{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"We Not Me","title":"Stop fixing people. Fix the system","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2052,"description":"🎧 Three reasons to listen\nRethink performance problems – Learn why most performance issues aren’t people problems at all, but symptoms of unclear systems, roles, and ways of working.\nLead for impact, not burnout – Discover how leaders unintentionally drive burnout by asking individuals to compensate for broken systems—and what to do instead.\nPractical ways to create momentum – Take away simple, team‑level actions that improve clarity, decision‑making, and execution without needing enterprise‑wide change.\nEpisode overview\nIn this episode, Pia and Dan are joined in person by Squad coach Brooke Lewis to challenge one of the most common assumptions in organisations: that underperformance means someone needs fixing.\nDrawing on Brooke’s experience in organisational development, the conversation explores how organisations often default to coaching individuals, running workshops, or “upskilling” leaders—while overlooking the system those people are working within. From unclear decision rights and complex matrices to ineffective meetings and post‑Covid ways of working, the episode reframes leadership as creating the conditions for performance, not simply demanding more effort.\nThis is a practical, grounded discussion for leaders who want to improve performance without pushing their people towards burnout.\nKey themes & insights\nWhy organisations instinctively blame individuals instead of examining systems\nThe three layers of performance: system, team, individual\nHow invisible architecture (strategy clarity, roles, decision rights, rhythms) shapes behaviour\nWhy leaders end up compensating for broken systems—and the cost of that\nThe limits of individual development in poorly designed environments\nHow teams can regain agency by improving their own ways of working\nMeetings as a powerful (and often overlooked) leverage point\nMemorable moments\n“When the system lacks clarity, people compensate with effort—and effort without clarity leads to burnout.”\n“Great performance should be...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cTxm0uMo1AuvRTsg1GhIjdn998MJJQ_xMMLaqK_LTcA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOTk3/MThmYWIxNDllNjc2/YzEwZjVhOWNmZjVm/ODNmNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}