About this episode

Tanya de Grunwald discusses the unintended consequences of workplace dynamics and the impact of the trans agenda on corporate culture.

We've talked a lot on this podcast about institutional capture — whistleblowers, mission drift, what happens when ideology takes the steering wheel. Today my guest takes a different angle on all of it. Tanya de Grunwald hosts This Isn't Working, a podcast about workplace dynamics, and runs This Is Working, a business community for employers. From 2018 to 2024 she ran a club for early-careers heads at companies like Google, KPMG, AstraZeneca, and the NHS — a front-row seat to peak DEI from the inside. By 2024 she'd seen enough unintended consequences, especially around the trans agenda, to walk away and start telling the story. In this conversation we trace the personal psychology underneath workplace wokeness: the embarrassment about capitalism that pushed HR toward "higher purpose," the older gay men reliving Section 28 through trans activism, the weaponized fragility that lets the loudest voice win every argument. Tanya explains the brain drain that happens when sensible people leave and "nodding dogs" stay behind — and why the private sector is now leading the cleanup. We also dig into what bullied kids fail to learn about self-protection, why "bring your whole self to work"…

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Winn

Guest: Tanya de Grunwald

Topics covered

• workplace dynamics
• DEI
• mental health
• corporate culture
• trans agenda
• personal psychology

Keywords

• corporate vibe shift
• workplace wokeness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: This Isn't Working, Google, KPMG, AstraZeneca, NHS

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