Straight up talk with Sharon & Peter
We are both proud Brits and Canadians – this is a no-nonsense weekly podcast about behaviour, people, life, leadership, managing and all sorts of stuff, from a corporate and non-corporate perspective. We don’t always agree...
Episodes
We challenge the idea that a degree automatically equals intelligence, credibility, or job readiness, especially as AI reshapes what work looks like. We weigh up when qualifications protect people and when skills, judgement, and emotional intelligence matter far more.
• the producer’s question on whether degrees are always necessary
• how degrees became a shortcut filter in hiring and why that can embe...
We talk about the decisions that change your life and why some moments feel like a clear line between before and after. We connect real turning points to neuroscience, gut instinct, and personal accountability so you can make cleaner choices under pressure.
• why some decisions feel huge while others only reveal their impact later
• how the amygdala drives fight flight freeze and locks in emotional memories<...
We use a simple phrase to make sense of change: everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. We share how dopamine, identity, sunk cost, and the 80/20 rule shape the choices we make when it’s time to move on.
• the idea that every situation moves through three stages
• why beginnings feel exciting and hopeful through novelty and dopamine
• why endings can threaten identity and trigger sunk cost t...
We trace where our sports passions really come from, from schoolyard belonging to family rituals, and how those early moments stick for life. Along the way we swap stories about football, the NFL, horse riding, and the odd ways identity gets built when we are kids.
• Jesse’s listener question from the Grand River CrossFit community
• How Pete gets into the NFL through 1980s San Francisco and becomes a...
We unpack what makes a good manager today and why the old command and control mindset no longer works in a complex workplace. We share stories from early management mistakes, removals business realities, and the leadership habits that build trust while still driving results.
• a modern definition of good management: clarity, trust, emotional intelligence, adaptability
• learning to manage people rather than ...
We swap brutally honest stories where one small assumption turns a simple message into wasted time, lost money, and awkward apologies. We dig into how language, accent, and “shortcut thinking” derail clarity, then share better ways to check understanding without shaming anyone.
• defining communication as exchange through speech, writing, signals, and behaviour
• UK English versus Canadian English versus Ame...
The fastest way to understand yourself is to pay attention to what sets you off. That flash of anger on a train, the disgust when someone is rude to wait staff, the moment you realise you cannot connect with a person no matter how hard you try, none of it is random. It is values at work, quietly calling the shots.
We dig into personal values as the invisible rules that guide how we think, act, and decide, e...
We talk this week about Ghosting - the practice of abruptly ending all communication and avoiding contact with someone—typically in dating, friendships, or the workplace—without warning or explanation.
It feels awful when it happens to you because you never know whay.
Is it ever OK to ghost? You be the judge.
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