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The Energy Detox
by Witting Partners
The Energy Detox is a petroleum-based blend of leadership conversations guaranteed to boost your professional and personal output by flushing away the hidden — and often toxic — barriers to peak performance. Join host Joe Sinnott — a chemical engineer, executive coach, and 20-year energy industry veteran — as he helps you tap into the same unconventional leadership resources fueling today’s most successful and sustainable leaders.
Episodes
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Your Team Doesn’t Need You to Predict the Future
Don't be like Miss Cleo. Sure, the people you lead may be anxious about the future. They may want answers, certainty, and reassurance. And you may be tempted to provide a picture of the future. But you don't know what will happen with M&A activity, commodity prices, or AI's impact. And your job...
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Widen Your Span: Why Rock-Star Individual Contributors Fail as Leaders
How many rock-star individual contributors do you know who failed as leaders? In this episode of The Energy Detox, I head to a historic covered bridge in Western Pennsylvania to explore three challenges that often trip up successful technical and operational professionals when they move into...
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What Can Weather Forecasters Teach Us About Executive Presence?
Despite being the butt of endless jokes, the best weather forecasters quietly demonstrate executive presence every day in how they: 1) are willing to make predictions—and be wrong 2) translate mountains of data into clear, actionable guidance 3) take the most default of all default conversation...
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Can You Engineer Unicorn Feedback?
How can you mirror the mission of the Pittsburgh-based unicorn Gecko Robotics? How can lessons from its co-founder and CEO, Jake Loosararian, shape how you respond to tough feedback? How does the unicorn-level independence of Grove City College—Loosararian's alma mater—exemplify conscious...
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5 Tools to Expand Influence and Drain Your Workplace Swamp
Do you know that a 5.2-mile well drilled from the White House lawn in any direction could reach beneath virtually all of the former — and some might argue present — swamp known as Washington, DC? Do you know if the Oklahoma City Thunder have been invited to the White House in recognition of their...
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Energy Security or Corn Dog?
Which mission is more likely to "stick" with the 400,000 people attending the Bloomsburg Fair: A) providing energy security around the world and lowering global emissions; or B) providing several hundred corn dogs (along with free rides and games) to you and your family? And more importantly…
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Are you energy dense...or energy dense?
How many M&M’s does it take to match the energy in one Mcf of natural gas? Find out in this SHALE INSIGHT® 2025 recap, which asks: Are you an energy dense leader…or are you an “energy dense” leader? #ConsciousLeadership
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Are You Being Gaslit?
How often have you been the victim — or the perpetrator — of gaslighting? Where does gaslighting most often creep into oil & gas workplaces? How do you deal with the fallout when it happens?
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Have You Unwittingly Become the Cracker Barrel of Energy Leadership?
Are you unwittingly becoming a SOULLESS & STERILE leader akin to Cracker Barrel’s new logo? What image do people SEE when they think of you, your company, or your industry? How will a tasty 💡 giveaway at the 2025 Women's Energy Network Shale Insight Happy hour remind you to take a serious look…
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How Can 40 Years of Pee-wee's Big Adventure Give Your Energy Career a Tune-Up?
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure hit theaters on August 9, 1985. The Alamo is marking the occasion by displaying one of the bikes from the movie. You, too, can mark the anniversary by using two classic lines from the film to give your professional & personal development strategy a tune-up: 🚲 "I know you...
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How Can Leadership Mercaptan Help You Catch Communication Problems Before They Explode?
Your breath may seem odorless to you...but those around you know it stinks. Which is why a bit of "leadership mercaptan" can help alert you to toxic things that are unwittingly flowing from your mouth...before they become a problem. That being said, celebrate today's "National Fresh Breath Day"...
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90 Billion Reasons You Should Start an Energy Leadership ‘Shop Class’
Mike Rowe proposed that "somebody somewhere carves out just a little sliver" from the $90B of announced investments "and allocates it for better storytelling" so that kids, parents, and guidance counselors can SEE the prosperity that flows from learning and using in-demand skills. While the...
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Are You a Hub Leader or an Origin & Destination Leader?
Are you a hub-like leader OR an origin & destination (O&D) leader? Do people view interactions with you as a disruptive layover OR do they actually want to start and/or end a journey with you? Are you over-reliant on outside resources to fuel your leadership actions OR do you lead like a...
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Should Expand Energy Join the Thunder at the White House?
Which Oklahoma City team is more deserving of a White House invite: 🏀 The Thunder for winning the NBA Championship; or 🔥 Expand Energy for drilling a record-setting Marcellus well? As you ponder that, check out this episode of The Energy Detox for some unconventional recognition tools to help…
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How does the 'via negativa' lead to positive energy?
I am NOT… My team is NOT… My company is NOT… My industry is NOT… Clearly defining who you ARE requires defining who you are NOT. In this post-conclave episode of The Energy Detox, you'll learn how a theological concept called via negativa can help you sharpen your message, protect your…
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That's Leadership!
Inspired by Energy Transfer’s recent “That’s Gas!” commercial—where a narrator pops up in everyday situations to inform unsuspecting folks that the products they’re using are made with natural gas—Episode 112 of The Energy Detox challenges you to spot everyday examples of leadership and say (to...
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In a Forest Full of Energy Leaders, How Do You Stand Out?
Most meetings? Unremarkable. Most resumes? Forgettable. Most leaders? Replaceable. Most LinkedIn posts? Unbearable. Agree? Then check out this Arbor Day episode of The Energy Detox that challenges you to follow the path of differentiated energy leaders who stand out in a forest of mediocre…
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50 Days of Feedback to Strengthen Your Energy Leadership Core
Energy is at the core of developed societies. Feedback is at the core of developed leaders. Those two core truths converge on Route 50 in Avella, PA, site of Episode 110 of The Energy Detox podcast, which draws on: 1) The 50-50-50 Energy Corps vision announced by EQT’s Toby Rice and Dr. Scott...
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What Wild Things Can You Do to Build a Dominant Energy Team?
What Wild Things Can You Do to Build a Dominant Energy Team? Find out in Episode 109 of The Energy Detox, which uses local, statewide, national, and global headlines connected to Washington County's #NaturalGas industry to help you answer the following questions: 1 - How can you use the recent...
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Are You Polishing a Cannonball?
In what ways are you or your team unwittingly polishing a cannonball? To help you answer that question, check out Episode 108 of The Energy Detox, recorded outside Pittsburgh's PNC park, home of the Polish Cannonball (a new food item introduced for the 2025 season) and home to a 14-foot bronze...
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Is Your Trusty Networking GPS Leading You Astray?
GPS technology relies on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) to provide accurate, real-time guidance. Effective networking also depends on PNT principles to steer yourself in the right direction. That being said, Episode 107 of The Energy Detox podcast will help you answer the following PNT...
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Is Your Leadership Toolbox as Limited as a Bagpiper's Playlist?
Are you as predictable as a bagpiper who everyone knows is likely to play one of only 2 or 3 songs? As you ponder that question, check out this episode of The Energy Detox which will challenge you to expand your “leadership playlist” and look for opportunities to be a differentiated—and, in turn…
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Strive for Mediocrity
"Strive for mediocrity" probably isn't the advice you want your company's mentors giving to new hires. But without a proper understanding of mentorship, your mentors may—wittingly or unwittingly—be setting future talent up for years of apathy and mediocrity. So, take a moment during the final few...
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Recruit Like a Champion Today: How Unconventional Talent Game Plans Can Give Your Team an Edge
Notre Dame hasn’t beaten Ohio State since 1936! But ND did score a big victory over OSU in a 1960s recruiting battle that not only brought All-American receiver Thom Gatewood to South Bend, but also turned Thom into an enthusiastic Notre Dame advocate that helped attract future talent to the...
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How Could qWitting Charge Up Your Team?
The second Friday of each new year is Quitters Day. And there is no better way to mark the occasion than by consciously quitting (qWitting) poor leadership habits that are holding you and your team back from long-term success.
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It's a bird...It's a drone...It's Santa Claus!
Look up, step out from your echo chamber, challenge your assumptions, don't limit your giving to the holiday (and mandatory performance appraisal) season, and tune in to episode 102 of The Energy Detox podcast.
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Are You a Turkey Day Chicken or a Conscious Leader?
Are people REALLY altering their Thanksgiving plans due to politics? Regardless of the answer, Episode 101 of The Energy Detox translates lessons from the 2024 election into 9 apolitical questions you can use to avoid the "peaceful silence" that may be damaging your reputation, your team, and…
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100 Episodes, 20 Years, and 2 Energy (and Election) Detox Tools
Celebrate Election Detoxification Day with Episode 100 of The Energy Detox podcast, which lays out two tools that can help you better manage the toxicity faced by oil & gas leaders (...or pretty much anyone subjected to the last several months of election-related toxicity). #ConsciousLeadership
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How Do Frac Fears, Election Ads, and Haunted Houses Fuel Sustainable Leaders?
Are oil & gas workers "fearless" or simply desensitized by constant employer & industry surprises? Are fear-focused campaign ads (and fear-focused management styles) a sign of desperation? Are Marcellus-based external affairs teams the ideal model of how industry leaders can address fears and...
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Pioneer or Pretender: Are Semantics Unwittingly Fracturing Your Credibility?
Range Resources and Weird Al Yankovic have at least two things in common: 💡 On October 23, 2024, Range Resources celebrates the 20th anniversary of their groundbreaking Marcellus frac, and the world celebrates the 65th birthday of Weird Al Yankovic. 💡 Both Range and Weird Al are undoubtedly...
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20 Marcellus-Inspired Ways to Be a Question-Able Leader
This company pioneered the Marcellus with its frac of the Renz #1 well in October 2004. What is Range Resources? To honor 20 years of shale development that helped save Western PA from economic jeopardy, this Jeopardy!-inspired episode of The Energy Detox asks 20 questions that 1) highlight the...
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Oil & Gas Leadership: Roller Coaster or Ferris Wheel?
Just because you work in a roller-coaster-esque industry doesn’t mean your leadership style needs to be filled with twists and turns and surprises. So, take a few minutes to be inspired by the odd sight of a Ferris wheel in the middle of a bridge and ask yourself these three questions: 💡 Do you...
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What Do People Think When They Hear Your Name?
When you hear the name Expand Energy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? A) "If you're talking about the company HQ'd in OKC, then I'll always call them Chesapeake." B) "They're the largest natural gas producer." C) "That's Aubrey McClendon's company." D) "Didn't they rise from massive…
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How Do We Make Nat Gas Stickier?
What can we do to create a Natural Gas epidemic? What small steps can we take to boost the stickiness of our industry's message? And how can you—as an individual leader—overcome the natural immunity of your stakeholders so that they infect countless others with knowledge of the differentiated…
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What Do Maple Syrup, Natural Gas, and Energy Leadership Have in Common?
Did you know that maple syrup inspired the first commercial natural gas well drilled in the world? [Note: While some point to the Fredonia, NY gas well of the 1820s as the “first commercial natural gas well,” it was actually dug by hand—not drilled. Moreover, the Fredonia well did not produce gas...
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Unleash (U)nconventional, (S)ustainable (L)eaders...(N)ot (G)amblers
What's a bigger risk to your company and your industry: A) Settling for conventional, generic, uninspiring management tips and tricks that follow the stale script of some supposed #leadership guru who has little to no idea what you actually do; or B) Embracing unconventional, differentiated…
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World Shale Winners: Leading Rock-Solid Teams Who Make the Planet Green With Envy
Although shale energy development has created countless worldwide winners, only one person won the 2024 #WorldShaleEnergyDay sweepstakes. That being said, this LIVE episode of 'The Energy Detox' kicks off by drawing that lucky winner. Then we dive into the challenge of sustaining the winning...
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Winning the Wright Way: Avoiding Overtime When Your Team is Already on a Path to Energy Royalty
Why would you lead your team to overtime if you have a chance to win in regulation? That's essentially the question posed by Chris Wright and his Liberty Energy team in this year's "Bettering Human Lives" report, which 1) outlines the proven playbook that's already led 1/8th of the world ("the...
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What can Madonna teach us about mature oil & gas pros "living in a millennial world?"
Episode 89 of The Energy Detox weaves 5 hit songs from the sexagenarian Queen of Pop into 5 questions you can ask to better bridge generational gaps and avoid allowing yourself or others to prematurely "take a bow." "Like a Prayer" - Do seasoned veterans in oil and gas have a prayer when it comes...
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Liquified Natural Groundhog: A Pragmatic Perspective on the Presidential Permitting Pause and the Power of Predictability
Have you heard so many repetitive references to the geopolitical, environmental, and economic benefits of #LNG that you and Punxsutawney Phil are about ready to drive off a cliff? If so, take a break from the tired talking points and enjoy this Groundhog Day episode of The Energy Detox.
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Is this "negative" leadership pet peeve freezing your team's progress?
Are you bothered when someone refers to a "negative" temperature? Or is that just an odd pet peeve of some people (or of one person)? Either way, a North American cold snap not only inspires the sharing of that temperature-related pet peeve in this Calgary-based episode of 'The Energy Detox,' but...
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Finding and Fixing the Fossil Fuel Fear Factors Fracturing Your Organization
"HARMFUL FOSSIL FUELS" If you discovered those words strung together in your child's news magazine, what would you do to address this apparent instance of fossil fuel fear-mongering that could limit a child's ability to think critically? Similarly, what steps would you take if you found evidence...
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Decoding the Leadership Lessons of S.H.A.L.E. I.N.S.I.G.H.T. 2023
Ever wonder why SHALE INSIGHT® is always written in ALL CAPS? Could it be that the Marcellus Shale Coalition has cleverly concealed a 12-word acronym within the name of its flagship event? Either way, this post-conference episode of The Energy Detox podcast attempts to unearth S.H.A.L.E....
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How to Avoid the Hidden Costs of Self-Serve Leadership Fueling
BP's CEO Resigns. Gas Prices Skyrocket. And New Jersey Drivers Still Don't Pump Their Own Gas. What's the connection among those headlines? Well, they're all fuel for thought on the hidden costs of self-serve leadership. And they provide a perfect excuse to ask yourself these four questions: 1…
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Squashing Lantern Flies & Energy Lies
PA's spotted lanternfly infestation hasn't been blamed on frac'ing...yet. But when the media (inevitably) does report (one-sidedly) on some kind of (flimsy) link, are you and your fellow industry leaders ready to squash yet another onslaught of #energy lies as enthusiastically as kids across PA...
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Are You Unwittingly Dumping Toxic Waste Into Corporate Waterways?
🤢 You may not have soaked your audience in human waste today...but there's a good chance your words & actions have unwittingly made a few of your stakeholders nauseous in the last 24 hours. So take a moment to dive into this conversation about the "Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident" of...
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Pitch Framing Principles to Keep Your Leadership Performance Above the Mendoza Line
How can the art of pitch framing help your leadership performance stay above the Mendoza Line? Find out in this West Coast edition of The Energy Detox podcast.
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Only YOU Can Prevent Corporate Wildfires
Only YOU Can Prevent (Corporate) Wildfires... ...by following these 4 Smokey-inspired #leadership tips: 1 - Speak the same language as your audience, NOT in easily dismissed or ignored talking points. For example, when speaking to an environmentalist about headlines linking fossil fuels and...
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Energy & Environment: The Yin and Yang of MVP-Level Leadership
As 2013 NL MVP Andrew McCutchen closes in on career hit number 2,000, another MVP (Mountain Valley Pipeline) is finally closing in on completion of its ongoing construction/permitting saga that will have taken over 2,000 days from start to TIL. So, what can these 2 MVP milestones tell you about...
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Steal like a Pirate. Lead like a champ.
Do you spend enough time encouraging your employees to steal? If not, check out this episode of The Energy Detox, where you'll hear: 1) how a theft-based culture can actually be the key to sustained success; and 2) why it's up to you as a leader to implement rules that make it easier for your...
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The Energy Detox is a petroleum-based blend of leadership conversations guaranteed to boost your professional and personal output by flushing away the hidden — and often toxic — barriers to peak performance.
Join host Joe Sinnott — a chemical engineer, executive coach, and 20-year energy industry veteran — as he helps you tap into the same unconventional leadership resources fueling today’s most successful and sustainable leaders.
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