Team Lab

Team Lab

Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work—a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of teams, the science and art of collaboration, and the magic of thriving relationships at work. Hosted by Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell, who've spent years coaching and empowering leaders across the tech industry and beyond, Team Lab invites you to rethink teams—not as hierarchical machines, but as vibrant, living ecosystems. Each episode features relatable conversations, honest insights, and practical wisdom from pioneering leaders, systemic team coaches, and innovative changemakers. We'll uncover how successful teams build trust, foster alignment, navigate complexity, and unlock creativity. We even weave in listener submitted challenges and provide practical advice on how to move forward. Whether you're a team leader, team member, coach, or facilitator, you'll walk away inspired and equipped with fresh perspectives on teamwork and collaboration. **SUBMIT YOUR 'STICKY' TEAM DYNAMIC CHALLENGES HERE for a chance to hear us unpack it on one of our future episodes: https://form.typeform.com/to/SxbDaK2n **

Episodes

March 31, 2026 42 mins

In this solo session, Cori and Angela dive into the "new normal" of leadership—where project plans and deadlines often collide with emotional distractions and global crises. 

They explore how the Efficiency Paradox can seep into all areas of teamwork and leadership decisions, often increasing individual productivity but inadvertently eroding team trust. 

Plus, the rise of the "Octopus Organiza...

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What if the antidote to Sunday Scaries isn't a better job — but a more soulful team?

In this episode, we welcome back Jardena London for a deeper dive into what it actually looks like when soul is present in an organization. Jardena is a business transformation and agile consultant, author of Cultivating Transformations: A Leader's Guide to the Soulful and the Practical, and a member of the Org Design Foru...

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What if the biggest hurdle to your team's AI adoption isn't the technology at all, but what it reveals about the cracks in your human workflows?

In this episode, we sit down with Yadin Porter De León, a marketing leader at Salesforce and co-host of The AI Edge for Enterprise Marketing podcast. He established one of the industry's first Global Marketing AI Council...

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What if the secret to a high-trust, highly collaborative, results-driven corporate team is hidden in the drills of a Division I basketball practice?

And what if the key to resilience isn't just "bouncing back" to where you were, but "bouncing forward" into something better?

In this episode, we sit down with Angela Lewis, a former professional basketball player and coach turned corporate leader...

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In this episode of the Team Lab Podcast, we sit down with Greg Petroff to discuss why traditional hierarchies often hinder work and how leaders can transition toward value-driven, outcome-oriented teams.  

Greg is a veteran design and technology leader who has driven major organizational  transformations at companies like GE Digital, Google, ServiceNow, Compass, and Cisco Secure. He's a founding member of ...

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What if the "problem team member or leader" isn't the problem at all—but a symptom of a system protecting itself from the truth?

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Nathalie Martinek, a former cancer researcher who discovered unsettling parallels between tumor metastasis and toxic workplace behavior. After experiencing a carcinogenic wo...

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What if navigating constant change isn't about moving faster, but noticing who's stuck at the edge of the bridge?

In this episode, we sit down with Suzanne Sitrin, a leadership consultant who's spent decades helping leaders guide teams through transformation: from the quality-management era to today's rapid growth and perpetual pivots. Suzanne shares what actually helps when the bar keeps moving and people...

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What if everything you learned about leadership is actually holding you back? And what if the secret to thriving through AI disruption and remote work chaos isn't adding new skills—it's unlearning the old ones?

In this episode, we sit down with Karen Ferris, organizational change expert, author of eight books including Be Remarkable: Learn to Unlearn, and a voice that cuts through the noise on what teams a...

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What if the workplace transformation everyone's worried about is actually the breakthrough we've been waiting for? What if AI agents don't replace us—they finally free us to do the work that actually matters?

Welcome back to Part 2 of our conversation with Matt Tabor, organizational performance expert and founder of BCGN Group. If you caught Part 1, you heard Matt lay out his four 2030 future of work predi...

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What if AI agents could finally break down the silos that have frustrated teams for decades? And what if freeing humans from task-based work actually creates the workplace we've always dreamed of?

In our first episode of Season 2, and Part 1 of 2, we welcome Matt Tabor, organizational performance expert and founder of BCGN Group, to explore a future that's closer than you think. In addition to spending 25+...

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That's a wrap! Season 1 of Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work is in the books.

Join us for a reflective walk down memory lane, surfacing the big themes, sticky challenges, and practical tools that shaped our conversations with some of the most thoughtful leaders, coaches, and practitioners this season.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

The Four Biggest ...

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If you've ever sat in a meeting that felt like a never-ending swirl of competing voices and unresolved tensions, this episode will show you what's possible when teams bring structure, trust, and purpose into their collaboration. 

In this episode, we're honored to welcome Stefan Morales, Founder of Working Together Consulting, Associate with Greater Than and BASE.

His background spans organizat...

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What does it take to move an entire organization forward—without relying on brute force leadership or toxic top-down control? In this episode, Chris Hutchinson shares how authentic leadership creates ripple effects that move teams, organizations, and entire systems.

Drawing from his book Ripple, Chris explains how small, intentional leadership actions can generate long-lasting, exponential impact.

He reflects on his own journey fro...

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What happens when you're a capable leader trapped in a challenging organizational culture?

How do you create value and showcase your team's worth when you're dealing with controlling stakeholders, chaotic planning processes, and an authoritarian leadership style that permeates the entire organization?

In this special solo episode of Team Lab, hosts Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell unpack a ...

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What if we told you that your team's capacity to carry challenging moments without shutting down is directly related to the amount of time you invest with them to build a culture of trust, adaptability and emotional intelligence? 

In this wide-ranging conversation, leadership coach and global facilitator Joshua Pinchuk joins us to explore what it means to lead in a fast-changing work world. He shares stori...

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What does it mean to be a "future-fit" leader?

According to our guest this week, being future-fit means improving the performance of organizational leaders to solve the challenges they face today, while expanding their capacities to be more fit for the challenges ahead.

They're not just trying to be better at the old game; they're helping to create an entirely new paradigm for how we work and ...

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What if the breakthrough your team needs isn't found in another strategy session or process improvement, but in a moment of unexpected connection? How can asking people to step outside their analytical comfort zone create the psychological safety that brings teams together? And why asking, "What duck are you feeling right now?" might just be what your next team meeting desperately needs?

In this episode of...

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What if your workplace could energize your spirit rather than drain it? How much smoother might organizations transform if they focused on removing blockers instead of adding more processes? What would happen if we designed our work systems around human dignity, creativity, and meaningful connection?

In this episode of TeamLab, we're diving into these questions with business transformation strategist and a...

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Single-day team building and offsites can be powerful for identifying challenges and creating plans for change, but what happens when work resumes on Monday?

How do top teams SUSTAIN success? 

In Part 2 of our talk with organization development expert Karen Duggan, we cut straight to the HOW: How to create norms and rituals that stick, sewing sustainable practices that fuel authentic collabora...

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Ever wonder why some teams thrive while others struggle, despite having talented people? The answer might surprise you.

In this first episode, Karen Duggan, a powerhouse organization development expert who's coached literally thousands of teams throughout her career is here to break it all down!

Karen reveals the three non-negotiable elements that can transform an average team into an extraord...

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