261. This Year in Work 2025 (Part 2) - Our favourite guests of the year, your listeners’ choice, and the most-downloaded expert episode of 2025.

Merry Christmas! And welcome back to This Year in Work! Today we’re back with Part 2 of our 2025 highlights series, and this time it’s all about our guest interviews. If you’re new here, welcome along. This is Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. ⭐ Our Favourite Guest Interviews of 2025 Steve Carse — Work Should Be Fun Episode 181: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/181 We kicked things off with King of Pops founder Steve Carse, who turned a layoff into a $10M ice-pop empire built on one radical belief: work should be fun. Andrew Palmer — Fall in Love With the Problem Episode 217: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/217 Then came an absolute pinch-me moment for both of us: talking to Andrew Palmer, senior editor at The Economist and host of the Boss Class podcast. James Hawkins — Chaos, Autonomy and Building Better Teams Episode 189: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/189 Al’s pick was James Hawkins, co-founder of PostHog — the dev tools company that ditched managers and meetings in favour of tiny autonomous teams. Dr Marie-Hélène — The Science of Strategic Resilience Episode 171: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/171TEDx talk link: “Crossing the River: Resilience in the Age of AI” - https://youtu.be/JEdr2cvHF5M?si=OB07KHvgSjldYKmg Leanne’s pick was Dr MH, who reframed resilience as a state — not part of your personality. It moves, fluctuates, and can be strengthened through movement, nutrition, sleep, and relationships. 💬 Listeners’ Choice Award 2025 Elina Teboul — Feminine Intelligence and the Future of Leadership Episode 197: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/197 Your messages, comments and LinkedIn posts made this one clear.Elina Teboul, executive advisor and author of Feminine Intelligence, challenged assumptions about power, masculinity, intuition, balance and the psychological patriarchy. Whether listeners agreed or disagreed wasn’t the point — the episode sparked reflection everywhere, which is exactly what great conversations do. 🥇 Most Downloaded Expert Episode of 2025 Dr Enya Doyle — The Workplace Rules No One Explains Episode 175: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/175 No surprises here. The episode you downloaded most — and shared most quietly — was with Dr Enya Doyle, the harassment and inclusion specialist known online as The Harassment Doctor. This was a true masterclass in navigating messy, awkward and sometimes frightening management moments. From appearance standards to ageing workforces to tricky inclusion issues, Dr Enya cut through the nonsense with clarity, humour and absolute precision. A must-bookmark episode for every manager. 🎧 Episodes Mentioned Today Ep 181 — Work Should Be Fun with Steve Carsehttps://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/181 Ep 217 — Andrew Palmer on Better Bosseshttps://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/217 Ep 189 — James Hawkins: Autonomous Teams & Faster Deliveryhttps://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/189 Ep 171 — The Science of Resilience with Dr Marie-Hélènehttps://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/171 Ep 197 — Feminine Intelligence with Elina Teboulhttps://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/197 Ep 175 — The Workplace Rules No One Explains with Dr Enya Doylehttps://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/175 Support Links: Mind UK — https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/ Samaritans — 116 123 or [email protected] Connect with us: LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/truthlieswork Al — https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisalelliott Leanne — https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetleanne Email — [email protected] Book a chat — https://savvycal.com/meetleanne/chat