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Host Sarah Nicastro welcomes Jeffrey Yip, Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Studies at Simon Fraser University, who teaches leadership in the Executive MBA and Management of Technology programs, conducts research that addresses managerial challenges in work relationships and leading change, and has contributed to resources like HBR and Psychology Today. Jeff shares the need for leaders to listen to organizational pain through a process called “painstorming” and explains how doing so can significantly improve change management.

What if the key to advancing your career was less about climbing the ladder and more about knowing yourself? In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, host Sarah Nicastro sits down with Stand Out 50 2025 leader Adam Gloss, Chief Operating Officer at Impel, to explore why self-awareness is your greatest leadership asset. The two discuss how to identify what truly drives you (and what doesn't) and the strategies to build a career aligned with your values—not just your ambitions. 

In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, host Sarah Nicastro shares an exclusive sneak peek of what’s to come in 2026 – all initiatives designed to serve the evolving needs of those leading service-centric organizations.

In this special year-end episode, host Sarah Nicastro shares the Top 5 of the Top 10 episodes of 2025.

In this special episode, host Sarah Nicastro shares thefirst five of this year’s 10 most impactful podcast episodes.

In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, Sarah Nicastro and Roy Dockery, Sr. Director of Field Services Research at TSIA, reflect on their 2025 forecasts – from workforce flexibility and customer expectations to technology debt and AI adoption – and honestly assess where the field service industry delivered, where it fell short, and what leaders need to prioritize heading into 2026. 

In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, host Sarah Nicastro sits down with award-winning CX expert Jeannie Walters to explore why customer experience isn't a nice-to-have (even in amid uncertainty). She sheds light on how to align your organization's mindset, strategy, and discipline around it, and explains why frontline employees remain a largely untapped resource. Whether you're a service leader struggling to justify CX investments or an operational executive navigating budget pressures, this conversation is packed with candid insights on bridging the gap between CX intent and execution.

In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, Sarah Nicastro sits down with Dave Clement, Partner and Head of the New York office at Simon-Kucher, to unpack a joint global research project to explore the trends, challenges, and opportunities defining commercial potential within today's service landscape. Whether you're navigating digital transformation, rethinking your pricing strategy, or building a customer-centric growth model, this conversation sheds light on what the research reveals about the foundational shifts required to translate commercial excellence into competitive edge.

In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, host Sarah Nicastro shares highlights from IFS's Industrial x Unleashed event last week in New York, exploring why industrial AI requires a fundamentally different approach than consumer-grade tools, how leading organizations like Kodiak Gas are driving real value through agentic AI, and critical considerations for making AI solutions usable and meaningful in mission-critical operations.

What if the secret to sustainable performance and genuine employee engagement wasn't another program or initiative, but something far simpler—and infinitely more powerful? In this episode of UNSCRIPTED, host Sarah Nicastro sits down with Zach Mercurio, researcher with a Ph.D. in organizational learning, performance, and change; leadership development facilitator specializing in purposeful leadership, mattering, and meaningful work; and author of The Power of Mattering. They explore why command-and-control leadership is fundamentally incompatible with the innovation and loyalty leaders claim to want and Zach sheds light on what actually works.