PRODUCTIVITY
The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas.
You get one productivity episode a day in a short, productive, episode that gives you actionable playbooks to put the ideas to work for yourself.
Your Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur in the trenches for over two decades. He has his Masters in Psychology, MBA, and is a certified Expert Tiny Habits Coach studying with BJ Fogg from Standford's Behavioral Design Lab.
With real life experience , Brandon knows he'll never get everything done in a day, but he's figured out the best productivity strategies and products that are force multipliers to get the most out of a day in your personal and professional life. Listen in for your daily productivity tips.
Episodes
318 episodes
Job Crafting: Why This Is the Best Approach for Your Team
Job crafting, what job crafting is, what a major 2026 research review says about why it makes people more productive, and three protocols to help you and your team start job crafting without letting it spiral into chaos.STUDY CI...
How to Identify and Manage Your Best Performers (Without Losing Them)
We're breaking down what makes someone a star performer, how researchers say you should identify high performers using four specific dimensions, and three protocols to help you define, manage, and keep the high performers on your team so your p...
Metacognition: The Skill Behind Every Skill You'll Ever Build
Metacognition is what neuroscientists call the highest form of intelligence. We are breaking down what metacognition is, what the research says about why metacognition matters more than raw brainpower, and three protocols to start thinking abou...
The Florence Nightingale Insight: Why the Data You're Not Tracking Is Killing Your Productivity
The Florence Nightingale insight: why the data you're not tracking is the biggest threat to your productivity, what the research says about teams that measure versus teams that guess, and 3 Protocols to start counting what matters so you stop f...
Why Taking Photos Makes You Forget: The Science of Cognitive Offloading
Why taking photos with your phone weakens your memory, what the research says about cognitive offloading, how your brain processes moments you photograph versus moments you experience, and 3 Protocols to help you stop cognitive offloading so yo...
Six Thinking Hats Framework: How to Fix Your Team's Worst Meetings
The Six Thinking Hats, a structured decision-making method designed by Edward de Bono that forces your team to examine a problem from six distinct perspectives before anyone locks in on an answer. We'll cover what the Six Thinking Hats are, wha...
Beautiful.ai: Professional Slides Without a Design Degree
Why professional presentation design matters more than most people think, what the research says about how fast your audience judges the quality of your presentation slides, and three protocols to use Beautiful.ai to build polished, professiona...
Storytelling: How to Do It Right to Always Win Over Your Audience
Storytelling, why the best storytellers aren't born with a gift, what the research says about how storytelling rewires the way your audience thinks, and three protocols to make your storytelling so sharp that people remember you long after you ...
How to Win Without Saying Much
Why talking less can be your biggest advantage in any conversation, what the research says about how the quiet person in the room often comes out ahead, and three protocols to help you win more trust, more influence, and more second conversatio...
The Eisenhower D-Day Decision: How to Decide When You Don't Have Enough Information
The Eisenhower D-Day Decision, and why waiting for certainty before making a decision is one of the most expensive habits you face throughout your life. We'll explore the psychology behind why your brain defaults to inaction, what the research ...
How to Respond When Someone Unfairly Accuses You: A Tactic Top Lawyers Use to Stay in Control
What happens to your brain the moment someone unfairly accuses you of something, what the research says about why your first instinct to defend yourself can backfire, and 3 protocols top lawyers use to stay in control so you walk away with your...
Bruce Lee Life Lesson: How to Build Your Own Mind
A Bruce Lee principle that goes way beyond martial arts, what the psychology says about why writing to your future self changes your behavior, and 3 protocols to start building the version of you that doesn't exist yet.STUDY CITATION<...
The Peak-End Rule: Why Your Brain Only Remembers 2 Moments
The peak-end rule, what it is, what the research says about how memory rewrites experience, and 3 protocols to design your endings so the peak-end rule works for you instead of against you, in your own head and in everyone else's.STUD...
Is Your AI Memory Working Against You? How to Know and How to Fix It
How AI memory in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can quietly limit your thinking, what the research says about why AI personalization narrows your perspective, and 3 protocols to audit and reset your AI memory so it stays a productivity ...
The Cynefin Framework: Why One Strategy Can't Solve Every Problem
The Cynefin framework, a decision-making model that sorts problems into five categories so you stop wasting time and energy on the wrong approach. We'll breaking down where the Cynefin framework comes from, what the research says about matching...
The Intransigent Minority: How 3% Can Control the Other 97%
The intransigent minority, why a tiny fraction of any group can reshape the rules for everyone else, what the research says about how small that fraction can be, and 3 protocols to spot when an intransigent minority is steering your choi...
How to Set Up an AI Agent to Automate Your Email
AI automation email agents, what they are, what they're good at, where they'll get you in trouble, and 3 protocols to set up your own AI email agent so you spend less time in your inbox and more time on the work that moves things forward.
Why Fighter Jet Pilots Choose Their Words Carefully And You Should Too
We're breaking down why fighter jet pilots are trained to avoid certain words in the cockpit, what the psychology says about how your brain processes thoughts, and 3 protocols to rewire the way you talk to yourself so you stop programming failu...
The Empty Boat Theory: Why You Get Angry Before You Know the Truth
The Empty Boat Theory. What the empty boat theory is, what the research says about why your brain invents stories before you have the facts, and three protocols to catch yourself before your reaction costs you more than the moment ever did....
The Skunk Works Principle: Copy Lockheed's Skunk Works Team That Built a Working Prototype of a Fighter Jet in 143 Days
The Skunk Works Principle, what it is, how Lockheed's Skunk Works proved it works with incredible results, what the research says, and 3 protocols to build a Skunk Works team inside your own company so you can move faster and deliver more.<...
The Overlap Tax: How Too Many Productivity Apps Are Making You Less Productive
The Overlap Tax, what The Overlap Tax is, why having too many productivity apps is costing you more than money, and 3 protocols to build a minimalist tech stack that keeps you productive without the chaos.STUDY CITATIONSMurty...
Professional Jealousy: The Most Honest Career Advice You'll Ever Get and How to Leverage It to Make Yourself Better
Professional jealousy, what it is, why psychologists say Professional jealousy is one of the most honest emotions you'll ever feel, and 3 protocols to turn professional jealousy into a personal roadmap for what you want next.STU...
The 3-2-1 Bridge: A Simple Framework to Learn Faster and Stop Forgetting What You Learn
The 3-2-1 Bridge. What the 3-2-1 Bridge is, why it is one of the most effective learning strategies research has found, and 3 protocols to start using the 3-2-1 Bridge after every meeting, book, or course.STUDY CITATIONS
OpenClaw: What It Costs, What It Knows, and Whether OpenClaw is for You Right Now
OpenClaw, what OpenClaw is, what you need to run it, what the research says about AI assistants and your productivity, and 3 protocols to decide if OpenClaw is worth your time, your data, and your money.STUDY CITATIONS...
The Resilience Protocol: How to Train Your Brain to Recover from High-Stress Tasks
The Resilience Protocol, how to do stress recovery, what stress recovery is, why your brain doesn't bounce back on its own after high-stress tasks, what the research says about stress recovery, and 3 protocols to help you recover faster between...
