O.C. Tanner’s Culture by Design Podcast

Workplace cultures for all with Michael C. Bush

For the first episode of season 3, we've got CEO of Great Place to Work Michael C. Bush with us to talk about equity, representation, trust, fear, and why creating a great place to work FOR ALL is so essential for leaders and employees doing their best to survive (and maybe, thrive) in this chaotic global climate.

What was YOUR first job? Send us an email with stories about your first job to theworkplace@octanner.com and we’ll feature the best ones in an episode later this season.

Season 3 trailer

Season 3 is coming to town January 11th, 2021. So put another marshmallow in your hot chocolate and settle in for a sneak peek at what we have in store for the next season of The Work Place. Merry Listen-mas!

The employee perspective of workplace culture

This episode, we’re putting a bow on season 2 with a candid conversation between two employees (spoiler: it's Executive Producer Katie Clifford and host Andrew Scarcella) about their own personal perspectives of workplace culture. How has it changed over the last year, and how should it change as we claw our way out of this global crisis?

Decision making under pressure | Annie Duke

This episode, we’re talking with legendary poker player, Annie Duke, about decision making under pressure and why embracing uncertainty is the key to better leadership. Her latest book, How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, is on sale now.

Influence Greatness 2020, O.C. Tanner's annual recognition and culture conference is streaming now—for free—with a rich library of on-demand content featuring experts, authors, researchers, and HR leaders from all across the globe. Watch now at octanner.com/influencegreatness. 

Finding joy in the workplace | Ingrid Fetell Lee

This episode, we’re talking with author and designer Ingrid Fetell Lee about joy—why it’s not the same as happiness, and what we can change about the places we work to make our jobs, and ourselves, more joyful. 

Transforming culture through recognition | Andrea Procaccino

This episode, we’re talking with Andrea Procaccino about the work she’s done to transform and strengthen the culture of recognition at one of the nation’s top hospitals—New York-Presbyterian.

Real inclusion and diversity | Namrata Yadav

This episode, we're talking with Namrata Yadav from Bank of America about inclusion, diversity, and why those terms are so much more than buzzwords.

Evolving your culture | Tim Kuppler

This episode, we talk with Tim Kuppler from Human Synergistics about how workplace culture evolves and what we can do to guide it in the right direction like the tiny cultural tugboats we are.

Mini-ep | Pandemic Takeaways Vol. 2 with Alex Lovell

This mini-ep, we’re back at it, digging into the O.C. Tanner Institute’s ongoing research on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting people, organizations, and the workplace cultures that tie them together with friend of the program, Alex Lovell.

How to build a great workplace culture in the 2020s from HCMx Radio

This episode, we’re featuring another podcast that’s fighting the good fight for better workplace cultures—HCMx Radio. Created by the Brandon Hall Group and hosted by their COO, Rachel Cooke, HCMx Radio has some of the best in-depth analysis of organizational culture in the podcast-a-verse. Their latest episode just to happens to have our very own David Sturt as a guest—and since David will be back on The Work Place in an upcoming episode, it seemed appropriate to showcase him on the receiving end of an interview for a change.