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  • The Fastest Way to Build Trust

    The Fastest Way to Build Trust
    2026/01/06
    Accountability often gets framed as punishment. In reality, it is one of the most powerful trust builders available to leaders and teams.In this episode, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse break down why humans are wired to deflect blame and hide mistakes, and why choosing ownership instead sends a powerful signal of credibility. They explain how accountability short circuits distrust, builds momentum, and turns ordinary contributors into people others want to bet on.The conversation introduces three common accountability archetypes found in most organizations, from chronic deflectors to proactive owners who step forward before being asked. They explore how clarity of ownership makes accountability possible in the first place, and why thrashing roles and expectations upfront is far cheaper than sorting out blame at the end.They also examine accountability during high pressure moments like public missteps and internal crises. From individual teams to global brands, the same principle holds. Leaders go first. They own the outcome. They fix what broke. When accountability becomes a daily practice instead of a rare event, trust compounds and execution improves across the board.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    38 分
  • Nobody Knows Anything

    Nobody Knows Anything
    2025/12/30
    The hardest part of building something meaningful is accepting how little control you actually have.In this episode, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse unpack the idea popularized by screenwriter William Goldman: nobody knows anything. They challenge the belief that success can be neatly planned, predicted, or reverse engineered by copying what worked before. Looking backward makes patterns feel obvious. Living forward rarely is.They explore why builders get trapped chasing “the next big thing,” mistaking surface level traits for root causes. Cheap horror movies did not succeed because they were cheap. They succeeded because they solved a market need at the right moment. The same is true for products, careers, and creative work. Quality matters, but timing, context, and persistence matter just as much.The conversation reframes leadership in uncertain environments. Instead of pretending the path is straight, leaders should acknowledge that progress looks more like a jungle gym than a roadmap. Detours are not failures. They are information. When nobody knows anything, the only reliable anchor is a shared obsession with the customer and the discipline to stay in the game long enough for luck to show up.Because hits are not engineered. They are earned through stamina, humility, and the willingness to keep swinging.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    54 分
  • Floors and Ceilings

    Floors and Ceilings
    2025/12/23
    When teams struggle, the management instinct is often to hire differently, restructure, or push harder. But those moves rarely fix the real issue.In this episode, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse unpack a framework they have seen play out across companies of every size: floors and ceilings. High floor people bring reliability, consistency, and execution. High ceiling people bring vision, possibility, and step change growth. Problems emerge when leaders assume one is better than the other, or try to turn everyone into the same kind of performer.The conversation moves through real examples from tech, media, and leadership where teams stalled not because of lack of talent, but because of imbalance. They discuss why some people are happiest mastering a role, why others need space to explore big ideas, and how burnout often shows up when someone is pushed into a lane they never wanted to run in.At its core, this episode is about respect and clarity. Respect for different motivations. Clarity around roles, expectations, and growth paths. When leaders understand who their people actually are and stop forcing mismatches, teams move faster, trust deepens, and work becomes more effective and more enjoyable.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    1 時間 7 分
  • Failure IS an Option (Launch Day – Part 2)

    Failure IS an Option (Launch Day – Part 2)
    2025/12/16
    Most organizations say failure is not an option. That belief sounds strong, but it often leads to fear, hesitation, and brittle decision making.In this episode, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse challenge that idea by reframing failure as a natural and necessary part of doing work that matters. They explore the difference between reckless failure and strategic failure, and why the real question is not whether failure might happen, but whether you are ready for what happens next.The conversation moves through real world scenarios leaders face when launching products, entering critical seasons, or deciding whether to hit the gas. They discuss why many teams only plan for the outcome they want, how that creates fragility, and why defining true catastrophe is one of the most important leadership exercises you can do.At its core, this episode is about preparedness, not pessimism. It is about building playbooks, narrowing the extremes, protecting teams from burnout, and creating cultures where risk is acknowledged rather than denied. Because the people who do their best work are not the ones who avoid failure. They are the ones who know how to recover, adjust, and keep going.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Launch Day

    Launch Day
    2025/12/09
    The launch is not the moment your work is judged. It is the moment your work begins.In this episode, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse examine the emotional and psychological roller coaster of launch day: the fear, the pressure, the hope that people will like what you made, and the quiet voice that asks, “What if they don’t?” They highlight why creators often overvalue the moment of release and undervalue the consistency and curiosity that must follow.They explore why expectations can sabotage momentum, how to separate valid feedback from anxiety-driven assumptions, and why releasing your work into the world is an act of vulnerability that unlocks the door to everything that comes next. A launch is not proof of success. It is an invitation to learn.With stories about creative work, product releases, and the universal fear of being seen, they make the case that launch day is less about perfection and more about posture. The posture of showing up. Listening. Iterating. Declining to hide.Because the truth is simple:Anyone can launch once.The people who grow are the ones who keep showing up.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    1 時間 11 分
  • Customer Journeys

    Customer Journeys
    2025/12/02
    Every customer is on a journey, but most businesses never stop to see it.In this episode, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse explore why the customer journey is one of the most misunderstood parts of business. It’s not a map. It’s not a template. And it’s definitely not a funnel. The journey is the lived experience a customer has from the moment they discover your brand to the moment they stay, leave, buy again, or walk away forever.They unpack the difference between price and value, how broken promises create churn, and why over-investing in the top of the funnel often hides deeper problems. Using a real case from the lawn care industry, they show how teams can misdiagnose a pricing issue when the real problem is an experience problem: missed expectations, hidden friction, and unkept promises that erode trust long before the customer quits.You’ll hear how to spot weak links in your journey, how to design meaningful micro-interactions, and why the business you think you’re in might not be the business you’re actually running. The customer journey becomes the bridge between what the customer values and what the business needs—and when leaders understand that bridge, they stop managing transactions and start designing experiences.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    52 分
  • The Culture Advantage

    The Culture Advantage
    2025/11/25
    Culture happens whether you design it or not.In this conversation, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse dig deep into the mechanics of culture—how it forms, how it spreads, and how it can either power your team forward or quietly tear it apart. Using stories from sports, music, and business, they explore what makes a team “punch above its weight,” why clarity of purpose matters more than perks, and how culture becomes a renewable source of energy when people trust one another.They share practical ways leaders and teams can cultivate a healthy culture—from defining roles and communicating the “why,” to spotting early signs of toxicity and addressing them before they spread. You’ll also hear how small actions—like recognition, curiosity, and clear signals of what’s valued—can shift entire organizations.Because culture isn’t a slogan or a ping-pong table. It’s the daily pattern of “people like us doing things like this.” (to swoop a Seth Godin line!)–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    59 分
  • AI: The Worst or The Best?

    AI: The Worst or The Best?
    2025/11/18
    AI isn’t the end of work. It’s the beginning of a new kind of work.In this conversation, Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse challenge the extremes surrounding AI—the panic and the hype—and reframe it as a once-in-a-generation shift in how we create, communicate, and collaborate.They break down what AI actually is in practice (and what it’s not), why critical thinking and curiosity have become the most valuable skills in the workplace, and how leaders can use these new tools to extend human capability rather than replace it. The discussion spans everything from photography to music, code to culture, and explores what it means to be a creative professional in an era where everyone can create.From the rise of “conductors” leading small, high-output teams, to the future of curation as an act of service, this episode makes the case for optimism—and responsibility—in the age of AI. Because when everyone has a million-dollar studio at their fingertips, the real differentiator isn’t the tools. It’s taste, judgment, and purpose.–––🎧 Listen and subscribe: Slackers Pod Homepage💼 Connect with Jonathan and Jaime:Jonathan Sasse — LinkedIn | ForbesJaime Solis — Red Threads Newsletter | LinkedIn | Instagram | ThreadsWe want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! –––The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.Audio production by Stephen Kallao.Cover art by Jonathan Sasse Connect with the Hosts 🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.🔗 Connect on LinkedIn · Forbes Communication Council 🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.🔗 LinkedIn | Newsletter | Website📱 Social: Instagram · Threads · LinkedIn We want to hear from you!🤔 Do you have a question you'd love to ask us, or a topic you think we should dive into on the show? You can leave us a voice message right here! Thanks for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app—and leave a quick rating or review. It helps new listeners find the show.
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    1 時間 18 分