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Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 027: Transformation Theater – Why Organizations Perform Change Instead of Making It

Episode 027 Transformation Theater – Why Organizations Perform Change Instead of Making It Organizations Keep Performing Change Instead of Making It. The Form Is Present. The Substance Is Not. Host: Kevin Novak Duration: 34 minutes Available: June 10, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 27  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Transformation Theater – Why Organizations Perform…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 026: The Readiness Illusion: Why the AI Agent Era’s Loudest Claims Outrun the Evidence

Episode 026 The Readiness Illusion: Why the AI Agent Era’s Loudest Claims Outrun the Evidence The Agent Era Is Real. We Are Not Yet Ready for It. Both of Those Statements can Be True at the Same Time. Host: Kevin Novak Duration: 25 minutes Available: June 4, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 26  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 025: The Collective Transformation Problem: When an Entire Industry Has to Change at Once

Episode 025 The Collective Transformation Problem: When an Entire Industry Has to Change at Once Explore the Human Dynamics of Collective Industry and Organizational Transformation Host: Kevin Novak | Guest: Eric Hoplin Duration: 61 minutes Available: May 29, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 25  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Season 2, Episode 12 | 025…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 024: The Growth Trap – What Scaling Reveals About the Human Side of Transformation

Episode 024 The Growth Trap: What Scaling Reveals About the Human Side of Transformation What Breaks When an Organization Scales Faster than Its People Can Adapt Host: Kevin Novak | Guest: Mike Perino Duration: 69 minutes Available: May 21, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 24  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Season 2, Episode 11 |…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 023: The Pattern Spotter – What You See When You Are Inside Thirty Organizations at Once

Episode 023 The Pattern Spotter: What You See When You Are Inside Thirty Organizations At Once Explore the Recurring Human Behaviors, Resistance Patterns, and Cultural Dynamics that Repeat Host: Kevin Novak | Guest: Erin Fuller Duration: 59 minutes Available: May 14, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 23  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Season 2, Episode…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 022: The Diagnostic Map: Why Transformation Fails at the Human Level

Episode 022 The Diagnostic Map: Why Transformation Fails at the Human Level An Eight-Question Diagnostic Map that Leaders can Use before Designing any Transformation Initiative Host: Kevin Novak Duration: 34 minutes Available: May 7, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 22  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Imagine you are a physician and a patient walks into…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 021: When Generations Collide – The Generational Fault Lines of Organizational Transformation

Episode 021 When Generations Collide – The Generational Fault Lines of Organizational Transformation People Who Share Formative Experiences Develop a Distinct Orientation Toward the World Host: Kevin Novak and Guest: Ryan Vet Duration: 71 minutes Available: May 1, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 21  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Think about the last major change…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 020: The Broken Contract – The Unwritten Promises Your Transformation Just Violated

Episode 020 The Broken Contract — The Unwritten Promises Your Transformation Just Violated The Invisible Agreement that Governs how People actually Experience their Working Lives Hosts: Kevin Novak Duration: 34 minutes Available: April 2, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 20 Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Every person in your organization is operating under a contract that…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 019: Structural Silence – Why Organizations Train People Not To Speak

Episode 019 Structural Silence – Why Organizations Train People Not To Speak The Invisible System that Trains People not to Speak Hosts: Kevin Novak Duration: 32 minutes Available: March 26, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 19  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Most organizations believe they have open cultures where people feel comfortable raising concerns. The…

Human Factor Podcast Season 2 Episode 018: The Organizational Immune System — When Culture Attacks What It Doesn’t Recognize

Episode 018 The Organizational Immune System – When Culture Attacks What It Doesn’t Recognize The Organizational System that Neutralize Change Before it Can Take Hold Hosts: Kevin Novak with James Elliott Duration: 53 minutes Available: March 19, 2026 🎙️Season 2, Episode 18  Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview Your body has an immune system that…