The Human Factor: Exploring the Intersection of Humanity, Technology, and Transformation
Episodes
S2 Episode 12|025 The Collective Transformation Problem: When an Entire Industry Has to Change at Once
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Eric Hoplin, President and CEO, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW)Most transformation conversations focus on a single organi...
S2 Episode 11|024 The Growth Trap - What Scaling Reveals About the Human Side of Transformation
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Growth Trap: What Scaling Reveals About the Human Side of TransformationGuest: Mike Peroni, Revenue and Go-to-Market LeaderMost transformation con...
S2 Episode 10 (023) | The Pattern Spotter: What You See When You Are Inside Thirty Organizations at Once
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Special Guest: Erin Fuller, Global Head of Association Solutions and Chief Strategy Officer, MCIWhat would you see if you could be inside 30 organizat...
Episode 022 | S2E9 The Diagnostic Map: Why Transformation Fails at the Human Level
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you are a physician and a patient walks into your office with four symptoms. Each symptom has a straightforward explanation on its own. But a ...
Episode 021| Season 2| When Generations Collide - The Generational Fault Lines of Organizational Transformation
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Ryan Vet, Generational Futurist, USA Today Best-Selling Author, CEO of BoonThink about the last major change initiative your organization launc...
Episode 020 | Season 2: The Broken Contract
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 020 | Season 2: The Broken ContractEvery person in your organization is operating under a contract that nobody signed, nobody negotiated, and ...
S2 Episode 019: Structural Silence - Why Organizations Train People Not To Speak
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 019 | Structural SilenceSilence is not the problem. It is the signal.Why don't people speak up in organizations? It's not because they...
S2 Episode 018: The Organizational Immune System — When Culture Attacks What It Doesn't Recognize
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Your body has an immune system that attacks foreign invaders. Your organization has one too. And it works exactly the same way.In Season 2, Episode 01...
Season 2 Episode 017: The Algorithmic Mirror – What AI Reveals About How We Actually Think, Decide, and Deny
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI holds up a mirror to your organization and reflects back everything you never wanted to see? In this episode, Kevin Novak explore...
S2 Episode 016: The Middle Management Trap - Why Your Most Critical Change Agents Are Set Up To Fail
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many transformation initiatives "die in the middle"? In this episode of The Human Factor Podcast, Kevin Novak explores one of the ...
S2 Episode 015: The Contagion Effect - How Emotions Spread Through Organizations During Change and Transformation
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why does one anxious leader create an entire floor of anxious employees before any change has even been announced? Because emotions are literally cont...
S2 Episode 014: The Identity Crisis of Expertise - When What You Know Becomes What Holds You Back
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Season Two of The Human Factor Podcast begins with what may be the most underestimated psychological force in organizational change: identity. When tr...
Season 1 Wrap-Up and Season 2 Preview: The Psychology Behind Transformation Success
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Season 1 finale, we step back and look at the complete arc of what we've explored together: why 70% of transformations fail and what psych...
Episode 011: The Drift That Destroys: When Success Becomes the Enemy of Survival
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, Blockbuster laughed Netflix out of the room when they offered to sell for $50 million. Six years later, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy whil...
Episode 010 Measuring the Human Factor - When Surveys Lie and Behavior Reveals the Truth
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do transformation initiatives fail despite dashboards showing 82% employee support? Because we're measuring the wrong things. In this episode,...
Transformation Fatigue - When Your Organization Can't Absorb More Change
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
70% of C-suite executives are considering leaving their roles to protect their well-being. Not because they're weak. Because their organizations h...
Human Factor Episode 008: The 12 Hidden Types of Resistance, When Support Isn't Really Support
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryKevin Novak reveals why 80% of project failures come from psychological resistance operating below conscious awareness rather than visible oppo...
Episode 007: The Vulnerability Advantage: Why Admitting Weakness Makes Organizations Stronger
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores one of the most counterintuitive principles in transformation psychology: vulnerability isn't weakness, it's a superpowe...
Episode 006: The Communication Paradox: When More Words Create Less Understanding
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does more communication often create less understanding? In this solo episode, Kevin Novak tackles one of the most costly yet fixable problems in ...
Episode 005: The Psychology of Letting Go: Why 'We've Always Done It This Way' Is Killing Organizations
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your best employees are blocking your transformation, and they don't even realize it. In this episode, Kevin Novak reveals why the phrase "we...
Episode 004: Data Noise and Decision Paralysis: When Too Much Information Kills Critical Thinking
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Novak and Elizabeth Stewart examine how organizations drowning in data are actually making worse decisions than ever before. This episode unpack...
Episode 3: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions: The Psychology of Bias in Leadership
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 DescriptionSmart leaders. Dangerous blind spots. Costly transformation failures. In this episode of The Human Factor Podcast, Kevin Novak an...
Episode 002: The Gen Z Factor: How Younger Generations Are Rewiring Workplace Psychology
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Organizations are hemorrhaging $1 trillion annually due to employee turnover, with Gen Z workers leading the exodus. In this data-driven episode, Kevi...
Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Human Factor Podcast, Kevin Novak explores the psychological dynamics of AI adoption and its implications for human cognition a...
Episode 012: The Lies We Tell at Work - Why Workplace Dishonesty Destroys Transformation
01 Jan 1970
Contributed by Lukas
A project manager knew the deadline would be missed by six weeks but stayed silent. His director wished someone had told her the truth. Both were good...