One Take Hot Take by ICology

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Join ICology host Kristin Hancock as she rants, raves, emotes, and passionately positions the hills she will die on. These hot takes are 5-minute audio gems that will, if nothing else, probably frustrate you. That's a joke...mostly. They'll motivate you to reflect on some of the lies the internal comms industry tells itself and look a little deeper into how we approach work. Heck, maybe they'll start another LinkedIn fight, who knows!

Episodes

  1. 10/07/2024

    It's time to let employees opt out.

    Do you let employees opt out of newsletters and emails? Probably not. And you should. We have endless choices about the content we subscribe to in our personal lives but when we get to work, it's shoved down our throats. Consider empowering your employees to make their own choices and you might be surprised at the results.

  2. 06/11/2024

    It's time to fail...and own it.

    Too many of us deny the pleasure of failure by avoiding the word and convincing ourselves that something didn't fail, when in fact it did. And that's ok! The magic is in the failure and the learning is in the growth.

    It's time to fail...and own it.

  3. 05/15/2024

    It's time to choose bagels or bacon.

    How much time do you take personalizing your communication for employees? It's easy to make magic when you ask the right questions, like "do you prefer bagels or bacon?"

    It's time to choose bagels or bacon.

  4. 05/01/2024

    It's time to join the Make It Pretty Committee.

    Have you ever been asked to make something pretty at your job? Have you ever rolled your eyes at this request? We should get excited when someone in our workplace approaches us for help.

    It's time to join the Make It Pretty Committee.

  5. 05/01/2024

    It's time to purge your LinkedIn connections.

    Being connected to people you don’t know doesn’t add value to your LinkedIn experience and it certainly doesn’t add value to your community. It doesn't matter how many connections you have if none of them are meaningful. To combat this mess, I developed a litmus test for LinkedIn. Yes,this is a soapbox, a hot take, and a hill I’m willing to die on.

    It's time to purge your LinkedIn connections.

  6. 05/01/2024

    It's time to end the garbage leadership epidemic.

    Everyone has had a bad boss. And no one has ever been one. It seems likely that if we ARE a terrible boss, we may never know it. Even with feedback from employees or co-workers, our minds are very good at discounting criticism. So I have a challenge for all of us. Let's assume we are all bad leaders.

    It's time to end the garbage leadership epidemic.

  7. 05/01/2024

    It's time to put community over competition.

    The internal comms industry doesn't need to be competitive with itself. We do a disservice every time we are focused on what our perceived competition is doing that is taking business away from us. It is a mindset of lack and it is helping no one. At ICology, we believe there is room for all of us.

    It's time to put community over competition.

  8. 05/01/2024

    What's a one take hot take?

    Welcome to a collection of 5-minute audio gems where I poke the proverbial bears in the internal comms industry. I'm here to motivate you to think differently about the lies we tell ourselves and hopefully explore how you can approach your work in a better way.

    What's a one take hot take?

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Join ICology host Kristin Hancock as she rants, raves, emotes, and passionately positions the hills she will die on. These hot takes are 5-minute audio gems that will, if nothing else, probably frustrate you. That's a joke...mostly. They'll motivate you to reflect on some of the lies the internal comms industry tells itself and look a little deeper into how we approach work. Heck, maybe they'll start another LinkedIn fight, who knows!

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