About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 319 episodes
- Zapier AI: How to Put Your Busywork on Autopilot With AI · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 318Zapier AI, what it is, what the research says about plugging AI into the workflows you already run, and 3 protocols to use Zapier AI to automate your email triage, content…
- Job Crafting: Why This Is the Best Approach for Your Team · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 318Job 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…
- How to Identify and Manage Your Best Performers (Without Losing Them) · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 317We'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…
- Metacognition: The Skill Behind Every Skill You'll Ever Build · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 316Metacognition is what neuroscientists call the highest form of intelligence. We are breaking down what metacognition is, what the research says about why metacognition matters…
- The Florence Nightingale Insight: Why the Data You're Not Tracking Is Killing Your Productivity · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 315The 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…
- Why Taking Photos Makes You Forget: The Science of Cognitive Offloading · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 314Why 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…
- Six Thinking Hats Framework: How to Fix Your Team's Worst Meetings · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 313The 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…
- Beautiful.ai: Professional Slides Without a Design Degree · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 312Why 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…
- Storytelling: How to Do It Right to Always Win Over Your Audience · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 311Storytelling, 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…
- How to Win Without Saying Much · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 310Why 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…
- The Eisenhower D-Day Decision: How to Decide When You Don't Have Enough Information · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 309The 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…
- How to Respond When Someone Unfairly Accuses You: A Tactic Top Lawyers Use to Stay in Control · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 308What 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…
- Bruce Lee Life Lesson: How to Build Your Own Mind · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 307A 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 Peak-End Rule: Why Your Brain Only Remembers 2 Moments · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 306The 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…
- Is Your AI Memory Working Against You? How to Know and How to Fix It · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 305How 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…
- The Cynefin Framework: Why One Strategy Can't Solve Every Problem · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 304The 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…
- The Intransigent Minority: How 3% Can Control the Other 97% · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 303The 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…
- How to Set Up an AI Agent to Automate Your Email · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 302AI 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…
- Why Fighter Jet Pilots Choose Their Words Carefully And You Should Too · 4 min · Season 1 Episode 301We'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…
- The Empty Boat Theory: Why You Get Angry Before You Know the Truth · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 300The 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…
