No One Told Me This
No One Told Me This is a podcast about culture, leadership, teams, and all the tricky stuff that never makes the onboarding pack.
Hosted by Paul, this show dives into the honest, often messy reality of working with people, what we get wrong, what we learn the hard way, and what no one told us...or maybe we just weren’t listening.
From awkward feedback loops to team tension, shifting culture, and the pressure to “perform,” each episode offers a grounded take on what it really means to lead well when things are going well (or not).
Whether you’re building a team, shaping culture, or just trying to lead without losing the plot, you’re in good company here.
Episodes
13 episodes
S01E12 - Waste Factory (Part 6): Burn It Down or Fix It
We’ve taken the full tour. Through the Time Furnace, the Rework Loop, the Silence Budget, and the Talent Skip Bin.Now it’s time to talk about what happens next.In this final episode of Inside the Waste Factory, Paul and J...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:08
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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44:22
S01E10 - The Quiet Drift Away
They don’t complain. They don’t warn you. They just stop coming back. In this episode of No One Told Me This, Paul looks at what really causes customers to drift away, quietly, slowly, and often unnoticed until it’s too lat...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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7:19
S01E09 - Waste Factory (Part 4): The Silence Budget
You’ve probably paid into it without realising.Welcome to The Silence Budget - Part 4 of Inside the Waste Factory.In this episode, Paul and Jason explore the quietest (and most expensive) department in any bus...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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32:11
S01E08 - Waste Factory (Part 3): The Rework Loop
You know the job. You did it. Then you did it again.Welcome to The Rework Loop – where time, trust, and morale quietly disappear.In Part 3 of Inside the Waste Factory, we look at the cost of doing things t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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28:48
S01E07 - The Truth About Trust
They say trust is the foundation of every team…But what if it’s not?In this episode of No One Told Me This, I unpack why trust, at least the emotional, vulnerability-based kind, might not be as essential as we’ve been led...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:40
S01E06 - You Can't Multiply Chaos
You can’t multiply chaos and expect order. Yet that’s exactly what happens when businesses try to scale without the right foundations.In this episode of No One Told Me This, I dig into the four words that make scaling possible: ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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12:18
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, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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24:18
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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17:30
S01E03 - Trust vs Confidence (They’re Not the Same Thing)
We say we want trust in teams, but what if that’s not really the issue?This episode flips the usual script and introduces a new lens: Trust and Confidence aren’t the same thing, and confusing them might be costing you more than you think...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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6:30
S01E02 - Would You Follow You?
Three deceptively simple questions. That’s it. No frameworks, no buzzwords. Just an honest gut check about how you lead, how you work with others, and whether you’re actually someone people would choose to follow.In this episode of N...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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7:09
S01E01 – Doing the Thing: Why leading is messier than they told you
So you’ve stepped up, spoken up, or been tapped on the shoulder… and now you’re supposed to lead?This episode is for the ones who find themselves doing the thing, leading a team, shaping a culture, driving a business... without the manua...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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6:21