Join us for an energizing and important conversation with Lauren McGee and Jason Marshall—founders of Workplace Wellbeing Intelligence (PWI)—as they unpack how true culture change starts with honest data and human-first leadership. From uncovering the hidden cost of burnout to helping organizations build emotionally intelligent teams, Lauren and Jason are redefining what workplace wellbeing really means.

In this episode, they share the personal and professional journeys that led them to co-create PWI, how they collect and interpret real-time wellbeing insights from employees, and why the future of work depends on psychological safety, adaptability, and transparency. If you're a leader, HR professional, or entrepreneur seeking to create a thriving culture—this episode is packed with tools, stories, and proven frameworks to help you get there.

About our guests:

Lauren McGee and Jason Marshall are the co-founders of Workplace Wellbeing Intelligence (PWI), a next-gen employee insight platform helping organizations capture and act on real-time wellbeing data. With backgrounds in education, coaching, and leadership development, they bring a human-centric approach to data, empowering teams to become more emotionally aware, collaborative, and high-performing. Their mission is to shift company culture from reactive to responsive—one honest check-in at a time.

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Episode Highlights:

00:00 - Episode Trailer

01:19 - Why workplace wellbeing needs a serious rethink

03:45 - The burnout story behind launching PWI

06:18 - Why traditional HR surveys don’t drive real change

08:42 - The power of live data and psychological safety

12:04 - Leadership blind spots that hurt team culture

14:20 - The emotional truth behind performance metrics

18:03 - From reactive to proactive: shifting workplace culture

21:07 - Why most wellbeing initiatives fail to stick

23:14 - The 7 core areas of wellbeing inside organizations

26:00 - Building a leadership toolkit based on self-awareness

29:15 - How Lauren & Jason built trust as co-founders

32:01 - Emotional fatigue and the hidden cost of overfunctioning

35:12 - What employees really want (and aren’t saying)

38:00 - Adaptive leadership in a post-COVID world

41:24 - Language that empowers vs. language that isolates

44:39 - Helping men access emotional language at work

48:22 - Why good culture isn’t pizza and ping-pong

50:37 - Performance, purpose, and personal connection

53:18 - Lauren’s and Jason’s current wellbeing practices

56:09 - How PWI is creating culture change at scale

58:45 - The message every leader needs to hear right now