Her Resources Podcast

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Her Resources is where we have the honest conversations polished success stories often leave out. Hosted by Linda Misegadis, the podcast explores the realities of leadership, growth, work and life and includes the setbacks, difficult decisions, burnout, reinvention and unexpected turns that shape who we become. We primarily elevate women’s voices while welcoming anyone who brings a meaningful perspective. Our guests include leaders, authors, experts, entrepreneurs, change makers and people willing to talk candidly about what they have learned, not only what they have achieved. We explore leadership, confidence, burnout, workplace culture, AI, career transitions, identity, purpose and meaningful change. We go beyond clinical explanations and packaged advice to get into the messiness: what did not work, what changed and what people discovered along the way. New conversations are released weekly. Produced and co-created by Logan Misegadis and LJM Productions

  1. 4d ago

    Why Do Good Ideas Fail to Win Support? | Jay Conger on Leadership and Persuasion

    Why do good ideas fail to win support, even when the strategy is sound? In Episode 97 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes leadership scholar and author Jay Conger for a practical conversation about the human side of influence and organizational change. Jay explains why persuasion is not manipulation, selling, or a better PowerPoint. Real persuasion is built through listening, trust, credibility, curiosity, stakeholder engagement, and a willingness to be influenced. Linda and Jay explore the expertise trap, the difference between compliance and commitment, what resistance is trying to tell leaders, and why meaningful change requires engagement at every level of an organization. They also discuss psychological safety, remote and hybrid leadership, credibility boosters, constructive emotion, and how leaders can create change with people instead of doing change to them. Jay Conger is the Henry R. Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies at Claremont McKenna College and the author of 15 books. His newest book, The Persuasive Leader: Proven Strategies for Moving People and Ideas, is available November 3, 2026. This conversation is for HR professionals, leaders, change makers, emerging executives, and anyone who has ever watched a strong idea stall because people were never meaningfully brought into the process. Guest and book links Jay Conger official website: https://www.jayconger.com/ Jay Conger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-conger-429a999 Jay Conger at Claremont McKenna College: https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/jay-conger The Persuasive Leader at Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/833223/the-persuasive-leader-by-jay-a-conger/ Her Resources links Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Guest and sponsorship inquiries: contact@herresourcespodcast.com Produced by LJM Productions.   00:00 Why good ideas go nowhere 03:02 Meet Jay Conger 03:12 What real persuasion means 05:20 Why persuasion starts with listening 07:58 Intent separates persuasion from manipulation 09:51 Why change efforts miss the human side 10:41 The expertise trap 13:20 Compliance is not agreement 14:32 How to recognize real commitment 17:40 Trust and psychological safety 19:13 Map the territory before you march 21:19 How experts stay curious 27:04 The PowerPoint fallacy 32:25 What resistance is trying to tell leaders 37:05 When consensus becomes avoidance 40:31 Persuasion is a campaign not a presentation 41:07 Three coalitions every change effort needs 48:56 Who decides whether you are credible 57:41 Why logic alone does not move people 59:45 Using emotion without manipulation 63:28 What persuasive leaders understand about people 65:03 Creating change with people not to people 66:27 Connect with Jay Conger

  2. Oct 20

    Why Teamwork Fails: Building Trust and High-Performing Teams with Barry Moline

    Organizations often tell people to collaborate, break down silos, share information, and think beyond their individual roles. Then those same organizations evaluate, recognize, and promote people primarily for what they accomplish alone.   In Episode 96 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis talks with Barry Moline about the gap between saying teamwork matters and building a workplace where collaboration can actually succeed.   Barry has spent 29 years as a CEO leading teams across energy, utilities, infrastructure, and public service. He is a leadership and teamwork expert and the author of CONNECT! How to Quickly Collaborate for Success in Business and Life.   This conversation explores why teamwork is intentional and how leaders create the conditions for trust. Barry shares lessons from rebuilding a divided organization, rethinking how he hired, and learning that leaders cannot force collaboration; they must help people understand one another.   Linda and Barry also discuss hybrid and remote work, the cost of rewarding toxic high performers, adapting to different working styles, and why follow-up questions help teams listen.   You’ll hear practical ideas for: • Building trust and collaboration across teams • Aligning recognition with shared success • Balancing individual achievement, team contribution, and customer value • Hiring for skill, growth mindset, and the ability to work with others • Coaching high performers without ignoring their impact on culture • Creating connection before content in meetings   Connect with Barry Moline: Website: https://barrymoline.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-moline/ Workplace icebreakers: https://barrymoline.com/resources CONNECT! book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B7LNFQH Leadership Career Accelerator: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leadership-career-accelerator/id1855695140 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AsoxD5yowhg0uN3ibyUw4 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@barrymoline6530 Newsletter: https://leadershipcareeraccelerator.substack.com/   Connect with Her Resources Podcast: Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Guest and sponsorship inquiries: contact@herresourcespodcast.com   Share this episode with a leader who is ready to move from talking about teamwork to building it.   00:00 Why workplaces reward the individual but need the team 03:05 Meet Barry Moline 03:28 Teamwork is intentional 06:21 Collaboration in hybrid and remote work 12:06 Measuring individual, team, and customer performance 17:15 The origin of CONNECT! 24:17 A leader’s real role in collaboration 26:09 A team vs. a group of high performers 29:59 When people hoard information and credit 35:18 Rewarding the shared finish line 39:27 Hiring for teamwork and growth 45:29 The cost of a toxic high performer 48:09 Helping different working styles contribute 53:13 Human-centered leadership in a fast-moving world 57:09 Why great teams ask follow-up questions 59:21 The most overrated leadership behavior 1:02:03 Why collaboration breaks down 1:03:02 Connection before content 1:08:00 Where to connect with Barry 1:09:02 Final takeaways

  3. Oct 13

    Beyond Remote vs. In-Person: How Proximity Fuels Creativity, Mentorship, & Growth w Emma Harrington

    The debate over remote work and return-to-office policies often asks people to choose a side. The research tells a more useful story.   In Episode 95 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis sits down with economist and author Emma Harrington to explore what changes when people work together in person, what remote work does especially well, and how leaders can design hybrid work with greater intention.   Emma is a professor of economics at the University of Virginia and co-author, with research economist Natalia Emanuel, of In Person: How Working Together Fuels Creativity, Productivity, and Growth. Natalia is not part of this interview, but the episode highlights the research and ideas the two authors developed together. The book is available October 13, 2026.   Linda and Emma discuss the proximity effect, neurological synchrony, workplace creativity, informal learning, mentorship, AI, inclusion, promotion barriers, mental health, friendship, and the hidden tradeoffs leaders miss when workplace policy is reduced to a simple location mandate. They also examine why senior women often carry more invisible mentorship work, how remote work can expand access for people with disabilities and geographically constrained workers, and why coordinated in-person time matters more than filling office seats.   For HR professionals and leaders navigating the future of work, this episode offers a grounded challenge: stop treating location as the strategy. Start designing work around focus, learning, creativity, trust, connection, and the people the system is meant to support.   Guest and Book Links In Person book site: https://inpersonbook.com/ Penguin Random House book page: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/795672/in-person-by-natalia-emanuel-phd-and-emma-harrington-phd/ Emma on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-harrington-b4ba43147 Emma at UVA: https://economics.virginia.edu/people/emma-harrington Natalia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliaemanuel Natalia at the New York Fed: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/economists/emanuel   Connect with Her Resources Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Guest and sponsorship inquiries: contact@herresourcespodcast.com   Produced by LJM Productions. 00:00 Are we debating the wrong question about where we work? 03:18 Meet Emma Harrington and In Person 03:58 Why face-to-face conversations put our brains more in sync 05:28 Remote work benefits and the case for coordinated hybrid work 08:20 Third places, cities, and the hidden engine of innovation 10:42 Productivity quantity versus the quality of work 14:50 AI, remote work, and the growing value of human judgment 16:30 The proximity effect, trust, and what Zoom cannot recreate 21:17 Why in-person teams generate more creative ideas 23:43 Zoom fatigue, walking meetings, and making space for ideas 26:45 From a basketball court to a pickleball court: our shrinking networks 30:11 What Pixar teaches us about designing offices for connection 32:26 Be the barnacle: how informal learning really happens 35:06 Why physical proximity strengthens digital feedback 36:47 Who is responsible for mentorship in hybrid work? 38:20 Senior women, invisible mentorship, and unequal tradeoffs 42:30 How remote work expands access for people facing workplace barriers 45:24 Remote opportunity and the risk of a new glass ceiling 47:28 Flexibility, isolation, friendship, and mental health 51:56 Is flexibility individual when connection is collective? 54:45 Remote work and connection to organizational mission 55:54 How leaders can design purposeful in-person time 01:00:34 Can one social day improve a remote team's productivity? 01:01:36 AI and a more human future of work 01:03:45 Final reflections: design work around how people thrive 01:05:38 Where to find Emma, Natalia, and In Person

  4. Oct 6

    Who Governs AI? Trust, Policy, and Responsible Adoption with Brian Chidester

    Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. The harder question is whether our policies, systems, and judgment are keeping up. In Episode 94 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes Brian Chidester, Head of Global Strategy and Innovation for Public Sector at Adobe and host of The Government Huddle Podcast, for a practical conversation about AI governance, public trust, and responsible adoption. They explore why organizations can launch AI pilots yet struggle to scale them, what effective governance should include, and why data quality is inseparable from AI outcomes. Brian also explains how AI-powered search is changing the way citizens find information, why government risks losing digital authority, and how public policy can support innovation while protecting people. For HR professionals, people leaders, executives, and public-sector decision makers, this episode offers a grounded way to evaluate AI: invest in people, measure what matters, listen for real friction, and ask whether the technology is creating meaningful value for the people you serve. In This Episode The gap between AI pilots and enterprise adoption AI governance, risk frameworks, and organizational ownership Trust, transparency, privacy, and AI literacy Government's role as both regulator and user of AI Data readiness, workforce investment, and digital authority The questions leaders should ask before scaling AI Guest and Show Links Brian Chidester on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abchidester/ The Government Huddle: https://www.governmenthuddle.com/ Brian's Adobe author page: https://business.adobe.com/blog/authors/brian-chidester-and-megan-lazalier Her Resources website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Her Resources on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast Her Resources on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ All Her Resources links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Guest and sponsorship inquiries: contact@herresourcespodcast.com Produced by LJM Productions.   00:00 Who gets to decide how AI is used? 03:26 Meet Brian Chidester 04:54 AI innovation, risk, and the frozen middle 08:10 AI incidents and shadow AI 11:07 Who should own AI governance? 13:37 Data, guardrails, and human judgment 18:07 Turning AI risk frameworks into practice 19:54 The trust gap between companies and government 23:46 Transparency, privacy, and AI literacy 26:47 How policy can protect without stalling innovation 28:31 Digital identity, fraud, and responsible AI 32:45 Government as both regulator and user 34:07 AI search, digital authority, and misinformation 38:42 Modernizing government's data foundation 40:04 Where AI is making government work better 42:31 AI, workforce readiness, and augmentation 46:20 Public-private partnership and public trust 52:50 Five questions leaders should ask about AI 56:11 What we need to get right before systems harden 59:04 Connect with Brian and The Government Huddle 59:28 Final reflections: technology does not decide the future

  5. Sep 29

    We Don’t Have a People Problem. We Have a Design Problem. | Regent Cornell

    “We don’t have a people problem. We don’t have a leadership problem. We have a design problem.” What if another training program cannot fix a workplace system that no longer works for the people inside it? In Episode 93 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes Regent Cornell, Vice President of Market Evolution & Strategic Growth at Fierce Conversations. They explore why organizations often respond to friction with more training, communication, and restructuring without examining the design of the work itself. Linda and Regent discuss the difference between restructuring and redesign, the importance of leadership alignment during change, and the cost of unclear language. They consider how constant interruptions affect the quality of work, how conversations build or weaken trust, and why leaders remain accountable for decisions made with AI. For HR professionals, people managers, and organizational leaders, this episode is an invitation to ask a better question: If we designed work for today’s world, what would we change? EPISODE TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Are we fixing the wrong workplace problems? 04:40 Meet Regent Cornell 06:22 Why more training may miss the problem 12:01 Are we changing people to fit broken systems? 16:02 Clear language and shared understanding 18:26 Leadership alignment during organizational change 24:08 Redesign versus restructuring 28:01 AI and the foundation beneath workplace change 34:29 Are we designing work for humans? 43:26 How conversations create culture 48:26 Trust and skepticism during change 52:00 Leadership responsibility when using AI 59:24 Connect with Regent and Fierce Conversations 01:04:18 Final reflections GUEST LINKS Regent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/regent-cornell-496b475 Regent at Fierce: https://fierceinc.com/fierce-facilitators/regent-cornell/ Fierce Conversations: https://fierceinc.com/ Fierce books and resources: https://fierceinc.com/resources/guides/ HER RESOURCES Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Guest and sponsorship inquiries: contact@herresourcespodcast.com Produced by LJM Productions.

  6. Sep 22

    Resilient Optimism: Why What You Do Next Still Matters with Michelle Gielan

    What if optimism is not the belief that everything will be okay, but the belief that what you do next still matters?   In Episode 92 of the Her Resources Podcast, Linda Misegadis welcomes Michelle Gielan, positive psychology researcher, bestselling author, and former CBS Morning News anchor, for a practical conversation about resilient optimism in tough times.   The episode releases September 22, 2026, the same day Michelle’s new book, Resilient Optimism: The Science of Sustaining a Positive Mindset in Tough Times, is published by Harvard Business Review Press.   Michelle explains why optimism is a set of trainable behaviors rather than a feeling or fixed personality trait. She and Linda discuss rational optimism versus toxic positivity, the effect of negative news on the brain, resilience without tolerating unhealthy systems, meaningful progress as a protection against burnout, the identity pressures that make it hard for women to say no, and why rest belongs in a serious performance strategy.   They also explore how optimism spreads through teams, why quiet optimists need to speak up, what leaders can do to make rest credible, and a simple daily practice that helps the brain notice progress and possibility.   This conversation is for HR professionals, leaders, women navigating demanding careers, and anyone trying to remain hopeful without ignoring reality.   Guest Links Resilient Optimism book site and resources: https://resilientoptimism.com/ Book page, Harvard Business Review Press: https://store.hbr.org/product/resilient-optimism-the-science-of-sustaining-a-positive-mindset-in-tough-times/10858 Michelle Gielan official website: https://michellegielan.com/ Michelle Gielan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegielan Michelle Gielan on Substack: https://michellegielan.substack.com/   Connect with Her Resources Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All Her Resources links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Guest and sponsorship inquiries: contact@herresourcespodcast.com 00:00 Why optimism is not denial 03:12 Meet Michelle Gielan 04:02 What resilient optimism really means 05:43 Rational optimism vs. toxic positivity 07:14 A NICU crisis and why the next action matters 10:39 Optimism as behavior, not personality 13:21 How negative news changes the brain 16:28 Staying informed without training helplessness 18:29 Resilience vs. tolerating broken systems 19:53 How one person can change the room 21:53 What happens when optimists get quiet 25:10 Busyness, burnout, and meaningful progress 26:54 How to triage commitments 29:07 Three questions that reclaim time 29:47 Why saying no is often about identity 33:08 Rest as career infrastructure 38:12 Positive deviance and workplace culture 41:25 Employee influence vs. leadership accountability 42:49 The power lead: changing how meetings begin 46:40 One habit for behaving like an optimist 50:15 What is on Michelle’s not-to-do list 52:27 Why Michelle is optimistic about AI 53:32 Where to find Michelle and the new book 54:29 Final reflections: what you do next still matters

  7. Sep 15

    How HR Leaders Build Confidence, Influence, and a Strategic Voice with Christina Simanella

    HR cannot shape the future of work from the sidelines. In Episode 91 of the Her Resources Podcast, host Linda Misegadis welcomes Christina Simanella, PPCC, leadership coach, consultant, former Vice President of Human Resources, and founder of Sphère, a bilingual HR development community based in Montreal. Christina reflects on her journey from an ambitious HR leader focused on reaching the C-suite to building a career centered on the work she loves most: coaching leaders, developing people, and creating meaningful professional community. Her story offers a grounded reminder that success can evolve, career pivots can be intentional, and leadership growth rarely happens alone. Linda and Christina examine what it takes for HR to become a trusted strategic partner. That means understanding how the organization makes money, asking better questions, connecting people initiatives to business outcomes, and speaking with courage even when the answer is not perfect. They also explore authentic leadership, executive presence, mentorship, sponsorship, peer support, and the pressure many leaders feel to know everything. As AI, workforce expectations, and organizational change accelerate, this conversation brings the focus back to the human side of business. Strategic credibility matters, but so do empathy, relationships, continuous learning, and the willingness to care about how leadership decisions affect people. Key takeaways: - HR belongs in the room whenever business decisions affect people. - Confidence grows through action, especially when the action feels uncomfortable. - Authentic leadership begins with self-awareness, not imitation. - People strategy and business strategy must be connected. - HR leaders strengthen influence by learning finance, operations, and business language. - Real professional relationships are reciprocal and require continued investment. - Coaches, mentors, sponsors, and peers each support leadership growth differently. - The future of leadership must keep humanity and empathy at its center. Listen to Episode 91: https://youtu.be/_O9PW21KCdA Connect with Christina Simanella: Sphère: https://www.hrsphere.ca/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/christinasimanella Sphère on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/sphere-hr-development-community Connect with Her Resources Podcast: Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Produced by LJM Productions. 00:00 Why HR leadership matters now 03:45 Meet Christina Simanella 04:05 Christina’s journey from HR leader to founder 05:21 Redefining success beyond the C-suite 06:24 The missing community Christina decided to build 08:10 Why the work of HR is underestimated 08:45 HR belongs in transformation and AI decisions 10:02 Leadership lesson one: Do not do it alone 12:55 Courage, confidence, and using your voice 14:27 Making mistakes and practicing a growth mindset 14:58 Moving from HR executive to leadership coach 16:50 Using introspection to design a career pivot 19:32 How the role of HR has evolved 20:19 The cost of treating HR as administration 21:22 Business acumen and the strategic people lens 22:14 HR as a broad and valuable career path 24:25 Balancing business priorities and people priorities 27:09 Shared responsibility between employers and employees 28:48 Building confidence without becoming someone else 29:25 Do the thing, even when you are scared 31:24 Finding an authentic leadership voice 31:55 Self-awareness, reflection, and psychometrics 33:04 What do you want your team to say about you? 34:30 Releasing the pressure to be a perfect leader 35:07 Becoming a trusted strategic HR partner 36:09 Stop waiting for an invitation to the table 36:52 Learn how the business makes and loses money 39:00 Why leadership and HR should not be lonely 39:34 Peer feedback and learning through community 41:13 Creating visibility and career opportunities 42:04 The meaning and vision behind Sphère 43:07 Mentors who shaped Christina’s leadership 45:47 Building a personal board of directors 46:14 The roles of coaches, mentors, sponsors, and peers 47:06 Finding work that brings you back to life 47:54 Keeping humanity at the center of leadership 49:12 Hope for the next generation of HR leaders 50:42 Christina’s one takeaway: Build real relationships 51:43 How to connect with Christina and Sphère 52:29 Final leadership reflection and listener question

  8. Sep 8

    What Gen Z Wants from Work, College, and AI with Addy Morrison

    Every generation inherits systems it did not build. The question is what it chooses to do with them. In Episode 90 of the Her Resources Podcast, host Linda Misegadis sits down with Addy Morrison, a second-year Colorado State University student studying political science and history, for an honest conversation about Gen Z, education, work, artificial intelligence, and the future young adults are preparing to enter. Addy does not claim to speak for an entire generation. Instead, she offers a thoughtful view from where she stands: college can still create knowledge, community, communication skills, and opportunity, but its cost and connection to employment deserve serious scrutiny. Young people want meaningful work, yet they are also navigating housing costs, student debt, uncertain career paths, and entry-level roles that may be reshaped by AI. Linda and Addy discuss the difference between questioning a system and taking responsibility for changing it. They explore critical thinking, responsible technology use, purpose and pay, resilience, online outrage, misinformation, echo chambers, and the human conversations that can become harder when generations retreat into stereotypes. This episode asks listeners of every age to consider what is worth preserving, what needs to change, and what each of us is willing to help build. Key takeaways: - Success can be defined by positive impact, not only money or status. - A difficult system is not automatically broken, but every system should be open to improvement. - College offers value beyond the classroom, while cost and career access remain real concerns. - AI may remove some of the early work through which people build judgment and experience. - Purpose and meaningful work require investment from both employers and employees. - Criticism without participation does not create change. - Younger generations can learn perseverance; older generations can learn greater acceptance. - The future improves when generations listen to one another as people, not stereotypes. Listen to Episode 90: https://youtu.be/PP6C_0dl_Nc About Addy’s academic context: Colorado State University: https://www.colostate.edu/ CSU Political Science: https://polisci.colostate.edu/ CSU History: https://history.colostate.edu/ Connect with Her Resources Podcast: Website: https://www.herresourcespodcast.com/ Podbean: https://herresourcespodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HerResourcesPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-resources-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herresourcespodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@her.resources.pod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-resources-podcast/id1768680594 All links: https://linktr.ee/hrpodcast Produced by LJM Productions.   00:00 The systems every generation inherits 03:12 Meet Addy Morrison 04:23 Public policy, purpose, and life after college 05:12 Redefining success beyond money and status 08:23 How generational definitions of success differ 09:09 Which inherited systems feel outdated? 13:08 Why Gen Z experiences money differently 15:30 Career expectations and the one-path problem 18:04 When is a system broken rather than difficult? 20:12 Why “if it is not broken” is not enough 21:37 Is college preparing students for today’s world? 24:45 Is a college degree still worth it? 26:01 What students learn beyond the classroom 27:16 What universities should teach differently 29:19 Understanding history before changing systems 30:23 Degrees, experience, and the entry-level loophole 32:47 Redesigning college from scratch 34:27 The cost and accessibility of higher education 36:51 Entering an AI-native workforce 38:06 Addy’s concerns about AI and creative work 40:20 How students are using ChatGPT 41:43 Are schools teaching responsible AI use? 42:55 When AI removes entry-level learning opportunities 45:04 AI, judgment, and critical thinking 47:44 Human skills technology should not replace 48:48 Purpose versus paycheck 52:21 Do employer values have to match your own? 54:22 Who is responsible for meaningful work? 55:33 Does Gen Z need more resilience? 58:04 Criticism, participation, and keyboard activism 01:01:42 Growing up with unlimited information 01:02:12 What younger generations can learn about sacrifice 01:04:14 Social media, news, and deciding what is true 01:06:22 How to pause and verify online claims 01:06:55 Is Gen Z more resistant or vulnerable to misinformation? 01:08:26 Who is responsible for truth online? 01:10:13 Platform accountability and misinformation 01:12:21 Algorithms and online echo chambers 01:13:43 What Addy would redesign first 01:15:40 Protecting conversation and human connection 01:17:53 Acceptance, perseverance, and learning across generations 01:21:07 What Addy hopes Gen Z gets right 01:22:03 Generations are people, not stereotypes 01:23:35 What are you willing to help build?

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Her Resources is where we have the honest conversations polished success stories often leave out. Hosted by Linda Misegadis, the podcast explores the realities of leadership, growth, work and life and includes the setbacks, difficult decisions, burnout, reinvention and unexpected turns that shape who we become. We primarily elevate women’s voices while welcoming anyone who brings a meaningful perspective. Our guests include leaders, authors, experts, entrepreneurs, change makers and people willing to talk candidly about what they have learned, not only what they have achieved. We explore leadership, confidence, burnout, workplace culture, AI, career transitions, identity, purpose and meaningful change. We go beyond clinical explanations and packaged advice to get into the messiness: what did not work, what changed and what people discovered along the way. New conversations are released weekly. Produced and co-created by Logan Misegadis and LJM Productions