Gustavo Razzetti, culture strategist and CEO of Fearless Culture, has spent 25 years helping teams break through the conversations they keep avoiding. In this episode, he introduces the concept of "conversational debt", the hidden cost that builds when smart people stay silent, talk in circles, or mistake politeness for progress. Drawing on his new book, Forward Talk, Gustavo breaks down the three patterns that keep teams stuck: avoidance, blame, and groupthink, and shares how leaders can turn stalled conversations into real decisions. If your team talks a lot but never seems to move forward, this conversation offers a framework for finally getting unstuck.

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