Hi Reader,

Let me start with an update: After six months, I have disentangled the two podcasts again. Workshops Work and Unprofessionalism now have both their own home and feed:

​Unprofessionalism Podcast​

​Workshops Work Podcast​

Here is the long story of why and why now.

A while back, "The final episode of workshops work with Myriam Hadnes" pulled a few hundred downloads per week. That's unusually many for an episode that's months old and where I hadn't said anything particularly brilliant to say.
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As it turned out, it had nothing to do with the content. Instead, it's the episode that comes up when you type 'workshops work + Myriam Hadnes' into any podcast platform. So apparently people were looking for the facilitation content I used to make but that they could no longer find, given the rebrand to "Unprofessionalism".

On Friday, I said to my partner "I think I made a mistake merging the two podcasts into one." As a good coach she only asked one question: "Can you undo it?"

Fast forward to Monday, I have two podcasts!

Now that the move is done and nerves are calm, I can see that it actually wasn't even a mistake. The idea of guiding the audience to my new product without them needing to make a single click helped me build a new audience fast and to introduce a new audience to the legacy episodes of the Workshops Work Podcast.

After almost 30 episodes, everyone's had a chance to listen to both and decide which one they want to follow. Unprofessionalism got its jump start in front of new ears, and now it's time to give Workshops Work back to those who loved it and aren't interested in Unprofessionalism. And it leaves room for me to add new Workshops Work episodes if I ever want to :)

🎤 Waiting for you on the Unprofessionalism podcast:

This episode is a special one for me because Moh Guissé is an old friend and someone I have looked up to for as long as I have known him. I was not surprised when he dropped one value bomb after another as we sat down for this podcast.

One thing that surprised me most was Moh’s response to a question I was sitting with for a while already: When I hear the stories from my podcast guests — the moments they dared to be unprofessional, the courage to break long-standing norms — I often wonder whether they can do it because they earned it.

And to some extent, that's supported: you need to know the norms in order to break them intentionally. You need a track record to define your own rules and still be respected for it.

But Moh surprised me. I asked whether it was easier for him to return to his natural way of dressing after he'd been successful. What I learned: later in our career, we have more gravitas and far more to lose. Earlier, we have less to protect, and everything still to prove.
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In short: the risk never disappears. "I'll be more myself once I've earned it" is just an excuse. There is no good time, Moh said. There's only the question of whether we have the courage or not.

🎧 Click here to listen to the interview

📥 Download my 1-page summary

​UP_028_Summary.pdf​

That's it from my side. I hope to see you next week!

Myriam