PRODUCTIVITY

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The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas. You get one productivity episode a day in a short, productive, episode that gives you actionable playbooks to put the ideas to work for yourself. Your Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur in the trenches for over two decades. He has his Masters in Psychology, MBA, and is a certified Expert Tiny Habits Coach studying with BJ Fogg from Standford's Behavioral Design Lab. With real life experience , Brandon knows he'll never get everything done in a day, but he's figured out the best productivity strategies and products that are force multipliers to get the most out of a day in your personal and professional life. Listen in for your daily productivity tips.

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August 14, 2026Episode 3185 min

Zapier AI: How to Put Your Busywork on Autopilot With AI

Zapier AI, what it is, what the research says about plugging AI into the workflows you already run, and 3 protocols to use Zapier AI to automate your email triage, content repurposing, and form-to-AI pipeline so the tools you use start working for you instead of the other way around. Grab the episode download it's a one-page cheatsheet so you don't have to take notes. Cheatsheet Download https://edge.kit.com/productivitypodcast STUDY CITATIONS Brynjolfsson, E., Li, D., & Raymond, L. (2025). Generative AI at Work. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 140 (2), 889–942 Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 28, 2026Episode 3184 min

Job Crafting: Why This Is the Best Approach for Your Team

Job crafting, what job crafting is, what a major 2026 research review says about why it makes people more productive, and three protocols to help you and your team start job crafting without letting it spiral into chaos. STUDY CITATION Demerouti, E. (2026). Job crafting revisited: Current insights, emerging challenges, and future directions. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 13 (1), 195–220. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 28, 2026Episode 3173 min

How to Identify and Manage Your Best Performers (Without Losing Them)

We're breaking down what makes someone a star performer, how researchers say you should identify high performers using four specific dimensions, and three protocols to help you define, manage, and keep the high performers on your team so your productivity doesn't walk out the door. STUDY CITATIONS O'Boyle, E. H., & Götz, M. (2026). Rethinking stardom: A relativistic approach to studying the absolute best performers. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 13 (1), 107–136. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 27, 2026Episode 3164 min

Metacognition: The Skill Behind Every Skill You'll Ever Build

Metacognition is what neuroscientists call the highest form of intelligence. We are breaking down what metacognition is, what the research says about why metacognition matters more than raw brainpower, and three protocols to start thinking about your thinking so you catch mistakes faster, make sharper decisions, and stop allowing your thoughts to run on autopilot. STUDY CITATIONS Veenman, M. V. J., Van Hout-Wolters, B. H. A. M., & Afflerbach, P. (2006). Metacognition and learning: conceptual and methodological considerations. Metacognition and Learning, 1 (1), 3–14. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 25, 2026Episode 3154 min

The Florence Nightingale Insight: Why the Data You're Not Tracking Is Killing Your Productivity

The Florence Nightingale insight: why the data you're not tracking is the biggest threat to your productivity, what the research says about teams that measure versus teams that guess, and 3 Protocols to start counting what matters so you stop flying blind and start gaining ground. STUDY CITATIONS Brynjolfsson, E., & McElheran, K. (2016). The rapid adoption of data-driven decision-making. American Economic Review, 106 (5), 133–139. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 24, 2026Episode 3144 min

Why Taking Photos Makes You Forget: The Science of Cognitive Offloading

Why taking photos with your phone weakens your memory, what the research says about cognitive offloading, how your brain processes moments you photograph versus moments you experience, and 3 Protocols to help you stop cognitive offloading so you can be more present and productive with the memories that matter most to you. STUDY CITATIONS Henkel, L. A. (2014). Point-and-shoot memories: The influence of taking photos on memory for a museum tour. Psychological Science, 25 (2), 396–402. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 9, 2026Episode 3134 min

Six Thinking Hats Framework: How to Fix Your Team's Worst Meetings

The Six Thinking Hats, a structured decision-making method designed by Edward de Bono that forces your team to examine a problem from six distinct perspectives before anyone locks in on an answer. We'll cover what the Six Thinking Hats are, what the research says about how they sharpen group decision-making, and three protocols to run your next team decision so the quietest person in the room shapes the outcome just as much as the loudest. STUDY CITATIONS Gupta, R. & Bodhankar, A. (2023). Impact of Six Thinking Hats Techniques on the Legitimate Decision-Making Skills of Managers. Russian Law Journal, 11 (5S), 449–456. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 8, 2026Episode 3123 min

Beautiful.ai: Professional Slides Without a Design Degree

Why professional presentation design matters more than most people think, what the research says about how fast your audience judges the quality of your presentation slides, and three protocols to use Beautiful.ai to build polished, professional presentations without a single design skill. STUDY CITATIONS Lindgaard, G., Fernandes, G., Dudek, C., & Brown, J. (2006). Attention web designers: You have 50 milliseconds to make a good first impression! Behaviour & Information Technology, 25 (2), 115–126. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 7, 2026Episode 3114 min

Storytelling: How to Do It Right to Always Win Over Your Audience

Storytelling, why the best storytellers aren't born with a gift, what the research says about how storytelling rewires the way your audience thinks, and three protocols to make your storytelling so sharp that people remember you long after you stop talking. STUDY CITATIONS Green, M. C., & Brock, T. C. (2000). The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79 (5), 701–721. Stephens, G. J., Silbert, L. J., & Hasson, U. (2010). Speaker–listener neural coupling underlies successful communication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107 (32), 14425–14430. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

June 6, 2026Episode 3104 min

How to Win Without Saying Much

Why talking less can be your biggest advantage in any conversation, what the research says about how the quiet person in the room often comes out ahead, and three protocols to help you win more trust, more influence, and more second conversations by saying less and listening with purpose. STUDY CITATIONS Huang, K., Yeomans, M., Brooks, A. W., Minson, J. A., & Gino, F. (2017). It doesn't hurt to ask: Question-asking increases liking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113 (3), 430–452 Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Trevally : A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today . https://app.Trevally.io OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK MARKETING Podcast How to Write a Business Plan Podcast The EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening. Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!

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