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
S01E05 - Waste Factory (Part 2): The Time Furnace
Where did the week go?
This is Episode 5 of No One Told Me This, and Part 2 of The Waste Factory — a six-part mini-series exploring the inefficiencies every business pays for (but no one budgets).
In this episode, we step into the Time Furnace - probably the biggest department in the whole factory.
The place where meetings burn hours without decisions, where approvals stall in inboxes, and where priorities blur into busywork.
No smoke, no fire alarm, just time quietly disappearing.
You’ll hear real-world examples, irreverent commentary, and a few practical ways to spot the scorch marks in your own week.
Because your team might not be wasting time.
But something’s burning it.