Unlocked with Madelyn Blair

Madelyn Blair, PhD
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Experts join Madelyn in conversation on the knowledge and skills to be the leader of your career, business or both. Expect stories, surprises, and solid information.

  1. 16h ago

    AI Won't Push Back: Why Your Team Still Needs Each Other | Jamie Notter on AI & Culture

    AI won't push back. Your colleagues will. As more people turn to AI before they turn to each other, what happens to workplace culture? In this Grounds for Thought, Madelyn Blair and Jamie Notter continue their conversation from Unlocked with an unscripted look at how AI is reshaping expertise, relationships, and resilience at work, and why the answer isn't AI or people, but designing for both. Jamie is co-author of Culture Change Made Easy and the award-winning Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement. Timestamps: 0:00 AI and workplace culture 1:31 Changing dynamics around expertise 4:49 Intentional design is called for 7:16 Relational intelligence needs intention 8:40 Opportunities need to be designed 10:07 Good social support means people who push back 11:46 Young people need to learn the work12:34 Clear signals for testing and learning Listen to the full conversation with Jamie Notter: People Don't Resist Change, They Resist Stupid Things [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DaiaL6FasU&t=1s]

    AI Won't Push Back: Why Your Team Still Needs Each Other | Jamie Notter on AI & Culture

  2. Sep 29

    People Don't Resist Change, They Resist Stupid Things | Jamie Notter on Workplace Culture

    In this episode of Unlocked, Madelyn Blair talks with workplace culture expert Jamie Notter about what organizational culture really is and how leaders can change it on purpose. Jamie is the co-author of Culture Change Made Easy and The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement. He explains why culture is built from words, actions, thoughts, and "stuff," and why every culture change needs a clear why. You'll hear why silos aren't always bad, why culture changecan show results within the first year, and why taking things away works better than piling on new programs. Jamie also shares how two organizations made different choices during the pandemic, and how differently their employee engagement turned out. Whether you lead a team or simply want to understand yourworkplace better, this conversation will help you see the culture that's been there all along.

  3. Sep 23

    Is Joy Silly or Essential?

    Serious about your work? So are we. Madelyn Blair tells a story that sounds silly and makes the case that joy and awe are anything but frivolous, drawing on research about the mind, the body, and legacy. It ends with a three-day challenge. Sources FlexJobs, Work & PTO Pressure Report (2025), survey of 3,063U.S. workers conducted August 18–31, 2025.https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/pto-statistics Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). The broaden-and-build theory of positiveemotions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 359(1449),1367–1377. Also: University of Michigan news release, "Happiness, joy andother positive emotions."https://news.umich.edu/happiness-joy-and-other-positive-emotions Stellar, J. E., John-Henderson, N., Anderson, C. L., Gordon, A. M.,McNeil, G. D., & Keltner, D. (2015). Positive affect and markers ofinflammation: Discrete positive emotions predict lower levels of inflammatorycytokines. Emotion, 15(2), 129–133. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000033.Summary: Greater Good Magazine, "Awe Boosts Health."https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/awe_boosts_health Danner, D. D., Snowdon, D. A., & Friesen, W. V. (2001). Positiveemotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the Nun Study. Journalof Personality and Social Psychology, 80(5), 804–813.

    Is Joy Silly or Essential?

  4. Sep 15

    Decision Making Is Never Done Alone

    In the second episode ofGrounds for Thought, Madelyn Blair unpacks Gary Klein's Recognition-PrimedDecision model to show why you're never really deciding alone — experience,observation, confidence, and imagination are already working on your behalf.

    Decision Making Is Never Done Alone

  5. Sep 9

    Who would pick up? Rethinking Friendship as an Adult

    I always believed that deep friendships had to begin when we are young. Believing it caused me real frustration and concern when I realized I had no friends from my school years. Did I do something wrong? Then I began to look at the people in my world of today and realized that belief was a lie. I share why it is a lie in this video. This video traces what actually holds a friendship together over 15, 25, even 30 years — even when the people involved barely see each other. It comes down to three things, and none of them are proximity.

    Who would pick up? Rethinking Friendship as an Adult

  6. Sep 1

    The Journey That Finds You

    A career is what you do, but the real journey is who you become. #Leadership, #Resilience, #CareerJourney, #LifelongLearning, #PersonalGrowth,#ExecutiveLeadership, #Learning, #Purpose, #KnowledgeManagement, #UnlockedTV,

  7. Sep 1

    The Journey That Finds You S5 E48

    What can a garden teach you about a boardroom? On this episode of Unlocked, I sit down with my longtime friend Dr. Ed Hoffman, former Chief Knowledge Officer of NASA, to trace a lifetime of unexpected turns — from a farm, to a research mathematician's desk, to a division chief's office at the World Bank. We talk about the three things every garden needs — water, sunlight, and food — and how those same three things, trust, resources, and knowledge, are what make a team, a board, or a career actually grow. I also share about my mother, a woman whose face was changed by an accident in her childhood, and whose quiet courage taught me that everyone — no matter how they've treated me — is worthy of respect. It's a conversation about the moments we can't control, the ones we can, and what it means to stay resilient through every leg of the journey. #Leadership, #Resilience, #CareerJourney, #LifelongLearning, #PersonalGrowth,#ExecutiveLeadership, #Learning, #Purpose, #KnowledgeManagement, #UnlockedTV,

  8. Jul 28

    Seven Strengths that Last a Lifetime with Michele Borba S5 E47

    Seven human strengths that parents, teachers, and leaders can intentionally develop and that may matter more than ever in an AI-driven world.Resilience isn't something we're born with—it can be intentionally developed.In this thought-provoking conversation, educational psychologist Dr. Michele Borba shares the seven human strengths that help children and adults thrive: confidence, empathy, self-control, integrity, curiosity, perseverance, and optimism. Together, we explore why anxiety is rising across generations, what neuroscience tells us about the developing brain, how AI and technology are changing childhood, and what parents, educators, and leaders can do to build the human capacities that matter most. In Grounds for Thought, I examine France's new restrictions on children's social media use and what they suggest about our responsibility to help young people become thoughtful citizens, capable professionals, and resilient human beings.

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Experts join Madelyn in conversation on the knowledge and skills to be the leader of your career, business or both. Expect stories, surprises, and solid information.

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  • Creator
    Madelyn Blair, PhD
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    105
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Madelyn Blair, PhD
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    Unlocked with Madelyn Blair