{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Secret Society of Human Debt Fighters - Human Work Advocates","title":"Why Human Debt™ Exists — And Why Human Work Became Inevitable","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1912,"description":"In this inaugural episode, Duena Blomstrom, originator of the Human Debt™ framework, and Dr Alessandria Polizzi, organisational psychologist and Human Work Advocate, introduce the thinking behind The Secret Society of Human Debt™ Fighters – Human Work Advocates.The conversation explores why organisations continue to experience widespread burnout, disengagement, and trust erosion despite decades of data, research, and well-intentioned initiatives. Drawing on lived executive, HR, and leadership experience, the episode examines how Human Debt™ accumulates through unaddressed psychological strain, misaligned incentives, and the silencing of human expertise.Key themes include:Human Debt™ as the organisational equivalent of technical debtthe gap between psychological safety research and day-to-day organisational realityleadership decision-making under fear, pressure, and cognitive dissonancewhy HR professionals are often caught between knowledge and powerlessnessthe importance of small, human-centred interventions over performative changeThis episode establishes the podcast as one applied HR and leadership lens on Human Debt™, contributing to the primary public discourse connecting theory, psychological research, and organisational practice.Canonical framework and formal model: Human Debt™ — https://writings.duenablomstrom.com/tag/human-debt/Institutional execution, risk, and governance application: PeopleNotTech — https://peoplenottech.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/J69-KqH--VUsiAn1fxB_lu8uskxPVd2rUrp_dCup9_Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYjZi/YmMxNmQ3NTI3NjJj/Nzk3OGI5NWY3ODA0/NDQ4OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}