Fixable

The Fixable podcast is a must-listen for anyone navigating the ups and downs of work life! The hosts bring such practical, actionable advice to real-life challenges that we all face, and they do it in a way that's relatable, insightful, and even fun. Each episode leaves me feeling like I’ve gained new tools to tackle tough situations at work and approach problems from a fresh perspective. The discussions are empowering and make me feel like no issue is too big to solve. Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to feel more capable, inspired, and equipped to thrive in their career!

When I close my eyes and think about the experience of listening to Fixable, I think… -Frances and Anne are undeniable experts on leadership, change and organizations and bring a unique brilliance to the conversation. From keen listening, to offering fresh insights that only their combination of brains and experience could offer, to communicating them in such a clear and compelling way…they’re the kind of experts you admire, believe and trust. -I often think, how did two people so complementary in their approaches, their preferences (see order into chaos vs chaos into order), and their communication styles find one another?! And in one podcast episode they told that story of meeting each other in the most relatable way. -The fact that there is a love story underneath this all is just the cherry on top for me. And the way this love is expressed in the podcast—via sweetness, respect, authentic exchange of ideas, a level of comfort that comes through the speaker—is goals. I’m so glad that these two brilliant women specialize in the corner of the world in which I work (leadership teams, org development) because we need all the goodness they bring.

Always looking for good business podcasts; tried 5 of these. They included Uber, Amazons remote work, something about breaking things and will a very nice writer be replaced by AI. No great insight, lots of bias and too much self promotion. Recommendations were ok; the kind I saw in every business article in the 80s and 90s and you can now get with ChatGPT, the free version. They’re a bit lazy. The Amazon episode on remote work talked about the gazillions of studies supporting remote work. Didn’t mention that 98% are surveys asking people whether they liked it. The one objective one is over 10 years old and a Chinese call center (only one I’ve ever seen that’s objective but hardly representative of most businesses). Even a recent Harvard report mentioned the pros and cons; don’t think they read it. I’m a believer in the hybrid model, but all the fawning over remote work is either advocacy or sloppiness. Other episodes reminded of the lightweight, data free articles of 30 years ago. Lots of need for trust, transparency and just about every corporate buzzword you could think of. Almost all of it was correct and useful for a first time manager, but that’s it. Style was very good though the constant self promotion, again common back in the day, got a little annoying. My guess is this skill translates to reviews of the podcast.

I love the show- especially loved the episode about C suite changes with Alan- I’m going through that right now and have gone through it before - I’m a state government employee and would love more episodes that discuss government-related issues because they really can be unique and difficult to address. (Zoe, 33, Arkansas)