PRODUCTIVITY
The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas.
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Aug 14, 2026 · 5 minZapier AI: How to Put Your Busywork on Autopilot With AIBrandon explains what Zapier AI is, what a 2025 study of 5,172 support agents found about plugging AI into existing workflows, and three protocols for automating email trJun 28, 2026 · 4 minJob Crafting: Why This Is the Best Approach for Your TeamA look at job crafting research showing how letting employees reshape their own roles raises productivity, with three protocols for putting it into practice.Jun 28, 2026 · 4 minHow to Identify and Manage Your Best Performers (Without Losing Them)We're breaking down what makes someone a star performer, how researchers say you should identify high performers using four specific dimensions, and three protocols to heJun 26, 2026 · 5 minMetacognition: The Skill Behind Every Skill You'll Ever BuildBrandon explores metacognition, the practice of analyzing your own thinking, and shares three protocols for catching errors faster and making sharper decisions.Jun 25, 2026 · 4 minThe Florence Nightingale Insight: Why the Data You're Not Tracking Is Killing Your ProductivityThe Florence Nightingale insight: why the data you're not tracking is the biggest threat to your productivity, what the research says about teams that measure versus teamJun 24, 2026 · 4 minWhy Taking Photos Makes You Forget: The Science of Cognitive OffloadingAn episode on how photographing moments weakens memory, what cognitive offloading is, and three protocols for staying present and remembering more.Jun 9, 2026 · 4 minSix Thinking Hats Framework: How to Fix Your Team's Worst MeetingsThe Six Thinking Hats, a structured decision-making method designed by Edward de Bono that forces your team to examine a problem from six distinct perspectives before anyJun 8, 2026 · 4 minBeautiful.ai: Professional Slides Without a Design DegreeWhy professional presentation design matters more than most people think, what the research says about how fast your audience judges the quality of your presentation slidJun 7, 2026 · 4 minStorytelling: How to Do It Right to Always Win Over Your AudienceStorytelling, why the best storytellers aren't born with a gift, what the research says about how storytelling rewires the way your audience thinks, and three protocols tJun 6, 2026 · 4 minHow to Win Without Saying MuchWhy talking less can be your biggest advantage in any conversation, what the research says about how the quiet person in the room often comes out ahead, and three protocoJun 5, 2026 · 4 minThe Eisenhower D-Day Decision: How to Decide When You Don't Have Enough InformationThe Eisenhower D-Day Decision, and why waiting for certainty before making a decision is one of the most expensive habits you face throughout your life. We'll explore theJun 4, 2026 · 4 minHow to Respond When Someone Unfairly Accuses You: A Tactic Top Lawyers Use to Stay in ControlWhat happens to your brain the moment someone unfairly accuses you of something, what the research says about why your first instinct to defend yourself can backfire, andJun 3, 2026 · 4 minBruce Lee Life Lesson: How to Build Your Own MindA Bruce Lee principle that goes way beyond martial arts, what the psychology says about why writing to your future self changes your behavior, and 3 protocols to start buJun 2, 2026 · 4 minThe Peak-End Rule: Why Your Brain Only Remembers 2 MomentsThe peak-end rule, what it is, what the research says about how memory rewrites experience, and 3 protocols to design your endings so the peak-end rule works for you instJun 1, 2026 · 4 minIs Your AI Memory Working Against You? How to Know and How to Fix ItHow AI memory in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can quietly limit your thinking, what the research says about why AI personalization narrows your perspective, andMay 31, 2026 · 5 minThe Cynefin Framework: Why One Strategy Can't Solve Every ProblemThe Cynefin framework, a decision-making model that sorts problems into five categories so you stop wasting time and energy on the wrong approach. We'll breaking down wheMay 30, 2026 · 4 minThe Intransigent Minority: How 3% Can Control the Other 97%The intransigent minority, why a tiny fraction of any group can reshape the rules for everyone else, what the research says about how small that fraction can be, and 3 prMay 29, 2026 · 5 minHow to Set Up an AI Agent to Automate Your EmailAI automation email agents, what they are, what they're good at, where they'll get you in trouble, and 3 protocols to set up your own AI email agent so you spend less timMay 28, 2026 · 4 minWhy Fighter Jet Pilots Choose Their Words Carefully And You Should TooWe're breaking down why fighter jet pilots are trained to avoid certain words in the cockpit, what the psychology says about how your brain processes thoughts, and 3 protMay 27, 2026 · 5 minThe Empty Boat Theory: Why You Get Angry Before You Know the TruthThe Empty Boat Theory. What the empty boat theory is, what the research says about why your brain invents stories before you have the facts, and three protocols to catch May 26, 2026 · 4 minThe Skunk Works Principle: Copy Lockheed's Skunk Works Team That Built a Working Prototype of a Fighter Jet in 143 DaysThe Skunk Works Principle, what it is, how Lockheed's Skunk Works proved it works with incredible results, what the research says, and 3 protocols to build a Skunk Works May 26, 2026 · 4 minThe Overlap Tax: How Too Many Productivity Apps Are Making You Less ProductiveThe Overlap Tax, what The Overlap Tax is, why having too many productivity apps is costing you more than money, and 3 protocols to build a minimalist tech stack that keepMay 24, 2026 · 4 minProfessional Jealousy: The Most Honest Career Advice You'll Ever Get and How to Leverage It to Make Yourself BetterProfessional jealousy, what it is, why psychologists say Professional jealousy is one of the most honest emotions you'll ever feel, and 3 protocols to turn professional jMay 23, 2026 · 4 minThe 3-2-1 Bridge: A Simple Framework to Learn Faster and Stop Forgetting What You LearnThe 3-2-1 Bridge. What the 3-2-1 Bridge is, why it is one of the most effective learning strategies research has found, and 3 protocols to start using the 3-2-1 Bridge afMay 22, 2026 · 5 minOpenClaw: What It Costs, What It Knows, and Whether OpenClaw is for You Right NowOpenClaw, what OpenClaw is, what you need to run it, what the research says about AI assistants and your productivity, and 3 protocols to decide if OpenClaw is worth your
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