foHRsight · 2026-04-09 · 36 min
What happens when smart, capable teams keep having meetings, but nothing really moves? In this episode, Gustavo Razzetti joins Naomi Titleman to unpack the hidden cost of the conversations teams avoid. He argues that many workplace breakdowns are not caused by weak strategy or lack of talent, but by “conversational debt” that builds when people stay silent, rush alignment, blame each other, or perform agreement they do not actually feel. For HR leaders, this tension is especially familiar. You can invest in engagement, communication, and psychological safety, but still find teams stuck in circular meetings, unresolved friction, and unspoken resentment. This conversation helps name what is really happening underneath those patterns and offers a more useful lens for moving teams forward. Gustavo shares why groupthink is often the hardest dysfunction to spot, why silence is not the same as alignment, and why many employees stop speaking up not only because they are afraid, but because they no longer believe it will make a difference.
Other episodes covering the same guests and topics, from across The B2B Podcast Index.
Why AI Adoption Is a Leadership Challenge, Not a Technology Challenge with Paul Gibbons65 / 100
The Resilience Habits Every Leader Needs with Dr. MH Pelletier58 / 100
Your Purposeful Third Act with Zabeen Hirji72 / 100
Why Workplace Learning Needs an Existential Reset with Lori Niles-Hofmann69 / 100
How to Run Better Meetings, Panels, and Presentations with Anthony Lee61 / 100
