# Intro and coming up this week

- **Episode:** [202](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/202.md) (2025-06-03)
- **Type:** intro
- **Tags:** podcast-intro, workplace-culture
- **Time:** 0:02–4:40 (start 2s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/202?t=2](https://truthliesandwork.com/202?t=2)

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[0:02] Al Elliott: Coming up this week in work
[0:04] Leanne Elliott: Are you a duck shuffler?
[0:07] Al Elliott: A what?
[0:08] Leanne Elliott: Duck with a D
[0:10] Al Elliott: Yep, carry on before I start
[0:12] Leanne Elliott: Are you a duck shuffler, or do you have one in your team? You might not know what it means yet, but today we're looking at why it could make the difference between a team that just plods along and one that really performs
[0:24] Al Elliott: And what does the future of work really look like? Well, we kind of know. I've been going through the latest US job statistics, Um, and data, and it doesn't really match the doom and gloom headlines. So are we seeing quiet resilience, or is this really warning signs that we need to be adhering to?
[0:39] Leanne Elliott: And in the Workplace Surgery, how do you let a star employee go when they've crossed the line? One listener says they've done everything to support them, but after months of personal drama, medical leave, and even moonlighting for a competitor, the team has had enough. So what is the right move? Fire or force a resignation?
[0:58] Al Elliott: This is Truth, Lies and Work
[0:59] Leanne Elliott: The award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. My name is Leanne. I'm a Chartered Occupational Psychologist
[1:11] Al Elliott: My name is Al, and I'm a business owner
[1:13] Leanne Elliott: And together we help organisations build amazing workplace cultures. We'll be diving into all of that in today's episode after a very quick word from our sponsors
[1:21] Al Elliott: Oh, and we'll also tell you why we sound a bit more echoey and we've got a different background
[1:27] Leanne Elliott: HubSpot's Inbound Event 2025 is bringing together the brightest minds in business, AI, and entrepreneurship. We're talking Amy Poehler, the genius behind ChatGPT, Dario Moridei, and Sean Evans from Hot Ones, because apparently even hot sauce interviews can teach us about business strategy
[1:46] Al Elliott: Yeah, September 3rd until September 5th in San Francisco. And no, this isn't just another one of those conferences where you pretend to take notes. While secretly checking your phone. This is 3 full days of actionable insights that you can actually use to grow your business
[2:00] Leanne Elliott: What I love about this is the focus on practical application. We enjoy applied science here. You're not just sitting through fluffy keynotes, you're getting tactical breakout sessions, networking with people who are actually building things, and learning from entrepreneurs who figured out how to thrive in this AI-powered world
[2:19] Al Elliott: Plus, come on, you're in San Francisco, the global headquarters of let's disrupt everything and see what happens. It's the perfect place to meet your next co-founder, investor, or just someone who gets why you're obsessed with optimising your customer acquisition funnel
[2:32] Leanne Elliott: Head to inbound.com/register to see the range of tickets, including VIP options. Fancy, fancy, fancy, fancy. Trust us, your future self will thank you for actually investing in learning something useful. Guess what, Al?
[2:44] Al Elliott: What?
[2:45] Leanne Elliott: We're gonna be there
[2:45] Al Elliott: No, we're not. I am
[2:47] Leanne Elliott: I'm manifesting
[2:47] Al Elliott: Oh, okay
[2:48] Kristyna Hawkett: Yeah, we're—
[2:49] Al Elliott: yeah, you can come and meet us there. There you go. That's the reason to, to go and book your ticket today. VIP experience will no doubt include us. I'd imagine they'd invite us to the VIP area. So go and visit inbound.com/register to get your ticket today. Welcome back. If you listened to what should have been Thursday's episode and was actually Monday's episode, Or even perhaps Tuesdays. I can't remember exactly when he went out
[3:14] Leanne Elliott: It'll be dated Thursday though
[3:16] Al Elliott: Shh. Then you'll find, you'll have heard why we are now in a rather echoey room with what is actually, if you're on YouTube, let me just check this out
[3:25] Leanne Elliott: Fancy, huh?
[3:28] Al Elliott: Did that show the background?
[3:30] Leanne Elliott: Yeah, did it just focus? Yeah
[3:31] Al Elliott: Yeah, yeah. That is Lake Kotor in Montenegro. We are here, not really through choice
[3:36] Leanne Elliott: Hard. It was so hard done by. But no, we'll explain it all in the last episode. Go and have a look. Headline is Shit Happens. It's not about, it's not about the problem, it's about how you respond to it. So if you want to hear a story of, of real-life resilience now, how Al and I had literally 48 hours to completely turn our world upside down and still make it work, um, then, then go and check it out
[4:01] Al Elliott: Yeah, so it's, uh, it's definitely, it's a, it's a good episode. It's a very good episode with quite a story. Anyway, it's now Leanne's favourite time of the week. It is time for the news roundup, Lee
[4:12] Leanne Elliott: It is. Cue the jingle, Al
[4:14] Al Elliott: Okay, I'll see if I remember to bring the jingle up. jingle with me. I might have to make one up
[4:18] Leanne Elliott: Maybe there's a different one
[4:19] Al Elliott: Maybe there's a different one. Leigh, stop, stop. Tell us your— tell us what you've seen this week
[4:26] Leanne Elliott: Duck shuffler
[4:27] Al Elliott: I just, I was so close. See, now regular listeners will know that that is just essentially a ball, open net. Just, I just need to get my head on it and, and I've knocked it in. But we will, yeah, I'll not be rude. What is a duck shuffler, Leigh?