What if navigating constant change isn't about moving faster, but noticing who's stuck at the edge of the bridge?

In this episode, we sit down with Suzanne Sitrin, a leadership consultant who's spent decades helping leaders guide teams through transformation: from the quality-management era to today's rapid growth and perpetual pivots. Suzanne shares what actually helps when the bar keeps moving and people are running out of runway.

The Big Questions We Tackle:

How do you lead when the goalposts keep moving? Suzanne unpacks what she's seeing in so many corporate environments: innovation at the top can translate into exhaustion at the bottom—especially when teams hit a milestone and immediately learn it "doesn't count" anymore.

What does psychological safety really require? We talk about trust, vulnerability, and how leaders create the conditions for productive disagreement (without it turning personal).

How do you lead across generations without generalizing? Suzanne shares what's changing in expectations at work—and why leaders need both clarity and flexibility: feedback and autonomy.

The Hard Truths

Not every team (or leader) is ready. Suzanne shares what happens when there isn't true willingness to do the work, and why "growth mindset" can't be lip service if transformation is the goal.

What You Can Do Right Now

• Stop assuming. Curiosity beats projection, especially in ambiguity.

• Ask more, tell less. You can name hard things if you do it with care and clarity.

• Celebrate before you raise the bar. Recognition affirms effort, and strengthens future performance.

• Build emotional intelligence on purpose. Your leadership doesn't end at 5pm; people take it home with them.

Connect with Suzanne

• Website: www.bluebirch.com

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-sitrin/

• Instagram: Blue Birch Consulting

What if everything you learned about leadership is actually holding you back? And what if the secret to thriving through AI disruption and remote work chaos isn't adding new skills—it's unlearning the old ones?

In this episode, we sit down with Karen Ferris, organizational change expert, author of eight books including Be Remarkable: Learn to Unlearn, and a voice that cuts through the noise on what teams actually need from leaders today. Karen has spent her career watching organizations struggle with change—and she's seen what separates the ones that thrive from the ones that collapse under pressure.

What does it really mean to be a remarkable leader? Karen breaks down her REMARKABLE framework—Resilient, Empathetic, Mindful, Adaptive, Resourceful, Known, Accountable, Brave, Listening, and Empowering. But this isn't just another list of leadership buzzwords.

At its core, this conversation is about having the courage and self-awareness to say: What served me yesterday is no longer relevant today.

Karen reveals why most leaders struggle to achieve 'Remarkable', because they are often missing the foundations of:

• Listening to understand

• Empowerment

• Vulnerability

• Psychological Safety

We also dig into why organizations are drowning in change fatigue—and why it's usually not about too much change, but too much badly handled change. Don't skip this episode, where Karen shares her proven formula for becoming more successful at better handling change.

• Find Karen on LinkedIn

• Visit her website: KarenFerris.com

• Check out her books, including Be Remarkable: Learn to Unlearn

• Alvin Toffler's Future Shock - The origin of "learn to unlearn and relearn"

• Daniel Pink's work on motivation - Autonomy, mastery, purpose

• Amy Edmondson's research on psychological safety

• Gallup's CliftonStrengths research - Trust, compassion, hope, stability as key factors

• Nick Shackleton-Jones on TikTok - The real reason for return-to-office mandates

• The Westpac vs. Carleen Chandler case - Groundbreaking Australian fair work decision on remote work

What if the workplace transformation everyone's worried about is actually the breakthrough we've been waiting for? What if AI agents don't replace us—they finally free us to do the work that actually matters?

Welcome back to Part 2 of our conversation with Matt Tabor, organizational performance expert and founder of BCGN Group. If you caught Part 1, you heard Matt lay out his four 2030 future of work predictions:

• AI is a Valued Team Member
• People & Teams Fuel Growth and Innovation
• Silos Collapse; Outcomes Become Shared
• Cultures Prioritize Ethics, Resilience & Critical Thinking

There's so much we unpack, but Matt helps us answer the all-important question: As information gaps and political shenanigans dissipate, how would you redirect the freed time and emotional energy?

Join us as Matt helps you get tactical about what you can do now to get yourself and your team prepared for this shift.

• Find Matt on LinkedIn

• DOWNLOAD BCGN Group's "2030 Predictions: Agentic AI Implications for People, Culture and Growth"

• Duncan Simester - Innovative Strategy requires a unique insight to create value + experimentation:

• Weekly Team Meeting Ritual to build trust - P2 - 1 Personal, 1 Professional

• LinkedIn Learning - For AI training and skill development

• Amy Edmondson's work on psychological safety