The Busyness Paradox

About The Busyness Paradox

The world of work is a world of paradox. In this podcast, we tackle your everyday workplace or office environment topics, challenges, or activities. We also discuss trends and strategy in business. Our end goal is to help managers stamp out bad practices and help employees deal with them. Drs. Frank Butler and Paul Harvey, two management professors, co-host this podcast. We encourage your participation in our podcast by asking questions or sharing your experiences with us.

Publisher

Frank and Paul

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Nov 2020

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 64 episodes have a transcript.

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   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Should We Solve This or Schedule Another Meeting?

   Host [Host Name] and guest [Guest Name] explore navigating workplace communication challenges and the paradox of busyness in this interview episode.

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   20 Apr 2026

   Semantically Empty: Corporate BS and the Paradox of Sounding Smart

   Host [Host Name] and guest [Guest Name, Credential] explore the nature and impact of corporate bullshit, revealing how empty language influences perception in this interview.

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   23 Dec 2025

   AI in HR: What’s the Worst That Could Happen? (Live from SMA)

   Host Frank and Dr. Julie Hancock, Director of the People Center at the University of North Texas, explore the potential risks and implications of artificial intelligence in human resources.

Inside a recent episode

Should We Solve This or Schedule Another Meeting?

Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yes, whatever. It's the same thing as, I guess, having a policy committee to update policies on the other, whatever. But yes, this goes back for the fifth meeting about the problem ends with scheduling the sixth meeting about the problem, which you brought up a it's not really that much of a segue. It kind of fit really nicely. And the one liner was, should we solve this or would everyone prefer another meeting? Let's have a 5.5 meeting to determine whether we'd rather solve it or have another meeting. I will say at one time I was on a committee to do strategic planning and the chair of that committee was having us meet every week for the entirety of a semester. […]

Who has been a guest on The Busyness Paradox

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• Dr Julie Hancock
• Mike Lynn
• Larry Thornton
• Dave Ketchen
• Caleb Sanchez

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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