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In The ZOUD
In The ZOUD is where we stop avoiding the hard conversations about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - and start saying the things people usually whisper, avoid, or soften.
Hosted by Sylvia Stevenson, this podcast takes you into the Zone of Uncomfortable Debate - the place where real learning happens, assumptions get exposed, and leadership is tested. No sugar-coating. No corporate gloss. Just direct, meaningful conversations with people who are willing to name the truth about culture, power, race, identity and inequality.
If you’re tired of performative statements, tick-box strategies and safe conversations that change nothing, this is your space. Here, we ask the questions that make people shift in their seats — because that’s where change begins.
Welcome to In The ZOUD — if it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change anything.
In The ZOUD
Latest Episodes
In the ZOUD: Episode 5 - When Nobody Challenges Leadership Decisions
When nobody challenges a leadership decision, does that mean everyone agrees?In this season, many organisations are having to make difficult decisions. Decisions that affect staff, services, customers, patients and organisational perform...
Silence Wont Do It: Episode 4 - The Thundering Silence
What happens after someone speaks?In this episode of In the ZOUD, we explore a different kind of silence - one that draws on conversations with women in senior leadership roles, We examine the silence that can follow a...
Silence Wont Do It: Episode 3 - Choosing Silence
Why do people with something important to say decide not to say it?In this episode of Silence Won't Do It, Sylvia Stevenson explores one of the most uncomfortable questions in organisational life: what happens when silence be...
Silence Won't Do It - Episode 2: Silence from the Cockpit
Financial pressures, restructures, workforce challenges and increasing demand have become familiar realities for many organisations. Most people know there is turbulence.The question is whether leaders are communicating enough about how ...
Silence Won't Do It - Episode 1: The Human Tax of Silence
I recently heard the phrase "financial pandemic" and it got me thinking.In times of uncertainty, organisations naturally focus on visible costs such as budgets, vacancies, productivity and performance. But what about...
