'Speak to the human' podcast by Acteon

Speak to the human Podcast

'Speak to the human' is a podcast that explores how organisations and leaders can build connections with people in their professional work. It's about the human experience at work, and about how to foster that connection and belonging to support people and their organisations to flourish.

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Join Acteon's Sarah Abramson on the Speak to the Human podcast, in conversations with leaders, creatives and researchers, exploring a wide range of topics, from psychological safety to risk, belonging, creativity, storytelling, leading change, behavioural science and much more.

Acteon is a communication and learning agency, harnessing behavioural insights to help organisations connect with their people and deliver positive change.

Heather Urquhart on overcoming fear of failure

05/12/24 | 54mins Latest Episode

Why are we afraid of mistakes? And how does being open to creative risk help us improve work relationships, innovative thinking, and leadership skills? We hear a very different perspective from a professional improviser.

Eleanor Gooding on managing redundancies in a human-centred way

02/12/24 | 1hr

How could employers make the painful process of redundancies more sympathetic, thoughtful, supportive, and well… human? Eleanor Gooding shares how she was able to build on foundational work on culture, values and a ‘People Manifesto’, to stay human-centred while managing restructuring and redundancies.

Anthony Tasgal on storytelling

19/11/24 | 46 mins

Stories are baked into our humanity. They help us make sense of the world, share information, remember things, and bond us together. So how can we tap into storytelling techniques for more effective communication at work?

Jasmine Rose & Tee Moyo on inspiring young people

14/10/24 | 46 mins

Gen Z are full of inspiration for employers if we give them space and voice, so how can organisations harness this? Secondly, how do we inspire young people into careers they love?

Fraser Simpson on game-changing ethics engagement

27/08/24 | 42 mins

Do risk, ethics and compliance really need to be dry and dull? Of course not! So how can we engage colleagues through messages that tap into fun, surprise, or human emotions, to help them make better (sometimes braver) decisions?

Katryn Wright & James Elfer - ‘But is it actually working?’

23/07/24 | 47 mins

‘Why are we doing it this?’ and ‘How do we know if it’s working?’ are questions that too often go unanswered when organisations roll out a new approach. How can experimentation, evaluation and measurement help to shed light on these questions?

Malcolm Taylor on taking a human-focused approach to learning

26/06/24 | 51 mins

How can we rethink ‘learning and development’ to be more focused on the things people need to do and how best to support them with that?

Christian Hunt on bringing behavioural science to risk management

14/05/24 | 55 mins

Why are humans the largest risk facing organisations, and why do the efforts to impose rules and controls on human behaviour often fail?

James Woodman on curiosity and human behaviours

05/04/24 | 45 mins

How do you use behavioural science to translate boardroom strategies into the actions that people take every day? In our first episode, Sarah talks with Acteon Director and Partner James Woodman.