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Episodes
Episode 36 - The New Shape of Commitment
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“They’re all committed… but not in the same way as before.”This simple observation opens a deeper question.In this episode, Giovanna explores ...
Episode 35 - The Cost of Staying Aligned
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alignment is often seen as a sign of good collaboration.But what happens when alignment becomes… constant?In this episode, Giovanna reflects on a le...
Episode 34 - That Half-Second Delay
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a moment in conversations that is almost invisible… a fraction of a second where something shifts.You are still following, still understan...
Episode 33: I Want Ownership… But Not Like That
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ownership is something many leaders say they want more of in their teams.At the same time, there are moments when letting go of control becomes less s...
Episode 32: The Leadership Cost of Clarity
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Clarity is one of those words that shows up everywhere in organizations.It’s often asked for in moments when things are still taking shape. When dir...
Episode 31: The Pressure to Know: HR, AI, and the Performance of Expertise
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In conversations about AI, talent, and the future of work, HR leaders are increasingly expected to have a point of view.Not just to be informed, but t...
Episode 30: The Identity Gap - When Your Role Evolves Faster Than You Do
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Orange Twist, Giovanna explores a quiet but deeply familiar leadership experience: the moment when your role has already evolve...
Episode 29: The Quiet 10%. Who's Really not Performing?
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a group in every organization we rarely talk about.It is the quiet 10–15% who have learned how to stay… just below the threshold.In Epis...
Episode 28: Why Feedback Creates Resistance
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why does feedback so often create resistance—even when it’s thoughtful, well-prepared, and delivered with good intentions?In this episode, we expl...
Episode 27 - When Trust Wobbles
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trust is often described as the foundation of team performance.Yet trust is rarely a single thing.It is formed by several components that shape how we...
Episode 26: The Invisible Leadership Drain
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 26 of The Orange Twist, Giovanna D’Alessio explores the subtle but powerful phenomenon of leadership energy depletion. Not burnout in the...
Episode 25: The Inner Architecture of Change
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do intelligent, capable professionals resist change — even when the strategy makes sense?In this episode of The Orange Twist, we explore a deepe...
Episode 24 - When the Organization Pretends Nothing is Happening
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some days, it flattens you. Other days, it hums in the background. But the ache of what’s happening in the world—violence, injustice, grief—does...
Episode 23 - Leadership with Spine
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There are mornings when you scroll through headlines—images of war, injustice, lives shattered—and then, minutes later, you’re in a meeting. Q2 ...
Episode 22 - Where Attention Goes, Intention Grows.
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Try this: fix your gaze to the left, then try walking straight ahead. You’ll drift.Just like in life and leadership—where your attention rests, ev...
Episode 21 - What are you holding back?
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We all do it: avoid hard conversations. But what we leave unsaid doesn’t disappear — it builds up, creates distance, and slowly erodes trust and c...
Episode 20 - Beyond the Storm. Leadership and Teams in the BANI Era.
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when our leadership models no longer fit the world we're in?In this powerful episode, we explore the BANI framework—Brittle, Anxio...
Episode 19: Office Myths — The Stories Organizations Tell Themselves
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every organization runs on stories. Some inspire. Others quietly control. In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio invites us into the mythscape of moder...
Episode 18: The Third Place Between Leader and Team
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond the binary of leader and team lies a subtle, powerful space—a relational field where something larger can emerge. In this episode, Giovanna D...
Episode 17: The Echo in the Hall — How Unspoken Rituals Shape Culture
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beneath the strategy decks and vision statements, culture whispers through the room—in gestures, glances, and silent expectations. In this episode, ...
Episode 16 — Listening Beyond Words: The Skill That Unlocks Trust and Insight
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the most powerful leadership tool isn’t what you say… but how you listen?In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio unpacks the quiet superpowe...
Episode 15. The Leader as Coach
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re living through a quiet revolution in leadership. In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio explores one of the most profound shifts reshaping how ...
Episode 14: The Untaught Skill of Teaming
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We say we value teamwork. But how many of us were ever taught how to team?In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio unpacks why real teaming — not just ...
Episode 13: The Consent Shift — Decision-Making for Grown-Up Teams
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most teams are stuck in outdated decision-making — swinging between command-and-control or endless consensus. The result? Confusion, delays, and dec...
Episode 12 — Depth, Not Just Development: The New Journey of Leadership Growth
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership development is everywhere — and yet, many leaders quietly confess: “Something’s still missing.”In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessi...
Episode 11 - From Control to Co-Creation: The Maturity Shift No One Talks About
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We rarely talk about leadership as a question of psychological maturity — but what if that’s the missing conversation?In this episode, Giovanna D’...
Agentic Leadership: When AI Meets the Human Heart
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Orange Twist, Giovanna D’Alessio leads us into an unexpected pairing: ancient oracles and artificial intelligence. From the s...
The Empty Chair and the Cost of Pretending
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 of The Orange Twist, Giovanna D’Alessio shares a striking moment inside a Dutch boardroom: a sleek space, a leadership retreat, and an ...
The Employee Experience Is a Soul Journey
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about employee experience as if it were a design problem: tools, processes, perks, and touchpoints. But beneath the systems lies somethi...
Through the Fire: Conflict as a Doorway
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conflict in teams is often treated as something to avoid, control, or quickly resolve. Yet beneath the discomfort, there is usually something more: a ...
The Two Loops of Transformation
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every organization, every system, even every person, moves through cycles of growth and decline. As one way of working begins to lose energy, new poss...
The Many Roles We Play
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often think of roles as fixed: titles, job descriptions, places on the org chart. But in this episode, we explore a radically different view — on...
The Emotional Understory of Change
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about change in organizations — restructuring, rebranding, reimagining the future. But underneath the Gantt charts and strategy decks,...
The Team Is Not the Problem: It’s the Space Between
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re stepping into the invisible. Into the subtle field that shapes every team interaction, every meeting, every moment of collaboration —...
The Invisible Architecture: How Worldviews Shape Organizational Life.
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every organization has an architecture—but not all of it is visible.In this episode of The Orange Twist, we explore the unseen frameworks that shape...
Leading in complexity
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to lead in a world that won’t slow down, won’t simplify, and refuses to fit neatly into strategic plans?In this opening episode ...