Unlocked with Madelyn Blair

Experts join Madelyn in conversation on the knowledge and skills to be the leader of your career, business or both. Expect stories, surprises, and solid information.

Unlocked with Madelyn Blair is a business podcast hosted by Madelyn Blair, PhD, with 103 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Madelyn Blair, PhD hosts Unlocked with Madelyn Blair, a business show with 103 episodes published.

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  Episode #49

  People Don't Resist Change, They Resist Stupid Things | Jamie Notter on Workplace Culture

  Sep 29, 202656 minS5

  In this episode of Unlocked , Madelyn Blair talks with workplace culture expert Jamie Notter about what organizational culture really is and how leaders can change it on purpose. Jamie is the co-author of Culture Change Made Easy and The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement . He explains why culture is built from words, actions, thoughts, and "stuff," and why every culture change needs a clear why . You'll hear why silos aren't always bad, why culture changecan show results within the first year, and why taking things away works better than piling on new programs. Jamie also shares how two organizations made different choices during the pandemic, and how differently their employee engagement turned out. Whether you lead a team or simply want to understand yourworkplace better, this conversation will help you see the culture that's been there all along.

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  Episode #3

  Is Joy Silly or Essential?

  Sep 23, 202612 min

  Serious about your work? So are we. Madelyn Blair tells a story that sounds silly and makes the case that joy and awe are anything but frivolous, drawing on research about the mind, the body, and legacy. It ends with a three-day challenge. Sources FlexJobs, Work & PTO Pressure Report (2025), survey of 3,063U.S. workers conducted August 18–31, 2025.https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/pto-statistics Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). The broaden-and-build theory of positiveemotions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B , 359(1449),1367–1377. Also: University of Michigan news release, "Happiness, joy andother positive emotions."https://news.umich.edu/happiness-joy-and-other-positive-emotions Stellar, J. E., John-Henderson, N., Anderson, C. L., Gordon, A. M.,McNeil, G. D., & Keltner, D. (2015). Positive affect and markers ofinflammation: Discrete positive emotions predict lower levels of inflammatorycytokines. Emotion , 15(2), 129–133. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000033.Summary: Greater Good Magazine, "Awe Boosts Health."https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/awe_boosts_health Danner, D. D., Snowdon, D. A., & Friesen, W. V. (2001). Positiveemotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the Nun Study. Journalof Personality and Social Psychology , 80(5), 804–813.

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  Decision Making Is Never Done Alone

  Sep 15, 202613 min

  In the second episode ofGrounds for Thought, Madelyn Blair unpacks Gary Klein's Recognition-PrimedDecision model to show why you're never really deciding alone — experience,observation, confidence, and imagination are already working on your behalf.

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  Who would pick up? Rethinking Friendship as an Adult

  Sep 9, 202612 min

  I always believed that deep friendships had to begin when we are young. Believing it caused me real frustration and concern when I realized I had no friends from my school years. Did I do something wrong? Then I began to look at the people in my world of today and realized that belief was a lie. I share why it is a lie in this video. This video traces what actually holds a friendship together over 15, 25, even 30 years — even when the people involved barely see each other. It comes down to three things, and none of them are proximity.

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  Episode #48

  The Journey That Finds You

  Sep 1, 202656 minS5

  A career is what you do, but the real journey is who you become. #Leadership, #Resilience, #CareerJourney, #LifelongLearning, #PersonalGrowth,#ExecutiveLeadership, #Learning, #Purpose, #KnowledgeManagement, #UnlockedTV,

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