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The Lateral Dialogues
by The Lateral Space
The Lateral Dialogues aspire to bring you different perspectives on organizational and leadership dynamics. In each episode, we explore a topic, relevant to leaders and teams, inspiring you to look at your dynamics at work differently. We debate different angles, bring in research, and share personal stories or cases, with the ambition each time to challenge our mainstream thinking. This Podcast is hosted by Warden Hoffman and Petros Oratis, team coaches and co-founders of The Lateral Space and often features guests, who are experts in certain areas.
Episodes
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18. Productivity or Dysfunction? Shifting team dynamics through Reversal Theory (with Larry Hirschhorn & Anna Reiche)
Team productivity or dysfunction: what tends to grab your attention? What if we were able to understand both modes with equal granularity? And what does it take to shift, even reverse a team dynamic in the moment? In this episode of The Lateral Dialogues, we explore a fresh perspective on...
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17. Listening to workplaces: How spaces reveal organizational truths (with Dr Rob Fitzpatrick)
In this episode of The Lateral Dialogues, we explore how physical workplaces shape organizational life far beyond layout and design. We host Dr. Rob Fitzpatrick, researcher and organizational consultant, and we dive together into how space reveals culture, influences behavior, and evokes powerful...
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16. Six Functional Team Dynamics: What they reveal about the function's state
Ever sat in a functional team meeting thinking, “Why do we keep talking like this?” What if those awkward conversations and recurring patterns weren’t just quirks—but clues? Clues to the strategic tensions, the complexity of business partnering, and the invisible forces shaping how team members...
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15. What just happened? Leading when logic can't find answers (with Dr Noel McQuaid)
"What just happened? Was this a coincidence or a sign from somewhere?" What happens to us, when experiencing something that prompt such questions in us? How do we process so-called mystical or uncanny experiences, which logic can't help navigating? And if organizations thrive on navigating...
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14. The Collaboration Tension: Leading between Autonomy and Interdependency
What does it take to collaborating in today's organizational complexity? There are two major shifts, which are the two sides of the same coin: 1. our interdependencies are heightened more than ever, and 2. we are expected to operate with autonomy, to be self-steering. This mean that to be an...
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13. Performing in the 'always-on’ mode: Learning from the dynamics of management consulting (with Dr Peter Shepherd)
How does it feel to work in highly pressurized organizations, on the "always-on" mode? How do performance-driven organizations deal with uncertainty, lack of progress, and not-knowing? How do ambitious people deal with their performance in these organizations? What are the dynamics developed...
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12. Navigating the human dynamics of mergers & acquisitions (with Warden Hoffman)
Why are human dynamics of mergers and acquisitions so challenging? In this episode Warden Hoffman outlines his observations, findings and ways of working when it comes to organizations and teams that merge. Warden developed this curiosity early in his career and after being exposed to M&A in many...
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11. Exploring the secret life of teams: making sense of team dynamics (with Dr Martin Lüdemann)
A major shift in how we look at teams is to not only look at individuals and how they create a group but to see the group as one entity, the team as a whole. Do teams have a secret life of their own? This different perspective on teams as being one entity, creates a novel perspective on group...
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10. Finding our creativity in challenging times (with Dr Stephanie Davies)
How can we connect with our creativity when we are challenged? Creativity is more than artistic expression. It starts from conceiving a new thought, allowing it to emerge, socializing it and converting it into action. Often times what emerges through creativity goes against the current stream,...
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9. Destined to lead: Learning from leadership succession in family businesses (with Dr Mariana Moura)
How does it feel knowing that you might be the next leader in line? How does being destined to lead impact your identity? How do you build credibility and enable your authenticity? Will you always be compared to the previous generation? Can succession in family businesses be meritocratic? And is...
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8. Technology & humans: Who’s in the lead? Exploring tech-human dynamics in organizations & everyday life (with Dr Nick Waggett)
Throughout human history we have been developing and deploying technological solutions in the service of organizational and human needs. But after technology gets introduced, we may quickly find ourselves operating in the service of the needs of technology more than our own. Our tendency to...
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7. Is Change Management a job? Challenging the limitations of mainstream thinking on organizational change (with Minola Jac)
Change management has been very present in management practices with lots of well-known methodologies, primarily originating from project management environments. But do they always yield the desired benefits? What about the non-linear aspects of organizational change? Whether that’s an…
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6. Navigating polarization: Our opinion blocks in everyday life & how to coach highly polarized teams (with Martin Ringer)
The intensity of polarization in everyday life or in organizations can make us feel toxic, even though we want to take a stand for our values, interests and beliefs. In this episode, our guest Martin Ringer, helps us understand and explore this topic: How does polarization form? Why do we need to...
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5. How can we face the climate? Exploring our emotional response to meaningful engagement with climate action (with Dr Rebecca Nestor)
Some consider the climate crisis, the most urgent issue for the earth’s future and ourselves on it. Yet, why is it so hard to engage with it, systemically and as individuals? Why is it so hard to inspire action for those working on the climate crisis? What does it take to work in sustainability...
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4. Can we really talk about the war? Discussing geopolitical and social conflict in organizations and our social lives (with Bijan Khajehpour & Regine Scholz from IDI)
How can we engage in social dialogue on geopolitical or social conflict, such as the war in Gaza or Ukraine? How can we have a meaningful dialogue beyond polarization or political correctness? Why are we psychologically mobilized to fight, even when we are not directly linked to these conflicts…
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3. Are we all impostors? Understanding self-doubt and -criticism in organizations (with Dr Veronica Azua)
Dr Veronica Azua got motivated to research self-doubt, after noticing a very common paradox in senior leaders: despite having led successful lives and careers, they would still experience heightened self-doubt and self-criticism. In this Lateral Dialogue, Veronica shares some of the key moments,...
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2. Obsessed with ranking: Inside the hidden hierarchy of teams (with Dr Petros Oratis).
Why do we create hierarchies in groups, even when we intend to be flat? Why are we so preoccupied with ranking, and yet we operate with absolute equality? This episode explores how we are unconsciously impacted by hierarchy, how to recognize the dynamics of hidden hierarchy, and what its…
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1. Illuminating the hidden aspects of organizational culture (with Dr Karen Gray)
1. Illuminating the hidden aspects of organizational culture: How can we uncover its unconscious aspects? What happens when we expose uncomfortable truths of how we function? Why often culture doesn’t shift even when we explicitly cascade how we should behave differently? Dr. Karen Gray joins...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Lateral Dialogues aspire to bring you different perspectives on organizational and leadership dynamics. In each episode, we explore a topic, relevant to leaders and teams, inspiring you to look at your dynamics at work differently. We debate different angles, bring in research, and share personal stories or cases, with the ambition each time to challenge our mainstream thinking. This Podcast is hosted by Warden Hoffman and Petros Oratis, team coaches and co-founders of The Lateral Space and often features guests, who are experts in certain areas.
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