People and Platforms with Carlo
The People & Platforms Podcast is a bold Zimbabwean podcast that challenges traditional leadership models and explores what it truly means to lead with people, not over them. Each episode dives deep into real-life stories, African organisational culture, and the silent struggles of teams navigating power, trust, and change.
The podcast confronts leadership ego, unpacks toxic top-down habits, and celebrates the power of empowerment. Whether you’re a manager, aspiring leader, or team member seeking better work cultures, this podcast helps you rethink influence, authority, and what legacy really means.
This is leadership without ego. This is The People and Platforms Podcast.
Episodes
7 episodes
The retention illusion - staying despite poor talent practices
In Zimbabwe and other high-unemployment economies, retention is often treated as proof of strong culture and good leadership. That assumption is dangerously flawed.In this episode, we unpack why people stay even when they’re disengaged,...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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7:38
The Survey Trap: Why Staff Don’t Trust “Anonymous” Surveys
Staff surveys are supposed to build engagement, but here’s the irony: when handled poorly, they actually create fear and disengagement.In this episode of People & Platforms, Carlo-Marcel Dube unpacks the hidden dynamics behind staff...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:57
Why Performance Management Fails Employees
Performance management is supposed to drive growth, development, and accountability. But let’s be honest in most organisations, it has become compliance theatre.In this episode of People & Platforms, Carlo-Marcel Dube unpacks why pe...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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7:58
Why We Fear Our Bosses and How to Reclaim Courage at Work
Why do we get nervous around our bosses even when we’ve done nothing wrong? Why do some employees shrink when leaders walk in the room?In this solo episode, Carlo-Marcel Dube explores the unspoken fear that shapes so many African workpl...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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5:08
Potential Is Perishable: The Shelf Life of Untapped Talent
In this People & Platforms episode, Carlo-Marcel Dube unpacks a hard truth every professional must face: potential doesn’t last forever.Drawing from two eye-opening conversations with senior leaders, he explores how many talented people...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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9:45
Culture Without Excuses - Culture is not an HR problem, it's a leadership one
Most organisations say culture is an HR responsibility. That belief is comfortable and dangerously wrong.In this episode of People & Platforms, Carlo-Marcel Dube dismantles one of the most persistent myths in organisational life: th...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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11:34
