Harmonious Workplaces Podcast
Brought to you by Industrial-Organizational Psychology (I-O) practitioners, Change Management and Organizational Development (OD) Consultants, Human Resources Professionals, and Management Consultants, Harmonious Workplaces seeks to help organizations compose safe, inclusive, and productive organizations. Join Rich Cruz, Sharyl Volpe, Ben Kleinman, and other I-Os, HRMs, ODs, and more for discussions on topics that shape the way we work together.
Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
In this episode, Ben and Rich discuss stakeholder engagement.
What's one thing you can do to effectively ensure the people involved in your change initiative have their requirements met and meet those requirements? Keep listening to find out.
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#organizationaldevelopment #projectmanagement #changemanagement #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Welcome to our 103rd podcast. Today, we're talking about monitoring your transformation. Why do it, why it's often overlooked and undervalued, and how to get started.
If you're not sure how, what's one thing you could do to make sure your hard work is actually working? Keep listening to find out.
Get more episodes at www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
#changemanagement #knowledgecontinuity #organizationaldevelopment #changeleadership #transformation #makechangeyourfriend #performance
Monday Mar 09, 2026
Monday Mar 09, 2026
Welcome to our 102nd podcast. In this episode, we discuss cross-cultural challenges in global change initiatives.
What's one thing you can do to keep your global teams engaged and aligned with your change initiatives? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
#organizationaldevelopment #changemanagement #culture #workplaceculture #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Mar 02, 2026
Monday Mar 02, 2026
Welcome to our 101st podcast. In this episode, we talk about how sequences, iterations, and permutations can help you grow your own knowledge performance tree.
What's one thing you could do to plant your own knowledge performance tree within your workplace? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
To learn more about our Knowledge-to-Performance Tree model as featured in TD Magazine, visit: https://harmoniousworkplaces.com/harmonious-workplaces-featured-in-td-magazine-as-leaders-on-knowledge-transfer/
For our Knowledge Continuity program, visit https://harmoniousworkplaces.com/knowledge-continuity/
#changemanagement #organizationaldevelopment #knowledge #knowledgecontinuity #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Feb 23, 2026
Monday Feb 23, 2026
Welcome to our 100th podcast! Woo-hoo. We welcome back to the stage our cohost, coauthor, and content partner, Sharyl Volpe, in this milestone episode. Together, we talk about how concepts from the arts can reduce uncertainty and make your business more resilient.
What's one thing you can do to reduce the cost of uncertainty? Like an art form? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
#organizationaldevelopment #changemanagement #art #music #theater #leadership #continuousimprovement #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Feb 16, 2026
Monday Feb 16, 2026
In this episode, we talk about communication channels, tools, and techniques within organizations.
What's one thing you can do to make the way you communicate with others more effective on the job? To turn knowledge into capability? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit https://www.harmoniousworkplaces.com
#changemanagement #communication #organizationaldevelopment #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Feb 09, 2026
Monday Feb 09, 2026
In this episode, we discuss feedback in organizations. What are the best practices for soliciting and providing feedback?
What's one thing you can do to make feedback usable by deciding in advance how you'll respond to it purposefully? Keep listening to find out.
Visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com for more podcast episodes.
#changemanagement #knowledgecontinuity #feedback #organizationaldevelopment #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Feb 02, 2026
Monday Feb 02, 2026
Welcome to our 97th podcast. Today we're talking about urgency. When is it helpful, and when does it cause panic?
What's one thing you can do to get people moving without panicking? Keep listening to find out.
Find more podcasts at www.harmoniousworkplaces.com. #organizationaldevelopment #changemanagement #changeleadership #makechangeyourfriend #workplace #culture
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Monday Jan 26, 2026
In this episode, we talk about knowledge transfer in the workplace. This relates to our article in TD Magazine, "Plant the Seeds for Knowledge Transfer."
What's one thing you could do to make sure your unwritten know-how doesn't leave when people walk out the door? Keep listening to find out.
For more podcast episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com.
#knowledgetransfer #knowledgecapture #businessprocess #changemanagement #humancapital #organizationaldevelopment #makechangeyourfriend
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
In this episode, we continue our conversation about goal-setting and motivation, specifically digging more into motivation.
What's one thing you could do to create motivation or keep it going? Keep listening to find out.
For more episodes, visit www.harmoniousworkplaces.com/podcast
#organizationalpsychology #iopsychology #motivation #goalsetting #changemanagement #makechangeyourfriend







