Working Conversations

By Dr. Janel Anderson

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Join Dr. Janel Anderson for actionable insights on leadership, workplace dynamics, and the future of work. Rooted in UX Thinking, these episodes help you lead by design—not default—with practical strategies to boost your clarity, effectiveness, and influence in today’s fast-changing, tech-driven workplace. Tune in for practical strategies, cutting-edge trends, and fresh perspectives that help you lead better, work smarter, and stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.


Episode Date
#262: How Do I Get More Visible at Work Without Bragging?
Apr 06, 2026
#261: How to Speak Up in Meetings When You’re an Introvert
Mar 30, 2026
#260: What to Do When You Don't Get Promoted
Mar 23, 2026
#259: You’re Probably Doing 1:1 Meetings Wrong
Mar 16, 2026
#258: How to Onboard a New Employee
Mar 09, 2026
#257: I Just Got Promoted. What Should I Do in My First 30 Days?
Mar 02, 2026
#256: When Everything Feels Urgent: A Smarter Way to Prioritize
Feb 23, 2026
#255: Before Your Next Hard Conversation, Do This
Feb 16, 2026
#254: Why Smart People Struggle with Change at Work
Feb 09, 2026
#253: Hybrid Work Isn’t Broken. The Infrastructure Is.
Feb 02, 2026
#252: What a Coffee Spill Taught Me About Leadership
Jan 26, 2026
#251: What Your Calendar Says About Your Values
Jan 19, 2026
#250: Make it Obvious: The Leadership Cost of Being Unclear
Jan 12, 2026
#249: Better Leadership by Design
Jan 05, 2026
#248: Leading Through Uncertainty: Three Bold Predictions for 2026
Dec 29, 2025
#247: Unleashing Your Creativity with The Artist’s Way
Dec 22, 2025
#246: Culture Redesign: Instagram Eliminates Meetings and PowerPoint
Dec 15, 2025
#245: The Best Email I Ever Wrote (Just Three Sentences)
Dec 08, 2025
#244: Late, Over-Budget, and Totally Worth It: Behind the Scenes on a Big Project
Dec 01, 2025
#243: Embracing Healthy Disagreement for Stronger Teams and Sharper Decisions
Nov 24, 2025
#242: Master Microshifting: How Flexible Work Bursts Are Shaping the Workday
Nov 17, 2025
#241: Adapting to Unannounced Change
Nov 10, 2025
#240: How Big is Too Big? What the AWS Outage Can Teach Us
Nov 03, 2025
#239: Hybrid Work Needs a Redesign
Oct 27, 2025
#238: Garbage In, Garbage Out – Now with AI
Oct 20, 2025
#237: It’s not Job Hugging – it’s Desperate Clinging
Oct 13, 2025
#236: How to Avoid Micromanaging
Oct 06, 2025
#235: Meeting Strangers on the Internet – AKA Networking
Sep 29, 2025
#234: Difficult Conversations Simplified
Sep 22, 2025
#233: Timing Is Everything: How to Make Big Changes Stick
Sep 15, 2025
#232: Beat Workplace Overwhelm with UX Thinking
Sep 08, 2025
#231: The Real Reason Employees Quit and How to Fix It
Sep 01, 2025
#230: Innovation by Design: Lessons from Airbnb
Aug 25, 2025
#229: Why Planning Fails – and What to Do Instead
Aug 18, 2025
#228: Chunking Change: A Smarter Way to Lead Through Innovation
Aug 11, 2025
#227: Fix Miscommunication with UX Thinking
Aug 04, 2025
#226: Powerful Paradigm Shifts Can Change How We Lead
Jul 28, 2025
#225: Turning Technical Expertise Into Everyday Leadership
Jul 21, 2025
#224: The Hidden Leadership Power of UX Thinking
Jul 14, 2025
#223: Owning What’s Mine and Coming Full Circle
Jul 07, 2025
#222: Netflix and the Adjacent Possible: What Streaming Made Possible
Jun 30, 2025
#221: The Power of Small Gestures
Jun 23, 2025
#220: Five Ways Humans Outperform AI
Jun 16, 2025
#219: Unlocking the Power of S.M.A.R.T. Work Design
Jun 09, 2025
#218: Mini-Retirements for Mid-Career Professionals
Jun 02, 2025
#217: Future Proof Your Career and Organization
May 26, 2025
#216: How to Anticipate (and Create) the Future
May 19, 2025
#215: The Latest in AI – Autonomous Agents Working for You
May 12, 2025
#214: Turning Curiosity Into a Competitive Advantage
May 05, 2025
#213: E.A.S.E. Elective Avoidance of Social Exchanges
Apr 28, 2025
#212: The Paradox of Connection: So Hyperconnected and So Alone
Apr 21, 2025
#211: Mindfulness & Burnout: The Surprising Connection
Apr 14, 2025
#210: White Space in Your Calendar and Your Brain
Apr 07, 2025
#209: Breaking Free from Doom Scrolling
Mar 31, 2025
#208: Navigating Uncertainty at Work (and in the World)
Mar 24, 2025
#207: The Power of Personal Narrative: Why Story Matters at Work
Mar 17, 2025
#206: Brain Waves & Peak Performance: Unlocking Your Competitive Edge
Mar 10, 2025
#205: Difficult Conversations in the Hybrid Workplace
Mar 03, 2025
#204: The Courage to Change What’s Working
Feb 24, 2025
#203: Finding Sweet Relief from Digital Clutter
Feb 17, 2025
#202: From Cubicles to Creative Spaces: The Office Revolution
Feb 10, 2025
#201: Why Return to Office Mandates Will Fail
Feb 03, 2025
#200: A Personal Manifesto: Dr. Anderson’s Three-Part Life Philosophy Revealed
Jan 27, 2025
#199: Boundary Setting for Better Work-Life Balance
Jan 20, 2025
#198: Key Skills for the 2025 Workplace
Jan 13, 2025
#197: 2025 Workplace Predictions
Jan 06, 2025
#196: Encore Episode: Do This Instead of New Year’s Resolutions
Dec 30, 2024
#195: Finding Your People: Why Community Matters in Work and Life
Dec 23, 2024
#194: Tackling the Toxic 'Meeting After the Meeting'
Dec 16, 2024
#193: Paid Paid Vacation: A Game-Changer for Employee Retention
Dec 09, 2024
#192: Putting My Advice About Workplace Friendship to the Test
Dec 02, 2024
#191: Collaborating with AI: Creating Stunning Slides
Nov 25, 2024
#190: The Subtle Benefits of Office Hive Mentality at Work
Nov 18, 2024
#189: Why We Are Nicer to Siri Than to Our Co-Workers
Nov 11, 2024
#188: Making Sense of RTO Mandates
Nov 04, 2024
#187: The Business Case for Taking a Vacation
Oct 28, 2024
#186: Unveiling AI's Realism: My Keynote Summarized by Avatars
Oct 21, 2024
#185: Glossing: Unmasking Fake Positivity at Work
Oct 14, 2024
#184: Remote Work's Impact on Women's Careers
Oct 07, 2024
#183: The Hidden Dangers of Looking Busy
Sep 30, 2024
#182: How “Busy Bragging” Sabotages Your Career
Sep 23, 2024
#181: Understanding the Surgeon General's Workplace Mental Health Framework
Sep 16, 2024
#180: How to Tackle Digital Clutter
Sep 09, 2024
#179: AI in the Workplace: Will it Replace Humans?
Sep 02, 2024
#178: Mastering Generative AI
Aug 26, 2024
#177: Harnessing Human Energy: The Secret Fuel Found in Interaction
Aug 19, 2024
#176: AMA: Goals, Productivity, Boundaries, and Mindset
Aug 12, 2024
#175: AMA: Diving into Leadership, Communication, and the Future of Work
Aug 05, 2024
#174: Work-Life Balance: Myth or Reality?
Jul 29, 2024
#173: Burnout Alert: Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions for the Overworked
Jul 22, 2024
#172: How to Make Friends at Work
Jul 15, 2024
#172: How to Make Friends at Work
Jul 15, 2024
#171: Remote Work Gone Wrong: Employee Secretly Outsources His Job
Jul 08, 2024
#170: Building Community in the Hybrid Work Environment
Jul 01, 2024
#169: Debunking the Myth that No One Wants to Work
Jun 24, 2024
#168: Telephonobia: How the Fear of Phone Calls Is Hurting Work
Jun 17, 2024
#167: Too Much of Your Work is About the Work!
Jun 10, 2024
#166: Listeners’ Picks: The 5 Most Downloaded Episodes
Jun 03, 2024
#165: Navigating Negativity Bias at Work
May 27, 2024
#164: Women's Wealth: Unpacking the $30 Trillion Baby Boomer Inheritance
May 20, 2024
#163: Norms Not Working for You? Change Them
May 13, 2024
#162: Navigating Employee Types: Strategies for Stayers, Players, Slayers, and Glaciers
May 06, 2024
#161: The Tyranny of the Inbox: How Late-Night Emails Impact Your Team
Apr 29, 2024
#160: Five Reasons You Need White Space on Your Calendar
Apr 22, 2024
#159: Why You Need a Work BFF
Apr 15, 2024
#158: Office Peacocking and What it Means for You
Apr 08, 2024
#157: Exposing Affinity Bias to Create a Fair and Just Workplace
Apr 01, 2024
#156: Clear Your Mental Cache by Decluttering Your Mind
Mar 25, 2024
#155: Handle with Care: Return to Office or Not?
Mar 18, 2024
#154: Tulsa Pays You $10K to Move There
Mar 11, 2024
#153: 6 Tips for Better Virtual Meetings
Mar 04, 2024
#152: The 10 Best Things I’ve Done in My Career
Feb 26, 2024
#151: 7 Things to NEVER Do in AI
Feb 19, 2024
#150: 7 Things to Try in AI
Feb 12, 2024
#149: The Power of Generative AI to Transform Meetings
Feb 05, 2024
#148: Is the Return to Office War Over?
Jan 29, 2024
#147: The Epidemic of Loneliness at Work
Jan 22, 2024
#146: My Digital Detox Results
Jan 15, 2024
#145: The Dos and Don’ts of Performance Reviews
Jan 08, 2024
#144: Do This Instead of New Year’s Resolutions
Jan 01, 2024
#143: My Predictions for Work Life in 2024
Dec 25, 2023
#142: Hits or Misses? A Review of My 2023 Workplace Predictions
Dec 18, 2023
#141: On Turning 25 – An Interview with My Oldest Son
Dec 11, 2023
#140: My Version of a Digital Detox
Dec 04, 2023
#139: How to Stop Phubbing
Nov 27, 2023
#138: How to Prevent Misunderstandings
Nov 20, 2023
#137: 85% Productivity is the Sweet Spot
Nov 13, 2023
#136: STOP Multitasking
Nov 06, 2023
#135: Quiet Hiring: How to Make it Work For You
Oct 30, 2023
#134: What Happened to Office Etiquette?
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 133: Six Books You’ll Love
Oct 16, 2023
#132: FOBO Is On the Rise (Fear of Becoming Obsolete)
Oct 09, 2023
#131: The Great Unretirement
Oct 02, 2023
#130: A Typical Week in My Life + My Morning Routine (Version 2)
Sep 25, 2023
#129: The Explosive Growth in Green Jobs
Sep 18, 2023
#128: Why People Are Rude (and Worse!) Online
Sep 11, 2023
#127: How Labor Day Can Help Predict the Future
Sep 04, 2023
#126: Digital Nomads and the Countries that Are Wooing Them
Aug 28, 2023
#125: Stealth Working: Globetrotting or the Local Coffee Shop
Aug 21, 2023
#124 Loud Quitting – What It Is and What to Do About It
Aug 15, 2023
#123: Micro-acknowledgment and Why It’s Hard to do Remotely
Aug 07, 2023
#122: What is Your Competitive Edge?
Jul 31, 2023
#121: Are Generations Still Relevant?
Jul 24, 2023
#120: The Work from Home Impact on Families
Jul 17, 2023
#119: The Four Day Work Week
Jul 10, 2023
#118: How to Stop Office Gossip
Jul 03, 2023
#117: Full-Time Job AND Full-Time Caregiving?
Jun 26, 2023
#116: My Best Advice for Hybrid Meetings
Jun 19, 2023
#115: How to Say No
Jun 12, 2023
#114: One Big Mistake Leaders Make
Jun 05, 2023
#113: Americans Are Working Less. Are You?
May 29, 2023
#112: How to Waste Less Time and Have More Freedom
May 22, 2023
#111: Navigating High Tech Layoffs: A Bounce-Back Interview
May 15, 2023
#110: Giving Constructive Feedback to the High Performer
May 08, 2023
#109: Productivity Paranoia – Obsessing that Your Colleagues Aren’t Working
May 01, 2023
#108: Why Coaching an Employee Out is Better than Quiet Firing
Apr 24, 2023
#107: Warning: Flexible Work Arrangements are Not Optional
Apr 17, 2023
#106: Is The One Minute Manager Still Relevant? Was it Ever?
Apr 10, 2023
#105: How to Do Management By Walking Around in Hybrid Workplaces
Apr 03, 2023
#104: What To Do When Employees Abuse Unlimited PTO
Mar 27, 2023
#103: Why Some People are Slow to Change
Mar 20, 2023
#102: How Gen Z is Shaping the Future Workplace
Mar 13, 2023
#101: Do Careers Matter as the Future of Work Unfolds?
Mar 06, 2023
#100: What the Most Persistent People Do
Feb 27, 2023
#99: Where Smart Appliances are Headed in the Next 5 Years
Feb 20, 2023
#98: How to Get Laid Off
Feb 13, 2023
#97: Why Interpersonal Skills are THE Most Important Skills for 2023
Feb 06, 2023
#96: The Tug-of-War Between WFH and RTO
Jan 30, 2023
#95: AI Won’t Steal Your Job But Here’s What It Will Do
Jan 23, 2023
#94: Live to Work or Work to Live: Conflicting Values in the Workplace
Jan 16, 2023
#93: The Labor Shortage and What it Means for You – and Your Burrito
Jan 09, 2023
#92: My Predictions for Work Life in 2023
Jan 02, 2023
#91: My Word of the Year for 2023 – And Why You Need One Too
Dec 26, 2022
#90: Why Procrastination is Your Friend (and How to Beat it Anyway)
Dec 19, 2022
#89: Decision Making and Your Year of Wonders with Nick Tasler
Dec 12, 2022
#88: Get a Jumpstart on 2023
Dec 05, 2022
#87: 6 Ways to Overcome Perfectionism
Nov 29, 2022
#86: An Experiment in Gratitude
Nov 21, 2022
#85: Managing Your Energy During the Holidays
Nov 14, 2022
#84: Why Talking to Yourself Makes You Smarter
Nov 07, 2022
#83: Be a Better Listener 2.0
Oct 31, 2022
#82: What to Do When You Don’t Like a Coworker
Oct 24, 2022
#81: How to Get a Second Chance at Anything
Oct 17, 2022
#80: The Two Most Powerful Words in the English Language
Oct 10, 2022
#79: A Crash Course on Negotiation with Linda Swindling
Oct 03, 2022
#78: How to Network in the Hybrid World - And Why You Need To!
Sep 26, 2022
#77: Let’s Talk about your Well-Being – at Work
Sep 19, 2022
#76: Productivity Monitoring: Good or Bad for Business?
Sep 12, 2022
#75: Why Low Employee Engagement Might Be Good for Business
Sep 05, 2022
#74: What to Do When It’s Not Your Fault
Aug 29, 2022
#73: How to Stop Ruminating and Feel Better
Aug 22, 2022
#72: Why You Need to Bet on Yourself
Aug 15, 2022
#71: How to be Visible in the WFH and Hybrid Workplace
Aug 08, 2022
#70: How to Be More Innovative
Aug 01, 2022
#69: A Sneak Peek into My Professional Development
Jul 25, 2022
#68: How to Stop Tip-toeing Around Hyper-Sensitive People
Jul 18, 2022
#67: 6 Ways to Manage Distractions
Jul 11, 2022
#66: The Main Problem with Hybrid Work Spaces
Jul 04, 2022
#65: Jeff Bezos Has Communication All Wrong
Jun 27, 2022
#64: 10 Ways Kayaking is Like Difficult Conversations
Jun 20, 2022
#63: Stop Apologizing!
Jun 13, 2022
#62: What to do with a Conversational Narcissist
Jun 06, 2022
#61: Why You Need a Mentor
May 30, 2022
#60: Words Create Reality
May 23, 2022
#59: How to Communicate Strategically
May 16, 2022
#58: How to Deal with Angry Customer
May 09, 2022
#57: Three Powerful Ways to Influence
May 02, 2022
#56: When Leaders Make Mistakes
Apr 25, 2022
#55: Leadership Lessons from a Fifth Grader
Apr 18, 2022
#54: Don’t Leave These Leadership Lessons Behind
Apr 11, 2022
#53: Grieving the Way Things Used to Be
Apr 04, 2022
#52: Return-To-Office Rescue Guide
Mar 28, 2022
#51: Are You an Overthinker or an Underthinker?
Mar 21, 2022
#50: Futurecasting: Predicting Your Amazing Future
Mar 14, 2022
#49: Outsmarting the Human Brain
Mar 07, 2022
#48: Workcation – Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Feb 28, 2022
#47: What To Do When You Don’t Get What You Want
Feb 22, 2022
#46: All You Have is Now
Feb 14, 2022
#45: 4 Ideas You Can Steal If You Are Hiring
Feb 07, 2022
#44: 6 Tips for Accepting Negative Feedback
Jan 31, 2022
#43: 5 High Performance Communication Habits for WFH
Jan 23, 2022
#42: 7 Ways to Retain Top Talent
Jan 16, 2022
#41: The 5 Toughest Challenges in Managing Remote Workers
Jan 09, 2022
#40: Predictions for 2022 Work Life
Jan 02, 2022
#39: What We Got Right in the Workplace in 2021
Dec 26, 2021
#38: How to Avoid Burnout During the Holidays (and anytime)
Dec 19, 2021
#37: A Sneak Peek into a Typical Week in My Life + My Morning Routine
Dec 12, 2021
#36: Get a Jump Start on 2022
Nov 21, 2021
#35: One Big Thing You Might Be Doing Wrong on Video
Nov 14, 2021
#34: New Lessons from the Pandemic
Oct 31, 2021
#33: Why the Pandemic Has Accelerated Your Goal Timelines
Oct 10, 2021
#32: A Massive Career Shift that Came About in the Pandemic
Oct 04, 2021
#31: She’s Not Tempted by the Great Resignation
Sep 27, 2021
#30: The Great Resignation - An early adopter and why she changed jobs
Sep 19, 2021
#29: The Great Resignation
Sep 12, 2021
#28: The Dark Side of WFH Part 2 – Employees Who Don’t
Sep 05, 2021
#27: The Dark Side of WFH Part 1 – SOOO Over Being Alone
Aug 29, 2021
#26: How to Talk About Returning to the Office
Aug 15, 2021
#25: The Big Thing that Needs to Change in Job Descriptions
Aug 08, 2021
#24: Your Step-by-step Reentry to the Office
Aug 01, 2021
#23: Where Am I Supposed to Be: Questions about Hybrid Teams from Managers
Jul 25, 2021
#22: Dude, Where’s my Cube: Questions about Hybrid Teams from Employees
Jul 18, 2021
#21: The Challenges of the Hybrid Workplace
Jul 12, 2021
#20: New Solutions for the New Normal: Part 2
Jun 06, 2021
#19: New Solutions for the New Normal: Part 1
May 30, 2021
#18: There is More to Distance Than Space and Time
May 23, 2021
#17: Why Motivation is Different when Working from Home
May 16, 2021
#16: In Search of Motivation
May 10, 2021
#15: Managing Up - At a Distance
Apr 19, 2021
#14: Navigating Change
Apr 06, 2021
#13: How to Get Anything You Want
Mar 29, 2021
#12: Why You Need Big Problems
Mar 22, 2021
# 11: The Secret to Fixing Email
Mar 15, 2021
#10: These 20 Minutes Will Make You a Better Listener
Mar 08, 2021
#9: When Little Things Become Big Things
Mar 01, 2021
#8: 7 Steps to Have Difficult Conversations Remotely
Feb 22, 2021
# 7: Top 7 Annoying Behaviors in Virtual Meetings
Feb 15, 2021
# 6: From Workplace TMI to Telling the Boss: Who Should Know Which Information?
Feb 08, 2021
#5: Debunking the Myth that 93% of Communication is Nonverbal
Feb 02, 2021
#4: 10 Work From Home Hacks for Staying Focused
Feb 02, 2021
#3: Why You Need to Commute, Even if You Work From Home
Feb 02, 2021
#2: Find an Extra Hour in Your Day, Every Day
Feb 02, 2021
#1: Telling Your Career Story
Feb 02, 2021
Working Conversations Trailer
Jan 18, 2021