What if your work, your ideas, and even your relationships were meant to function like ecosystems, not deadlines?

In this episode, we sit down with Tigrilla Gardenia, a nature-inspired mentor and plant neurobiology expert, for one of our most surprising and thought-provoking conversations yet. Tigrilla shares her journey from music, technology, Microsoft, and Cirque du Soleil to living in a spiritual eco-community in Northern Italy and working with musical plants.

Together, we explore what plants can teach us about leadership, collaboration, emotional intelligence, and the relationships we choose at work. From learning how to stop forcing and start flowing to rethinking “negative” traits as misplaced strengths, this conversation invites us to look at ourselves and our work environments differently.

Because maybe the goal is not to fix every part of yourself.

Maybe the goal is to understand where it belongs in the ecosystem.

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New Summer Friday Bonus episode is live!

We are back with more from Jodie Goldberg, and this time we are talking about collective intelligence, leadership, and how to bring out the wisdom already sitting inside your team.

Because sometimes the leader does not need every answer — they just need to create the space for the best ideas to rise.

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Bad meetings are not just annoying. They are expensive.

In this episode of Work Besties Who Podcast, Jess and Claude sit down with Jodie Goldberg to talk about how meetings can either build connection, clarity, and trust — or completely drain the room.

Jodie shares why better meetings start with intention, not just an agenda. From setting a clear purpose to creating meeting norms, managing over-talkers, making quieter voices feel heard, and replacing random icebreakers with true relational strategies, this conversation is full of practical ways to make meetings more human and more effective.

We also talk about why not everyone needs to speak out loud to feel included, how physical space impacts participation, and why a great meeting is not about whether it is 15 minutes or 60 minutes — it is about how intentionally it is designed.

If you have ever sat in a meeting thinking, “This could have been an email,” this episode is for you.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why connection at work needs to be intentional
• The difference between icebreakers and relational strategies
• How to create meeting norms that actually help people participate
• What to do when one voice dominates the room
• How to make decision-making meetings more effective
• Why quieter team members may need different ways to contribute
• How better meeting design can lead to stronger collaboration

Your Supportive Work Besties,
Jess & Claude

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