Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: work is broken.

Burnout is everywhere. People are disengaged. Leaders feel like they can’t win. Employees feel invisible. And somewhere along the way, work became more about transactions than human connection.

In this episode, Nicole Kalil sits down with Nidhi Tewari — licensed clinical social worker, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member, Thinkers50 Radar Award recipient, and author of Working Well — to unpack what’s really going wrong at work… and what actually fixes it.

Thank god, it’s not another productivity hack. It’s attunement.

In this episode, we cover:

Why modern work culture is failing (and why it’s not entirely new)
The real reason burnout and disengagement are skyrocketing
What “attunement” is — and why it goes deeper than emotional intelligence
The 4 core skills of attunement: flexibility, reading cues, self-regulation, and collaboration
Simple ways to practice attunement at work — without adding more to your plate
Why asking instead of assuming is a leadership superpower
How workplace connection directly impacts performance, retention, and fulfillment

Because maybe the goal isn’t to care more. Maybe the goal is to show it — consistently, clearly, and in a way people can actually feel.

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Connect with Nidhi:

Website: https://www.nidhitewari.com/

Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788782/working-well-by-nidhi-tewari

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