Dam It, Let's Talk

Business coach Andrew Joy (ActionCOACH Harrogate) brings 20+ years of sales leadership and coaching experience to a conversation about moving from chaos to clarity. Together, Andrew and Rob dig into time, systems, team, sales and the numbers owners get wrong, and what to do if you’re drowning in your own business.

This week Tania puts Rob in the hot seat with rapid-fire questions, and he has nowhere to hide.

Would you keep a toxic salesperson who brings in 30% of your revenue? Is unlimited leave a perk or a trick? Should bosses watch remote workers?

Then things get personal: why the mutherboard logo was built to make people look twice at monday.com, what the "wild west days" taught us, and the project that pushed us out of our depth: teaching women in prison to build apps with AI.

And then come the slightly unhinged questions… This one is a little too truthful, a bit spicy and a whole lot of fun. You’ll want to hear what Rob has to say.

Every company says they have a great culture. Values on the wall, mission statements, maybe even a team Slack emoji or two.

But here’s the real question, what does your culture actually feel like on a random Tuesday?

In this episode, we get into the gap between what companies say and what teams actually experience. We unpack how culture is built through everyday actions, not big speeches.

We talk retreats, vibe checks, and the small things that end up mattering way more than you think.

Because at the end of the day, your culture isn’t your values.

It’s what you reward. What you ignore. And what you’re willing to tolerate.

Innovation rarely fails because of tech. It fails because we start with the tool instead of the problem. In this episode of Dam It, Let’s Talk, we unpack how monday.com boards, spreadsheets, and “the way we’ve always done it” quietly box in your thinking before you’ve even begun. We walk through real client examples where stepping outside the tool unlocked better systems, and share a simple mental model to design the ideal outcome first, then choose the tools to support it. If you’ve ever caught yourself asking “what can this platform do?” instead of “what do we actually need?”, this one’s for you.

In this episode, we wade into the messy reality of bringing AI into a business before the foundations are ready. From dodgy dashboards and disconnected systems to AI slop, credit chaos, and the very real need for human gut checks, we talk about why AI only works when your data, workflows, and guardrails do too. Expect practical examples, a few beaver-adjacent metaphors, and a reminder that before you let the robot make decisions, you should probably know where the numbers came from.

References:

The Klarna case: https://futurism.com/klarna-openai-humans-ai-back

Work isn’t broken because people are bad at their jobs, it’s broken because the systems are a mess.

In our very first episode, we get into the real reason we started Mutherboard (hint: it wasn’t because we love tech). We’re talking tools that don’t talk, teams guessing capacity, and leaders making decisions in the dark, all while everyone pretends it’s under control.

This one’s part origin story, part therapy session. If you’ve ever felt like work is just organised chaos held together by spreadsheets and hope… you’re in the right place.

Welcome to Dam It, Let’s Talk.