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CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
In just five minutes a day, Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer of Workforce and Labor for Culture Partners, unpacks the latest research, trends and strategies shaping workplace culture, and driving business results. CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.
Episodes
- CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Beliefs Can Be Sneaky
In today's episode: People hold beliefs and assumptions that we're not always aware of; these beliefs might be hampering our ability to achieve results. When…
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Quarterly Earnings
In today's episode: The SEC's is proposing a change from quarterly earnings to semi-annual earnings reports There are pros and cons to this move. Mandated…
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Death As Teambuilding
In today's episode: Love often appears in the workplace during moments surrounding death and trauma. Tragedy can often bring people together more powerfully…
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How To Effectively Roll Out Change
In today's episode: Change managment begins with understanding the people and personas in the workplace. The modern workforce contains people from across…
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The Value of Mediation
In today's episode: For a long time, mediation was seen as a last-ditch effort to avoid a trial -- but it's now being recognized for its measurable value…
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How To Get A Job
In today's episode: People are getting laid off left and right, and now they're asking for jobs. The wrong approach is to keep up shields and pretend like…
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Uncertainty and Declining Birth Rates
In today's episode: Declining birth rates aren't just about affordability -- they're also a sign of uncertainty about the future. This isn't an issue that can…
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The Supreme Court's New Tariff Ruling
In today's episode: For a second time, the Supreme Court has shut down the Trump administration's plan for 10% blanket tariffs. But the government is likely to…
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Tucker Carlson's New York Times Interview
In today's episode: The recent NYT interview with Tucker Carlson is demonstrating one of Jessica's 2026 predictions -- the beginnings of a new third political…
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Competitive Listening
In today's episode: Listening is one of the most powerful tools in negotiation and communication. "Competitive listening" means listening so deeply that it…
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Chaplains in the Workplace
In today's episode: People's real lives affect their working lives and productivity. The more a company supports them, the more they connect to the workplace…
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Decisions Versus Choices
In today's episode: Jessica and John untangle the subtle differences between a "decisions" and "choices" in the modern workplace. "Decisions" often mean…
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Surrender to Lead - Jessica on WUSA9
In today's episode: Surrender doesn't mean giving up; it means letting go of the things you can't control and focusing on what you can control. People will opt…
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Deloitte, Distraction, and Turbulent Times
In today's episode: Deloitte is cutting benefits like parental leave, especially for the internal roles that are most vulnerable. Is this call worth the bad…
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The Era Of Mega-Layoffs
In today's episode: We're seeing layoffs like we've never seen before, as artificial intelligence is built to replace jobs. It's changing the way we make…
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Surface Acting
In today's episode: How often are you "surface acting" -- heightening and feigning expected emotions to meet work demands? It's a survival strategy in the…
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Change Management, Accountability, and Fear-Based Leadership
In today's episode from Jessica's appearance on Refocus with Angela Stephens: Leaders today still struggle with the new model of change management. It's more…
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The Data Dilemma
In today's episode: We're in the age of huge data; there's more of it than we know what to do with. So how do we turn it into insights? Operating in silos has…
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Workplace Experience Strategy
In today's episode: Only about half of workers believe their organization is investing in the right solutions to problems in the workplace. Companies have…
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When the CEO Becomes the Brand
In today's episode: What happens to a company when the CEO becomes a story? That's the topic of a recent story in the Harvard Business Review When Elon Musk…
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Transparency Versus Fear
In today's episode from Jessica's appearance on the Virtual Campfire Podcast: Usually, layoffs are conducted with a long, secretive process by executives and…
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Responsibility and Accountability
In today's episode: You can give people responsiblity, but they are the ones who take accountability. KKR's model of employee ownership embodies this concept…
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Leadership and Safety
In today's episode: The amount of information out there is causing real safety risks; distraction is literally causing people to get hurt in risky situations…
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Changing What We Measure
In today's episode: Often, organizations are measuring outputs rather than outcomes. They're measuring busy-ness rather than effectiveness. Fixing this…
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The Productivity Paradox
In today's episode: Organizations define productivity through output, utilization, and efficiency. But employees define it through their experience and the…
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Engagement is Down, Stress Is Up
In today's episode: Employee engagement is at 20%. Meanwhile, 85% of workers report experiencing stress in the workplace. But people are 4 times less likely to…
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Labor Participation is Down
In today's episode: Unemployment remains low, AI is coming for our jobs, and labor participation is at its lowest rate since the 1960s. Is this all in perfect…
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AI in Sports Partnerships
In today's episode: Sports partnerships are about building relationships -- but before relationship comes strategy and analysis. That's where AI can be…
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Lost Opportunities with New Technology
In today's episode: UKG is on the cutting edge of innovation and technology--but customers aren't seeing the same level of value. What's going on? The problem…
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AI and CEO Turnover
In today's episode: CEOs at Walmart and Coca-Cola recently stepped down, citing AI as the reason for their departures. The reality is that it's probably one of…
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HR and Real Human Connection
In today's episode: The field of HR is not long for this world; it's either being eliminated by AI, DEI cuts, or being moved into more relevant departments…
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The Return of the Liberal Arts Education
In today's episode: Twenty years ago, it became common wisdom that STEM was the path of the future--now, it's about the critical thinking skills that come from…
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A Model for AI Adoption
In today's episode: Basware CEO Jason Kurtz explains how his SaaS company successfully adopted AI across the organization: An "AI Czar" whose only job is to…
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Is The "SaaS Apocalypse" Coming?
In today's episode: There's talk that agentic AI will replace the SaaS model. But Basware CEO Jason Kurtz says he's not seeing it. He argues that executives…
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Engagement, Burnout, and Women in the Workplace
In today's episode: New Gallup research shows that women in the workplace are more engaged than men, but experience higher burnout. Measing employee engagement…
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How Reading Builds Future Leaders
In today's episode: Young folks aren't reading as much as they used to. For kids, reading builds critical thinking and analytical skills. In a digital world…
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Another Debt Crisis
In today's episode: Americans are in another debt crisis and suffering the effects of inflation over the last few years. To an extent, this is a spiritual…
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Letting ChatGPT Describe You
In today's episode: There's a new evolution in job interviews--people are being asked to have ChatGPT describe them based on their chat histories. While there…
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Respect and Disrespect
In today's episode: What's respected in one culture might be disrespected in another--it's often about alignment with cultural values that surround you…
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Intuition and Decision-Making
In today's episode: Hesitiation and analysis paralysis can be a killer for success. The key to decision-making doesn't lie in more data--it's through our own…
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Repetition Builds Culture
In today's episode: Cultures are built intentionally, through repetition of the beliefs you want employees and leaders to hold. Zeekr Europe's Lothar Schupet…
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Where's the Beef?
In today's episode: 3,800 workers at a JBS meatpacking facility are on strike--about 17% of the company's workforce. They're calling for safety regulations and…
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Getting AI Adoption Right
In today's episode: Mandating that employees use AI isn't going to work--it falls into the action trap and leads to compliance, not adoption. Most people in…
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Lather, Rinse, Repeat
In today's episode: Most people ignore the instructions to "lather, rinse, repeat" on their shampoo bottles, assuming it's a ploy to use more product. But in…
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Authenticity and Self-Reflection
In today's episode: It can be a useful tool to, at the start of the day, lay out the roles you're going to fulfill. This may seem like a lack of…
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"What If Work Didn't Suck So Much?"
In today's episode: Jessica and John discuss the Teen Vogue article, What If Work Didn't Suck So Much? The article is implying there's a better way to lead…
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Targeting Data Centers in War
In today's episode: Iran targeted an Amazon data center in Bahrain--a new front in the war. The fight for AI dominance is a massive economic race on the global…
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Becoming Undisturbable
In today's episode: All kinds of surprises and roadblocks can disturb us. But the question isn't about the disturbance itself--it's about why we are…
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External Validation and Identity Disruption
In today's episode: We tend to outsource authority to leaders--so in times of crisis, we look for people to give us instructions and authority. If we don't get…
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Surrender and the SHIFT Model
In today's episode: When you run into personal and professional challenge, surrender and the SHIFT model can save you heartache and stress. The order: Stop…
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Three Phrases For Leading Through Uncertain Times
In today's episode: We live in uncertain and difficult times; here are three key phrases to help create the right experiences in your employees. One: "Here's…
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Charity and Unannounced Pressure
In today's episode: Companies often encourage employees to donate to nonprofits and volunteer their time. But these companies operate with a power structure…
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Pay Attention!
In today's episode: We're being overwhelmed by a huge influx of details: AI, global news, economic issues--and it's too much information. For some leaders…
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Grounded Optimism
In today's episode: Total, unqualified optimism leads to getting your hopes up--and dashed. But grounded, rational optimism is key to resilience in trying…
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The Big Arch
In today's episode: The McDonald's CEO is in the news for an awkward video of him eating the new Big Arch burger online. This isn't really a story about the…
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Public Policy and Company Policy
In today's episode: Lyft's Jerry Golden discusses what he loves about his role as Chief Policy Officer--with changing demands from driver and rider…
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Income vs Asset-Based Economies
In today's episode: All of our economic growth right now is based on corporate earnings, AI, and energy. If you own stocks, bonds, and real estate, you're…
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Spoken and Lived Beliefs
In today's episode: All companies have their stated values on the walll -- and the shortcuts that its members take in practice. Every day in business, there…
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Who Goes First?
In today's episode: In a workplace disagreement between employer and employee, who "goes first" to break the silence and tension? In general, the person with…
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Are You a Commodity?
In today's episode: To survive an AI-led job market, you have to be an innovative, value-adding player. We have the technology to perform massive amounts of…