Cultural Friction Podcast · Be a guest
Bring your experience of culture at work. Help other leaders learn from it.
Cultural Friction is a podcast for CEOs, HR leaders, team leaders and managers of global, international and culturally diverse teams. Guest episodes are relaxed conversations about how culture shows up at work: where the frictions are, what’s different, how people respond and react, and what we can do about it.
Who I’m looking for
CEOs, HR leaders, team leaders and managers
Cultural Friction is built on real experience, not theory. You don’t need one dramatic story: if you’ve led, hired or managed people from different cultures, you’ve seen things other leaders can learn from. We’re a young show, still building our audience: small, but made up of exactly the people this conversation is for.
Guests who fit well
- CEOs and founders leading across borders
- HR and People leaders working with people from different cultures
- Team leaders and managers running global, international or culturally diverse teams day to day
- Or a similar role: the experience matters more than the title
What we talk about
- How culture shows up in your day-to-day work
- Where the frictions are, and what’s different
- How people respond and react, on every side
- What helps: what you’ve tried, and what you’d suggest
What your episode looks like
Three parts, one conversation
Your experience
Where you’ve worked, the teams and the cultures you’ve worked with.
Your stories
Two or three real moments: what happened, and what was going on around it.
Your advice
What you’d tell someone working in that situation or culture today.
What I’d love from you
No script, no preparation, your choice on names
Real friction, not stereotypes
Not “the Germans are like this”, but real moments at work shaped by nationality, background or experience, and how you dealt with them.
A real conversation
No script. We follow your stories wherever they go, and finish with your advice.
Your choice on names
People and companies can be changed or left out entirely.
No preparation needed
I’ll send a few questions in advance and guide the conversation.
Your spotlight
Your work gets proper space
So there’s no need to fit it into the conversation.
At the start
I introduce you, your role, and one line on your background.
At the end
You have a minute to talk about what you do and what you’re working on.
In the show notes
Your bio and up to two links of your choice.
On social
A short highlight from your episode and a quote card, ready for you to post.
To keep the episode useful for listeners, offers, discount codes and lists of services stay out of the audio. They’re very welcome in your show-notes links.
How it works
From first message to release day
- Step 1Get in touchA few lines is plenty: who you are and the teams and cultures you’ve worked with.
- Step 2Pre-call30 minutes to get to know each other and pick the stories.
- Step 3RecordingAbout 40 minutes, remote. One click, no software.
- Step 4EditingI edit for tightness, so stumbles don’t matter.
- Step 5Going liveYou get the link and your assets before it’s published.
Before we record, please send
- A short bio, about 50 words
- A headshot, square if possible
- Your name and role as you’d like them to appear
- The one thing you’d like to mention at the end
- Up to two links for the show notes
On the day
- A quiet room, with the door closed
- Headphones, so the audio stays clean
- A laptop rather than a phone, on a wired or strong connection
- A glass of water. Forty minutes of talking is thirsty work.
In return, I’d ask you to
Help the episode find its listeners
Share it
A LinkedIn post on release day, tagging me and the show.
Join in
A comment or reshare on my post in the first few hours.
Pass it on
One introduction to someone who’d make a good guest or listener.
Where your episode goes
Audio, video and clips
The guest guide
Everything on this page in a two-page PDF, to keep or forward to a colleague.
Ready when you are
Bring your experience
Send me a few lines about who you are and the teams and cultures you’ve worked with. If it fits, we’ll set up a 30-minute pre-call.
Host a show yourself? I’m open to guest swaps and cross-promotion with podcasts covering leadership, global teams, or working across cultures. Same address: hello@brendanthomasquinn.com.