It's an Inside Job
Imagine responding to challenges with quiet strength and living with a clearer sense of direction. It's an Inside Job, hosted by Jason Birkevold Liem, guides you there. This podcast is for anyone who believes cultivating inner resources is the most powerful way to shape their outer reality. We explore practical approaches for fostering resilience, nurturing well-being, and embedding intentionality into your daily rhythm.
On Mondays, we feature longer conversations with insightful individuals, uncovering practical wisdom on how your inner world serves as a compass for your outer experiences, shaping everything from your career to your relationships and personal fulfilment.
On BiteSize Fridays, get concise, actionable guidance for managing stress, making thoughtful choices, and nurturing your growth. If you're ready to consciously build a more aligned and fulfilling life, tune in.
After all, actual growth is an inside job!
Episodes
263 episodes
Seeing Sideways - “I Knew It” – The Lie Your Brain Loves to Tell (The Hindsight Bias)
“Resilience isn’t built on perfect foresight. It’s built on honest hindsight.”In this episode of Seeing Sideways, I explore the Hindsight Bias—how the brain tricks us into thinking we “knew it all along.” ...
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Season 8
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Episode 24
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9:31
Solving the Right Problem: Design Thinking for Leaders and Resilient Teams with Kat Mather
“Design thinking is conscious decision-making.” - Kat MatherIn this episode, I discuss design thinking with Kat Mather from
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Season 8
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Episode 23
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1:00:10
Seeing Sideways - Wired for Worry: How to Overcome Your Brain's Negativity Bias
“The negativity bias doesn't just distort your mood—it reshapes your attention.”Why does your mind hold onto criticism more than compliments? In this episode of Seeing Sideways, Jason Birkevold Liem explores T...
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Season 8
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Episode 22
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9:19
Rethinking Technology, Generational Tensions, and Hiring: How Shifting Mindsets Transforms Any Workplace into a Space for Growth and Well-Being
“Generational clashes at work aren’t just inevitable—they’re opportunities to learn new ways of thinking.” - Nick SheirffIn this episode of It’s an Inside Job, I sit down with workplace strategist
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1:03:00
Seeing Sideways - How The Anchoring Bias Controls Your Decisions
“Clarity is resilience. Resilient thinkers don’t lock themselves into a decision just because it was the first one available.”Why do first impressions and initial numbers have such a strong grip on our thinking? In this e...
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Season 8
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Episode 20
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9:19
Breaking Free from Survival Mode: Mitchell Weisberg on the Mind-Shifting Method
"Your self-doubt isn’t you. It’s your survival brain talking.” - Mitchell WeisburghDiscover how to break free from survival mode with Mitchell Weisberg, creator of the Mind-Shifting Method. Learn practical tools to quiet ...
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Season 8
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Episode 19
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52:38
Seeing Sideways: Is Your Brain Gaslighting You? (The Availability Heuristic Explained)
“What grabs your attention is not always what deserves it.”Why do we fear shark attacks more than slipping in the bathtub? In this episode of Seeing Sideways, I explore The Availability Heuristic—a ...
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Season 8
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Episode 18
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10:09
Radical Reinvention: Leading with Resilience in the Age of AI and Climate Crisis with Caroline Stokes
“It’s not about adapting to chaos—it’s about reinventing ourselves and our organizations from the ground up.” - Caroline StokesWhat if the leadership frameworks you rely on today are the very reason your organization w...
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Season 8
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Episode 17
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1:10:38
Seeing Sideways: Your Brain Isn't Broken, It's Just Biased (The Surprising Truth About How We Think)
“Clarity is resilience. And it doesn’t come from being unshakably sure—it comes from staying grounded while allowing your ideas to evolve.”What if your brain isn’t broken—but brilliantly biased? In this kick-off to the
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Season 8
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Episode 16
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18:59
The Mask We Wear: Leadership, Identity, and the Emotional Cost of Visibility with Matthew Krayton
“Many leaders aren’t just performing for the public—they’re performing for themselves.” - Matthew KraytonLeadership today is less about perfection and more about presence. In this episode, Matthew Krayton, leadersh...
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Season 8
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Episode 15
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1:02:18
The Psychology of Tough Conversations: A Better Way to Handle Conflict
“Confrontation isn’t inherently bad. In fact, when handled well, it’s an essential tool for building trust.”Learn how to make confrontation less intimidating and more constructive. This episode explores the psychology beh...
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Season 8
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Episode 14
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16:06
Servant Leadership: Building Influence and Resilience Through Strength, Empathy, and Purpose with Isreal Duran
“Leadership isn’t about being the loudest voice in the room. It’s about knowing when to lower your voice, to meet others where they are, and to lead from that place of grounded service.” - Isreal DuranDiscover how servant...
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Season 8
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Episode 13
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45:39
The Power of Willingness: Why Wanting Change Works Better Than Forcing It.
“Want leads to choice, which leads to commitment. Should leads to decision, which leads to sacrifice.”Discover why lasting change often fails and what truly makes it sustainable. In this episode, we explore the surprising...
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Season 8
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Episode 12
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10:40
Lead Through the Breakdown: Turning Team Conflict into Growth and Trust With Susan Asiyanbi & Kim Reynolds-Williams
“Learning is leadership. If we can embrace our collective leadership through the lens of learning, we will go farther together.” - Susan Asiyanbi“If you're not regularly reflecting on your leadership, it's much har...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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1:12:22
The Self-Awareness Advantage: The Essential Key to Unlocking Resilience and Well-being.
"If lessons are repeated until learned, and you can't learn them until you become aware of them, then cultivating awareness is absolutely necessary for any kind of progress on your path, especially towards resilience and well-being."
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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12:00
The Brain Never Sleeps: How Dreams Heal, Rewire, and Reveal with Karen van Kampen
“When you rewrite a nightmare’s ending, you’re not avoiding it. You’re transforming it—and that rewiring gives you back control.” - Karen van KampenScience writer Karen van Kampen explores how dreams help us proces...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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1:00:05
Transform Your Life & Well-being by Mastering Self-Acceptance.
"Denying your body complete acceptance well it can actually lead to illness whereas practicing self-acceptance well that can contribute to healing disease."Unlock the power of self-acceptance for a happier, healthi...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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9:10
Inside Innovation: Psychological Safety, Strategic Timing, and the Power of Simplicity with Jannicke Birkevold
"Technology isn't the hard part. Getting people to see the value and change behaviour—that’s the challenge." - Jannicke BirkevoldIn this episode, innovation expert Jannicke Birkevold unpacks how emerging technologi...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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50:17
Unspoken Rules & Invisible Lines: Why Questioning Assumptions Leads to Success.
"When we push with purpose, respect, and curiosity, not defiance, we often find those lines aren't lines at all. They're simply assumptions, beliefs, sometimes inherited, sometimes outdated, sometimes just plain wrong."Di...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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10:17
Rethinking Resilience: How Trauma and Neurodiversity Shape the Way We Work with Natalie Armstrong
“We celebrate people who burn out and call it resilience. But real resilience is knowing when to pause, when to speak up, and when to take care of yourself.” - Natalie Armstrong Nurse and trauma-informed leader
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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1:00:23
The Contrarian Mindset - Cancelling the Fear of Conflict
Most people don’t like conflict. But some fear it so much they avoid it entirely—and that avoidance can quietly erode communication, teamwork, and leadership.In this BiteSize Fridays episode of It’s an Inside Job, I unp...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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14:32
Leading Yourself First: Why Recovery Is the Key to Resilience & Sustainable Success with Annicken R Day.
"We often underestimate how much strength comes from restoration. Performance without pause leads to burnout." - Annicken R DayNorwegian strategist Annicken R. Day
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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36:51
The Contrarian Mindset - Attacking the Fear of Accountability
We often associate accountability with blame, exposure, or failure. But what if accountability isn’t a threat—it’s a gateway? A gateway to clarity, leadership, and personal strength.In this episode of Bite Size Fridays, we explo...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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13:59
Leading Through Complexity: Why Strategy, Trust, and Story Matter Most with Marianne B Hagen
"I learned that leadership is about the strategic thinking, you know, more than sitting in an email box or asking questions. So I think the more you understand that leadership is about modelling and forming and shaping more than telling ...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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1:14:12
(Rerun) Resilience & Self-Leadership: Mastering Emotional Intelligence in Uncertain Times.
"Emotions are these chemical messengers that communicate from our physiology to our psychology... I think all emotions are important for us. And I think all emotions have positive intent." (11:40)In this episode, we unpac...
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Season 7
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Episode 56
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50:34