ProductiviTree: Cultivating Efficiency, Harvesting Joy

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In a world flooded with bad news and burnout, is happiness the ultimate productivity hack or just self-help fluff? In this conversation with happiness coach and CEO Matt O’Neill, we unpack how mastering your moods can become a competitive advantage at work and at home, especially when everything around you feels heavy. Listeners walk away with concrete tools to handle negative thoughts, navigate the eight “bad moods,” and design teams and routines where joy directly fuels performance

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Matt O'Neill is a Happiness Coach whose work has positively impacted the lives of over 100,000 people. He's the author of "Good Mood Revolution: Igniting the Power of Conscious Happiness" - #1 best seller in 7 different categories on Amazon, with over 140 Five-Star reviews.

Matt shows us how our path to the most positive emotions is through the negative ones. Understanding this, you will see how happiness is your choice, even when life gets tough.

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 https://www.mattoneill.com
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Sam Alvita is a career strategist, certified coach, and founder of Work Rewritten, where she helps professionals and organizations navigate the shifting rules of work with greater clarity, agency, and resilience. With over 10 years of experience spanning design, education, and coaching, Sam has worked at IDEO and currently serves as Director of Learning Design at MasterClass. A graduate of Syracuse University and the University of Pennsylvania, she holds coaching credentials from the International Coaching Federation (ACC) and IPEC. Her work sits at the intersection of career strategy, systems thinking, and learning experience design,  translating complex labor market shifts into practical frameworks that help people make smarter, more intentional career moves without panic or burnout.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-sloanalvita
https://substack.com/@byworkrewritten
https://www.byworkrewritten.com/

Recorded Date and Location
Date: 20/02/2026
Guest location: : Los Angeles, California, United States
Episode Description
Why do so many smart, capable people feel stuck at work,  even when they’re doing everything right? Sam Alvita, founder of Work Rewritten and Director of Learning Design at MasterClass, joins us to dismantle the outdated career playbook most professionals are still following. From broken assumptions about loyalty and stability, to the hidden structural shifts reshaping the job market, Sam delivers a grounded, research-informed framework for making better career decisions in an era of constant disruption. If you’ve ever felt like the rules of work changed without anyone telling you, this episode is your wake-up call,  and your new map.

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Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey is a Subtraction Strategist, keynote speaker, Forbes Senior Contributor, and creator of the Lead in 3D framework. Harvard-trained in psychology and educated by horses, Nell helps high-performing, big-hearted leaders find success that feels as good as it looks. With a career spanning global humanitarian work across four continents, elite education at Harvard, Columbia Business School, Cambridge, and Università di Roma III, she brings a rare blend of systems thinking, compassion, and real-world leadership experience. As faculty at EQUUS and co-founder of the Purposeful Growth Institute, Nell specialises in equine-assisted learning and purpose-driven leadership development. Her core frameworks — Stop–Drop–Roll and 3D Leadership (ME, WE, WORLD) — give leaders a practical way to do less, matter more, and lead without burning out.

In this conversation, Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey discusses the concept of subtraction as a strategy for enhancing productivity and well-being. She emphasizes the importance of reducing unnecessary tasks and focusing on what truly matters, drawing insights from her experiences and the natural world, particularly horses. The discussion covers the societal inclination towards 'more' and how this can lead to burnout, the principle of diminishing returns, and practical steps for implementing subtraction in daily life. Nell also addresses the challenges of corporate culture and the need for a shift in mindset towards systems thinking.
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Here's the 90 day guestpass for your listeners to come check out the Daily Subtraction Practice, on me: https://nell3d.substack.com/guestpass
Website: nell3d.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nell3d/
CTA Link: https://nell3d.kit.com/stopdroproll (free Stop–Drop–Roll one-pager)
Recorded Date and Location
Date: 19/02/2026 
Guest Location: Greenwich, CT, United States

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Today’s guest has been at the heart of transformation for over 35 years in IT, including nearly three decades at Microsoft, where he now leads Customer Success for AI, Cybersecurity, and Leadership across some of the world’s largest Retail and CPG enterprises. He’s a Microsoft GM, Industry CISO, LinkedIn Top Voice, keynote speaker, and former Vice Mayor who has led mission-critical programs like Navy Flank Speed and USAF CHES, all while championing one core belief: technology doesn’t transform organizations, leaders do. Get ready for a conversation on leadership, cross-functional impact, and clarity in chaos with Nick Palomba
Nick Palomba spent 29 years at Microsoft coordinating teams across functions, time zones, and government agencies. He shares why most cross-functional work fails, when silos are actually smart, and how to get results without the corporate collaboration circus.
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https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/nick-palomba-s-newsletter-7164304949038833664/
Recorded Date and Location
Date: 05/02/2026
Guest location: Greater Tampa Bay Area

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Leadership is not a promotion, it is a practice you start where you are. In this episode, we break down John Maxwell’s five levels of leadership and connect them to David Graddy’s three phases of leadership growth, so listeners can see exactly how to move from “good employee” to “go-to leader” without waiting for permission. Expect spicy takes on bad managers, late leadership training, and why some “leaders” never grow past positional power, plus concrete steps to increase your influence in the next 30 days.
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Imagine rising through the ranks of an aerospace giant like Boeing, not by waiting for a promotion, but by leading in the trenches, long before anyone handed you the title. 
That’s David Graddy. With 40 years mastering IT, retail, and leadership across industries, this John Maxwell Certified Trainer and author of Leading in the Trenches reveals the blueprint for anyone to build unstoppable influence.
No fancy degrees required — just empathy, communication, and adaptability to decode any manager, outshine your peers, and become the go-to leader your team needs. From Wichita’s front lines to tomorrow’s AI-powered workplaces, David proves: true leadership isn’t promoted. It’s chosen.
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https://amzn.to/4jGoCey
https://davidgraddy.com/

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