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Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 010: Measuring the Human Factor – When Surveys Lie and Behavior Reveals the Truth

Episode 010 Episode 010 Measuring the Human Factor – When Surveys Lie and Behavior Reveals the Truth Learn How to Measure What People Do, not Say Hosts: Kevin Novak Duration: 32 minutes Available: December 11, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 10 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 Why do transformation initiatives fail despite dashboards showing 82% employee…

Admina
December 11, 2025
Change and Transformation Leadership

Recognizing When You’re the Problem

Recognizing When You’re the Problem The Specific Leadership Behaviors That Create Resistance Even When the Change Is Necessary, How to Recognize When Your Approach Is Causing the Problems You’re Trying to Solve, and What to Do About It Without Losing Credibility The Uncomfortable Truth About Change and Transformation Resistance Leaders naturally attribute change and transformation resistance to others. Employees resist because they fear change. Middle managers resist because they’re protecting territory. Senior leaders resist because they’re invested in the status…

Kevin Novak
December 5, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 009: Transformation Fatigue When Your Organization Can’t Absorb More Change

Episode 009 Transformation Fatigue – When Your Organization Can’t Absorb More Change Find Out Why You and Your Co-Workers Experience Cognitive Overload Hosts: Kevin Novak Duration: 29 minutes Available: December 4, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 9 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 70% of C-suite executives are considering leaving their roles to protect their well-being. Not…

Kevin Novak
December 4, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 008: The 12 Hidden Types of Resistance – When Support Isn’t Support

Episode 008 The 12 Hidden Types of Resistance – When Support Isn’t Support Find Out Why and How You Might be Manifesting Resistance Hosts: Kevin Novak Duration: 34 minutes Available: November 26, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 8 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 Kevin Novak reveals why 80% of project failures come from psychological resistance operating…

Kevin Novak
November 26, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 007: The Vulnerability Advantage: Why Admitting Weakness Makes Organizations Stronger

Episode 007 The Vulnerability Advantage: Why Admitting Weakness Makes Organizations Stronger Why Vulnerability isn’t Weakness. It’s a Superpower Hosts: Kevin Novak and Elizabeth Stewart Duration: 28 minutes Available: November 20, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 7 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 Picture a Fortune 500 boardroom where everyone knows a $12 million transformation initiative failed, yet…

Kevin Novak
November 20, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 006: The Communication Paradox: When More Words Create Less Understanding

Episode 006 The Communication Paradox: When More Words Create Less Understanding Why more Communication often Creates Less Understanding Hosts: Kevin Novak Duration: 34 minutes Available: November 13, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 6 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 Why does more communication often create less understanding? In this solo episode, Kevin Novak tackles one of the…

Kevin Novak
November 12, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 4 Data Noise and Decision Paralysis: When Too Much Information Kills Critical Thinking

Episode 004 Data Noise and Decision Paralysis: When Too Much Information Kills Critical Thinking The More Information We Have Access to, the Less Capable We Become of Wisdom Hosts: Kevin Novak and Elizabeth Stewart Duration: 32 minutes Available: October 30, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 4 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 Kevin Novak and Elizabeth Stewart…

Kevin Novak
October 29, 2025
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions: The Psychology of Bias in Leadership

Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions: The Psychology of Bias in Leadership Issue 235, October 23, 2025 We have been documenting why smart people make bad decisions for several years. We thought we’d see random failure patterns across different types of leaders. But what emerged was much more systematic. The same cognitive traps keep appearing regardless of industry, education level, or experience. It’s almost like intelligent leaders create their own blind spots. Note: Related to this article, we have launched…

Kevin Novak
October 22, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 3 Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions: The Psychology of Bias in Leadership

Episode 003 Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions: The Psychology of Bias in Leadership Exploring How Leaders Miss the Crucial Step of Examining Their Underlying Assumptions Hosts: Kevin Novak and Elizabeth Stewart Duration: 24 minutes Available: October 23, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 3 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 Smart leaders. Dangerous blind spots. Costly transformation…

Kevin Novak
October 22, 2025
Human Factor Podcast

Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 2 The Gen Z Factor: How Younger Generations Are Rewiring Workplace Psychology

Episode 002 The Gen Z Factor: How Younger Generations Are Rewiring Workplace Psychology Explore how Gen Z’s Pragmatic Approach to Loyalty, Meaning, and Work Relationships Is Fundamentally Reshaping Organizational Expectations Host: Kevin Novak Duration: 28 minutes Available: October 16, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 2 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 Organizations are hemorrhaging $1 trillion annually…

Kevin Novak
October 16, 2025
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