# Episode 302: 302. How Do You Stop Being the Person Everything Falls On? PLUS! Bot bosses, poisoned chocolate and the dumbest Teams call mistake. With Cait Donovan

- **Date:** 2026-05-19
- **Guests:** Cait Donovan
- **Duration:** 3470s
- **Listen:** https://truthliesandwork.com/302

## Segments (8)

- [Intro — welcome Cait Donovan](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-intro-welcome-cait-donovan.md) — intro, start 1s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=1)
- [Word of the Week — 'Circling Forward'](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-word-of-the-week-circling-forward.md) — news-roundup, start 617s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=617)
- [When candour hurts the business (and someone poisons the chocolate)](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-when-candour-hurts-the-business-and-someone-poisons-the-chocolate.md) — news-roundup, start 1323s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=1323)
- [Two brothers, one firing, and the ultimate Teams call blunder](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-two-brothers-one-firing-and-the-ultimate-teams-call-blunder.md) — news-roundup, start 1978s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=1978)
- [Workplace Surgery — Q1: How do I stop being the person everything falls on?](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-workplace-surgery-q1-how-do-i-stop-being-the-person-everything-falls-on.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2531s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=2531)
- [Workplace Surgery — Q2: Hiding the wires as a senior leader](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-workplace-surgery-q2-hiding-the-wires-as-a-senior-leader.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2929s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=2929)
- [Workplace Surgery — Q3: Trapped in a culture of meeting overload](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-workplace-surgery-q3-trapped-in-a-culture-of-meeting-overload.md) — workplace-surgery, start 3220s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=3220)
- [Outro — where to find Cait](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/302-outro-where-to-find-cait.md) — outro, start 3432s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/302?t=3432)