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
S01E11 - Waste Factory (Part 5): The Talent Skip Bin
Behind the Time Furnace. Past the Rework Loop. Just near the skip bin.
No, not the one for old chairs and monitors, but the Talent Skip Bin.
It’s where good people get wasted.
In Part 5 of Inside the Waste Factory, Paul and Jase look at how capable, motivated people end up buried under low-value work, legacy tasks, and “busy” that doesn’t move the needle.
From over-management to misaligned roles and cultural ghosting, they unpack how talent quietly disappears from your business, and how to get it back.
🎧 If you’ve ever looked around and thought, “Why isn’t that person doing more of what they’re great at?”
This one’s for you.