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Want Inclusive Workplaces? Listen Up — and #HirePaulThis special episode of The Elephant in the Org isn’t just a conversation — it’s a call to action.
Meet Paul Meyer, a Deaf HR professional and inclusion advocate with extensive experience in talent acquisition, onboarding, and culture building. Paul has spent his career helping organizations make work truly inclusive, from hiring practices to day-to-day communication and leadership behavior.
We recorded this as our first fully accessible episode, featuring live ASL interpretation (Rebecca Davis) and CART captions (Annie Hargett, AH Real Time Captions). The audio version includes a full written transcript, and you can access the ASL + CC video via the YouTube link below.
🎥 Watch the accessible video version on YouTube → https://youtu.be/2fGpnCNUi1o
👉 Paul is actively job-seeking. Listen, learn, and help us #HirePaul.
In this episode:
Connect & Support:
🔗 Connect with Paul on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmeyerpm/
💼 Share open roles or referrals
📣 Spread the word: #HirePaul #ElephantInclusive
Credits
Hosted by Marion Anderson & Danny Gluch
Guest: Paul Meyer
ASL: Rebecca Davis
CART: Annie Hargett, AH Real Time Captions
Collaboration: Greer Procich, Rethinkability
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🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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Episode Description:
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Suicide, grief, and trauma.
In this deeply human episode of The Elephant in the Org, we confront one of the hardest workplace conversations: suicide, loss, and mental health at work.
Our guest, Don Ryan — author of The Secret Struggle: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One and veteran social worker — brings both professional expertise and personal experience, having lost three close family members to suicide.
Together with Marion, Danny, and Cacha, Don explores:
Top Takeaways:
Guest Bio:
Don Ryan manages violence-reduction programs for Hennepin County, MN, and co-coordinates a veteran-specific suicide-prevention initiative. He is the author of The Secret Struggle: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One (2024), written to help others feel seen, heard, and less alone.
🔗 Connect with Don: LinkedIn | thesecretstruggle.com
Link to Shownotes
Resources:
If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out:
Because grief doesn’t clock out — and silence in the workplace is never the answer.
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🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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When AI does the homework but skips the hard work, businesses will be the ones picking up the tab.
In this final episode of our AI trilogy, we’re joined by Mark Evans — serial entrepreneur, Fractional Chief AI Officer, and strategic advisor who’s spent 30 years building, scaling, and exiting tech ventures. Now, he helps leaders navigate AI adoption without outsourcing the very thing that makes us human: our ability to think.
From classrooms to boardrooms, Mark warns of a creeping danger — the illusion of mastery. Students, job-seekers, and even seasoned professionals are presenting AI-polished competence without the critical thinking, resilience, or authenticity to back it up. When that illusion flows into hiring and leadership pipelines, the long-term costs to businesses could be catastrophic.
We talk about:
Top Takeaways:
Guest Bio:
Mark Evans is the founder of 360 Strategy, a Fractional Chief AI Officer, and serial entrepreneur. With three decades of experience scaling and exiting tech ventures, he now works with leaders to ensure AI augments rather than replaces human capability. Based in Glasgow, Mark is passionate about preparing the next generation of talent to enter the workforce ready to think, not just prompt.
🔗 Connect with Mark: LinkedIn
📄 Read Mark’s paper featured in this episode: AI and the Corrosion of Academic Rigour
🌐 360 Strategy Website
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🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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“AI will make your job easier.”
Translation: Here’s a shiny new tool — now do 10x more with half the resources.
In Part 2 of our AI Trilogy, we’re joined by Felix Mitchell (Co-CEO of Instant Impact, host of We Need to Talk About HR) to unpack how leaders are spinning AI as a miracle cure — while quietly restructuring work, cutting jobs, and pushing employees harder than ever.
We dig into:
This isn’t another glossy keynote about innovation. It’s a raw look at the human cost of AI hype — and why psychological safety may be the most important currency of the future of work.
Link to Show Notes Here
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
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🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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What happens when ChatGPT decides you’re not a Black woman… but a 40-year-old white man named Ralph?
That’s exactly what happened to attorney and entrepreneur Aubria Ralph, who turned an AI glitch into a full-blown LinkedIn social experiment. She flipped her name, posted as “Ralph Aubria,” and watched the offers, DMs, and algorithm love roll in. The results? Both hilarious and deeply troubling.
In this episode, Marion and Danny unpack:
This is Part 2 of our AI Trilogy — three back-to-back episodes exploring how AI is reshaping trust, work, and psychological safety.
🎧 Listen now to hear how a fake Ralph exposed real bias — and what it says about the future of voice and authenticity online.
Get the Show Notes here
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
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🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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We’re back, baby! 🎉 Season 3 of The Elephant in the Org kicks off with a bang — and a little chaos.
Marion, Danny, and Cacha dive into:
Messy, spicy, unfiltered — exactly how you like us.
👉 Full show notes here
🎧 Listen now and let’s make work suck less. 🐘
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
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🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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It’s the final episode of Rethink Ability, and we’re wrapping the series with reflection, laughter, and a whole lot of heart.
Hosts Marion Anderson, Danny Gluch, and Cacha Dora are joined by Greer Procich and Lia Seth to revisit the mic-drop moments, hard truths, and big feelings from the series. From allyship to HR’s blind spots, from policy pitfalls to psychological safety — we’re talking about what hit hardest, what changed us, and what comes next.
This episode is more than a recap. It’s a call to keep learning, keep listening, and keep showing up.
💬 Topics include:
🎧 Part of the limited series Rethink Ability, brought to you by The Fearless PX, The Elephant in the Org, Invisible Condition, and The Performance Innovation Collective.
🌐 Learn more and sign up for the October virtual summit: rethink-ability.com
Link to episode show notes
Rethink Ability is a limited seven-part podcast series that explores the often unseen dimensions of disability in the workplace — and what it takes to build environments where everyone can thrive.
Brought to you by The Fearless PX and the team behind The Elephant in the Org, in collaboration with ReThink Ability, Invisible Condition, and The Performance Innovation Collective, the series centers the lived experiences of disabled employees, HR leaders, and workplace change-makers. Across seven honest, human, and action-driven episodes, we unpack the gap between intention and impact and explore how to bridge it.
This is a call to rethink assumptions, redesign systems, and reshape culture.
If you’re tired of one-size-fits-all policies and hungry for real change, you’re in the right place.
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
🚀 Your Hosts on LinkedIn
💬 Like what you hear?
Follow/subscribe so you don’t miss an episode — and if this one hit home, leave a ★★★★★ review to help more people find the show.
🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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If your DEI strategy can’t even get someone a standing desk, we’ve got bigger problems.
In this bold and unfiltered episode, host Danny Gluch sits down with three powerhouse professionals who know what it’s like to advocate for equity — not just in theory, but in real life, in real workplaces, with real consequences. Together, they unpack the systemic ignorance disabled employees often face — and the everyday empathy that could fix it.
Pearl Brady – DEI practitioner and inclusion strategist with over 15 years of experience
Ashley Kera – Talent leader, coach, and founder of Kera Coaching & Consulting
Lia Seth – Director of People at Cylinder and self-proclaimed Accessibility Queen
Together, they tackle:
This is the episode HR should be required to listen to. Because equity isn’t just a strategy — it’s how you treat people.
Link to episode show notes
Rethink Ability is a limited seven-part podcast series that explores the often unseen dimensions of disability in the workplace — and what it takes to build environments where everyone can thrive.
Brought to you by The Fearless PX and the team behind The Elephant in the Org, in collaboration with ReThink Ability, Invisible Condition, and The Performance Innovation Collective, the series centers the lived experiences of disabled employees, HR leaders, and workplace change-makers. Across seven honest, human, and action-driven episodes, we unpack the gap between intention and impact and explore how to bridge it.
This is a call to rethink assumptions, redesign systems, and reshape culture.
If you’re tired of one-size-fits-all policies and hungry for real change, you’re in the right place.
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
🚀 Your Hosts on LinkedIn
💬 Like what you hear?
Follow/subscribe so you don’t miss an episode — and if this one hit home, leave a ★★★★★ review to help more people find the show.
🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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What do you do when your body doesn’t follow the calendar, and neither does your capacity?
In this episode of Rethink Ability, co-hosts Danny Gluch and Cacha Dora are joined by Greer Procich, Lia Seth, and Megan Rees for a candid, humorous, and deeply validating conversation about the unpredictable nature of working while living with a disability.
We talk about surprise flare-ups, medical trial-and-error, navigating grief and identity, and the hard-earned skills that disabled professionals bring to the workplace — from empathy and adaptability to ruthless prioritization and setting real boundaries.
💬 Topics include:
Whether you're living it, leading others, or just starting to learn, this one will stick with you.
Full show notes & guest bios
Rethink Ability is a limited seven-part podcast series that explores the often unseen dimensions of disability in the workplace — and what it takes to build environments where everyone can thrive.
Brought to you by The Fearless PX and the team behind The Elephant in the Org, in collaboration with ReThink Ability, Invisible Condition, and The Performance Innovation Collective, the series centers the lived experiences of disabled employees, HR leaders, and workplace change-makers. Across seven honest, human, and action-driven episodes, we unpack the gap between intention and impact and explore how to bridge it.
This is a call to rethink assumptions, redesign systems, and reshape culture.
If you’re tired of one-size-fits-all policies and hungry for real change, you’re in the right place.
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
🚀 Your Hosts on LinkedIn
💬 Like what you hear?
Follow/subscribe so you don’t miss an episode — and if this one hit home, leave a ★★★★★ review to help more people find the show.
🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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What’s the most common workplace stereotype about disabled people?
According to our live “Family Feud”-style panel game: "They’re not as capable as their peers."
In this fiery and funny episode of Rethink Ability, host Danny Gluch is joined by five powerhouse advocates and professionals to unpack the lazy assumptions, outdated beliefs, and quiet biases that disabled folks still face at work — especially if their disability isn’t visible.
We’re getting real about:
Whether you're navigating your own disability, managing someone who is, or ready to unlearn what society taught you, this episode brings both insight and action.
🎧 Featuring:
Rethink Ability is a limited seven-part podcast series that explores the often unseen dimensions of disability in the workplace — and what it takes to build environments where everyone can thrive.
Brought to you by The Fearless PX and the team behind The Elephant in the Org, in collaboration with ReThink Ability, Invisible Condition and The Performance Innovation Collective, the series centers the lived experiences of disabled employees, HR leaders, and workplace change-makers. Across seven honest, human, and action-driven episodes, we unpack the gap between intention and impact and explore how to bridge it.
This is a call to rethink assumptions, redesign systems, and reshape culture.
If you’re tired of one-size-fits-all policies and hungry for real change, you’re in the right place.
Link to Show Notes
📩 Got a hot take or a workplace horror story? Email us at [email protected]
🚀 Your Hosts on LinkedIn
💬 Like what you hear?
Follow/subscribe so you don’t miss an episode — and if this one hit home, leave a ★★★★★ review to help more people find the show.
🎙️ About the Show
The Elephant in the Org drops new episodes every two weeks starting April 2024 — fearless conversations about leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work.
🎵 Music & Production Credits
🎶 Opening and closing theme music by The Toros
🎙️ Produced by The Fearless PX
✂️ Edited by Marion Anderson
⚠️ Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect any affiliated organizations' official policy or position.
Topics: employee surveys, listening culture, trust, people analytics, psychological safety, employee voice, ...
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