-sucking corporate policies and show you how to flip the script. From VUCA chaos to Elon Musk’s rigid reign, learn why “thinking wrong” might be the only sane move left....
Jul 29, 2025
Delayed payments shouldn’t be a strategy—but for many corporations, 60- to 120-day terms have become standard practice. In this episode, Chuck & Andrew examine how “interest-free loans” from vendors distort cash flow, inflate prices, and erode trust across supply chains.
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Jun 17, 2025
Chuck Allen and Andrew Sheridan explore the emotional complexity of difficult conversations with guest Lorrie Fair—former U.S. national soccer player and current Chief Program Director at the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project. Together, they dive into the science of defensiveness, the impact of childhood...