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The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas.
You get one productivity episode a day in a short, productive, episode that gives you actionable playbooks to put the ideas to work for yourself.
Your Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur in the trenches for over two decades. He has his Masters in Psychology, MBA, and is a certified Expert Tiny Habits Coach studying with BJ Fogg from Standford's Behavioral Design Lab.
With real life experience , Brandon knows he'll never get everything done in a day, but he's figured out the best productivity strategies and products that are force multipliers to get the most out of a day in your personal and professional life. Listen in for your daily productivity tips.
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We're breaking down what cognitive diversity is, why Churchill's secret WWII unit proved it before science did, what the research says about why cognitively diverse teams outperform everyone else, and three moves you can make to build a more productive team that can actually handle the hard stuff. STUDY CITATIONS Reynolds, A., & Lewis, D. (2017). Teams solve problems faster when they're more cognitively diverse. Harvard Business Review. CONNECT WITH US Read the Weekly EDGE Newsletter to B...
We're breaking down the power of "because." What it is, why your brain responds to “because” the way it does, what the research says, and three ways to put "because" to work so you get more yeses at work, at home, and everywhere in between. STUDY CITATIONS Langer, E. J., Blank, A., & Chanowitz, B. (1978). The mindlessness of ostensibly thoughtful action: The role of "placebic" information in interpersonal interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36(6), 635–642. CONNEC...
We're breaking down No Single-Player Mode, what it means, why being the only person who knows how to do something is a productivity and burnout trap, and three moves to get you and your team out of single-player mode for good. STUDY CITATIONS Myers, C.G., & Desai, S.V. (2018). Association between team learning behavior and reduced burnout among medicine residents. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(8), 1283–1285. CONNECT WITH US Read the Weekly EDGE Newsletter to Boost Your Produc...
We're talking Google NotebookLM, what it is, how Google NotebookLM is different from every other AI tool you're already using, what the research says about using AI this way, and three ways to start using Google NotebookLM to save you time, reduce your frustration, and see things in your data you might otherwise not have realized was there. STUDY CITATIONS Brynjolfsson, E., Li, D., & Raymond, L. (2025). Generative AI at work. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 140(2), 889. CONNECT WITH U...
We're talking the Pygmalion Effect, what the Pygmalion Effect is, what the research says about how it shows up at home and at work, and three ways to use the Pygmalion Effect to lift the people around you. STUDY CITATIONS Rosenthal, R., & Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the classroom. The Urban Review, 3(1), 16–20.Kierein, N. M., & Gold, M. A. (2000). Pygmalion in work organizations: A meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21(8), 913–928. CONNECT WITH US Read the Weekly...
Today we're talking digital tone interpretation, what it is, why your brain is wired to misread email, text and IM messages, what the research says, and three ways to stop letting these messages live rent-free in your head and wreck your day. STUDY CITATIONS Kruger, J., Epley, N., Parker, J., & Ng, Z. (2005). Egocentrism over e-mail: Can we communicate as well as we think? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(6), 925–936. CONNECT WITH US Read the Weekly EDGE Newsletter to Boos...
We're diving into what strategic vulnerability is, why most people have it completely backwards, what the research says about how strategic vulnerability builds trust and makes you more productive, and three practical ways to start using strategic vulnerability at home, at work, and anywhere you want people to actually follow your lead. STUDY CITATIONS Ito, A., & Bligh, M. (2017). Feeling vulnerable? Disclosure of vulnerability in the charismatic leadership relationship. Journal of Leader...
We're breaking down emotional contagion, what emotional contagion is, what the science says about how emotional contagion spreads at work, at home, and on your phone, and three practical tips to use emotional contagion to protect your energy and stay positive and productive. STUDY CITATIONS Barsade, S.G. (2002). The ripple effect: Emotional contagion and its influence on group behavior. Administrative Science Quarterly, 47(4), 644–675.Kramer, A.D.I., Guillory, J.E., & Hancock, J.T. (2014)...
We're covering what the After Action Report is, where it came from, the two ways to run After Action Reports after important meetings and after big projects, then we give you four tips to that will help your team be 25% more productive, and it’s backed by science. STUDY CITATIONS Tannenbaum, S. I., & Cerasoli, C. P. (2013). Do team and individual debriefs enhance performance? A meta-analysis. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 55(1), 231–245.&nbs...
What the Marshmallow Test is, what the research says about delayed gratification, and three ways to train yourself to wait for what really matters so you can be more productive at work, at home, and everywhere in between. STUDY CITATIONS Mischel, W., Shoda, Y., & Peake, P. K. (1988). The nature of adolescent competencies predicted by preschool delay of gratification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54(4), 687–696. Shoda, Y., Mischel, W., & Peake, P. K. (1990). Predi...
Why a dirty screen is quietly draining your productivity, what the science says about visual clutter and your brain, and three simple screen-cleaning tips to get cleaner, sharper focus starting today. LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE WHOOSH! Computer Screen Cleaner | https://amzn.to/3NIttAzSTUDY CITATIONS McMains, S., & Kastner, S. (2011). Interactions of top-down and bottom-up mechanisms in human visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(2), 587–597. CONNECT WITH US Read the Weekl...
We're diving into attrition warfare as a personal productivity strategy. We explain what attrition warfare is, why it works, what the research says, and three tips to put attrition warfare to work so you can stop being the one who quits first. STUDY CITATIONS Duckworth, A. L., Peterson, C., Matthews, M. D., & Kelly, D. R. (2007). Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(6), 1087–1101. CONNECT WITH US Read the Weekly EDGE Newslett...
This is a bonus episode for our Build Your Network series to explains the app you want to use to help you manage your personal and professional networks, all in one place. If you haven't listened to the seven-part series yet, go back and start with Episode 1 of the series, starting at ep. 231 on the Productivity Podcast, because everything we cover will make a lot more sense with the how to build your network foundation, under you. LINK TALKED ABOUT IN THE EPISODE Trevally ( https...
Over the past six episodes in the Build Your Network Series we've covered why networking fails, how to treat your network as a real asset, the three relationship types you need, what separates investors from takers, how to fill your relationship bank with deposits that compound, and how to identify the handful of people who can change your trajectory. Today we bring it all together and talk about what happens when you play this long enough for it to matter. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES W...
In this Build Your Network Series we've covered why networking fails, how to treat your network as an asset, the three relationship types you need, what separates investors from takers, and how to fill your relationship bank with deposits that compound. Today we get into the relationships that can change your trajectory entirely, the handful of people in any career who compress years of progress into months. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES WORKBOOK DOWNLOAD LINK Build Your Network Series Work...
In this series we've covered why networking fails, how to treat your network as an asset, the three types of relationships you need, and what separates investors from takers. Today we're getting specific about what you're depositing into your key relationships, the four ways to invest in your network that pay off, why it works, and what twenty years of consistent deposits looks like. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES WORKBOOK DOWNLOAD LINK Build Your Network Series Workbook https://edge.ck.pa...
In this Build Your Network series we've covered why most networking fails, how to treat your network as a real asset, and the three types of relationships every strong network needs. Today we're talking about the part most people find a little uncomfortable, an honest look at what you're putting into your relationships versus what you're taking out. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES WORKBOOK DOWNLOAD LINK Build Your Network Series Workbook https://edge.ck.page/e2fc7eb5b1 STUDY CITATIONS Grant...
In this series we've established that networking is an investment, your network is one of your most valuable assets, and that the groups you already belong to are networks most people never think to tap. Today we're breaking down the three types of relationships every strong network needs and why missing even one of them puts a ceiling on what your network can do for you. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES WORKBOOK DOWNLOAD LINK Build Your Network Series Workbook https://edge.ck.page/e2fc7eb5b1S...
In this Build Your Network series we've been building the case that networking isn't a transaction, rather it's an investment. Last episode we covered why most networking fails before it starts. Today we're digging deeper on the investment idea and what it means to treat your network as a real asset, and what happens when you don't. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES WORKBOOK DOWNLOAD LINK Build Your Network Series Workbook https://edge.ck.page/e2fc7eb5b1STUDY CITATIONS Seibert, S.E., Krai...
We're kicking off a seven-part series called Build Your Network with Why Most Networking Doesn't Work and What to Do Instead. BUILD YOUR NETWORK SERIES WORKBOOK DOWNLOAD LINK Build Your Network Series Workbook https://edge.ck.page/e2fc7eb5b1 STUDY CITATIONS Grant, A.M. (2013). Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. Viking. Research based on interviews with 30,000 people across industries and cultures.Nour, D. (2008). Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business ...
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