In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about founders allowing open discussion of socio-political issues inside the workplace. Over the years, societal and political issues are topics that can either encourage healthy discussions and debates within the team or instigate friction and divide within the company. The question is, HOW do we talk about these issues? 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:25 Socio-political issues in a workplace
• 03:02 It’s important how and where we talk about these issues
• 05:55 Areas where we can start to have more productive conversations
• 10:51 Focus has a cost and it’s not that simple
• 14:44 Some socio-political issues are directly impacting people’s focus 11:39
• 18:03 Not all founders really care about other people’s issues outside of work
• 20:28 There are a lot of people in power that just don't understand these issues
• 25:43 Why this idea of just oppressing everything is just a broken hammer
• 32:00 Issues aside, what are the employees trying to accomplish?
• 36:34 Not everyone wants to be pulled into these discussions