Join us for an energizing and important conversation with Lauren McGee and Jason Marshall—founders of Workplace Wellbeing Intelligence (PWI)—as they unpack how true culture change starts with honest data and human-first leadership. From uncovering the hidden cost of burnout to helping organizations build emotionally intelligent teams, Lauren and Jason are redefining what workplace wellbeing really means.
In this episode, they share the personal and professional journeys that led them to co-create PWI, how they collect and interpret real-time wellbeing insights from employees, and why the future of work depends on psychological safety, adaptability, and transparency. If you're a leader, HR professional, or entrepreneur seeking to create a thriving culture—this episode is packed with tools, stories, and proven frameworks to help you get there.
About our guests:
Lauren McGee and Jason Marshall are the co-founders of Workplace Wellbeing Intelligence (PWI), a next-gen employee insight platform helping organizations capture and act on real-time wellbeing data. With backgrounds in education, coaching, and leadership development, they bring a human-centric approach to data, empowering teams to become more emotionally aware, collaborative, and high-performing. Their mission is to shift company culture from reactive to responsive—one honest check-in at a time.
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Website: https://wpwi.thrivecart.com/nwwc25/
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Episode Highlights:
00:00 - Episode Trailer
01:19 - Why workplace wellbeing needs a serious rethink
03:45 - The burnout story behind launching PWI
06:18 - Why traditional HR surveys don’t drive real change
08:42 - The power of live data and psychological safety
12:04 - Leadership blind spots that hurt team culture
14:20 - The emotional truth behind performance metrics
18:03 - From reactive to proactive: shifting workplace culture
21:07 - Why most wellbeing initiatives fail to stick
23:14 - The 7 core areas of wellbeing inside organizations
26:00 - Building a leadership toolkit based on self-awareness
29:15 - How Lauren & Jason built trust as co-founders
32:01 - Emotional fatigue and the hidden cost of overfunctioning
35:12 - What employees really want (and aren’t saying)
38:00 - Adaptive leadership in a post-COVID world
41:24 - Language that empowers vs. language that isolates
44:39 - Helping men access emotional language at work
48:22 - Why good culture isn’t pizza and ping-pong
50:37 - Performance, purpose, and personal connection
53:18 - Lauren’s and Jason’s current wellbeing practices
56:09 - How PWI is creating culture change at scale
58:45 - The message every leader needs to hear right now
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