SpeakEasy HR

About SpeakEasy HR

An unfiltered, uncut, and authentic blend of real HR talk, business challenges, and workplace solutions—served up SpeakEasy style. Join me LIVE on LinkedIn and YouTube for raw, insightful conversations tackling both the easy and tough topics shaping HR and the workplace today. What Makes SpeakEasy HR Different? My guests bring passion, authenticity, and deep expertise, sharing powerful personal stories and game-changing insights from their careers. Each episode is packed with real-world advice designed to challenge perspectives, spark ideas, and inspire action. Our mission is to deliver compelling, thought-provoking content that challenges the status quo and sparks meaningful discussions within the HR and business communities. We strive to inspire innovation, encourage new perspectives, and empower our audience to think beyond the conventional to drive impactful change in their organizations and careers. At SpeakEasy HR, we are committed to igniting action and fostering a community of professionals dedicated to growth, transformation, and continuous improvement.

Publisher

WRKdefined Podcast Network

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jul 2024

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

100 of 109 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   092: Stop Managing Tasks, Start Leading Your People

   Host David Noe interviews leadership trainer Dwight Braswell about shifting from task management to inspiring people, fostering accountability, and building trust for impactful leadership.

2. 

   28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Top Shelf Take: AI Is Changing the Workforce. Is HR Ready for What Comes Next?

   Host David Noe interviews industry experts on how HR must lead AI strategy to prepare the workforce for evolving skills and ensure technology enhances human work.

3. 

   19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   091: HR Can't Fix What Leaders Won't Own

   Host David Noe interviews Greg Modd, founder of Penultimate People Consulting, about why leadership accountability is crucial for solving workplace issues that HR cannot fix alone.

Inside a recent episode

092: Stop Managing Tasks, Start Leading Your People

Published 29 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I just started to really soak it up. So I went back to my MBA organizational leadership. I was in house at MCI, Zillow, Trulia, all those. But now what has really been the passion is there's a gap. There's just a simple gap. And I've always been a trainer. Like I give people tools to change behavior. I find out what works and then I do that. So this simple manager versus leader, David, I literally stumbled upon this probably two years ago. It's kind of the Simon Sinek, the Brene Brown thing. And I really focused in instead of sales training, I moved to leadership. And having people go from manager telling people what to do to inviting them to be part of the conversation, it just hit. […]

Who has been a guest on SpeakEasy HR

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dwight Braswell
• Greg Modd
• Alex Bowden
• Ivy Watts
• Joel Zeff

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

38,085

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

90

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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