Podcast: Why Do You Apologize So Much?

The Mode-Switchers ponder all of the workplace sorries

Have you seen that meme, “Get in, losers, we’re going to therapy,” or whatever? That’s what I want to say to you about this episode of the Mode/Switch Pod.

Get in losers, we’re going to STOP SAYING SORRY so much at work.

Look, you’re partly right to apologize: you want to say sorry to bother you because everybody’s getting too many emails, too many voicemails, too many Teams messages. But, okay, is everybody really and truly so overwhelmed that the nonstop sorry-train really and truly needs every single stop?

We don’t think so.

This conversation features a not-very-sorry sortie of apologizers, Emily, Hannah, and Craig. And we tell some stories about dealing with communication overwhelm with the misplaced strategy of saying, “Sorry to bother you.”

If you’re new to the Mode/Switch—welcome! I hope this conversation leaves you not the least bit sorry you’ve subscribed.

Here’s the cadence: on Tuesdays, you get a newsletter taking on work culture issues and org community questions, and on Friday mornings you get an intergenerational podcast conversation.

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