No One Told Me This
No One Told Me This is a podcast about leadership, teams, and workplace culture, not as they’re meant to work, but as they’re actually experienced.
Hosted by Paul, the show explores the unspoken realities of working with people, the assumptions we make, the tensions we avoid, and the things we often learn the hard way. Through solo reflections, candid conversations, and the occasional deep dive, it’s a space to make sense of how work really gets done.
From culture drift and team dynamics to decision-making under pressure, each episode takes a grounded, thoughtful look at what leadership looks like in practice, especially when things aren’t neat or predictable.
Because sometimes the most important lessons aren’t the ones we’re taught. They’re the ones no one told us… or maybe we just weren’t listening.
No One Told Me This
S01E04 - Waste Factory (Part 1): Hidden Costs You Don’t See
No door. No sign on the wall. Just hours going in… and nothing coming out.
This is Episode 4 of No One Told Me This, and the start of a six-part mini-series: The Waste Factory.
In this series we explore the hidden costs and overlooked inefficiencies that quietly eat away at business performance. Drawing on real-world observations, irreverent truths, and grounded commentary, each episode shines a light on what no one budgets for, but every business pays for.
In Part 1, we’re talking about what it is, why it exists, and why we rarely talk about it.
You won’t find these costs easily, but you’ll feel them in your team’s energy, your budget blowouts, and that creeping sense of “surely we should be getting more done.”
This episode sets the stage. The factory doors are open. Let’s take a look inside.