The Orange Twist - Shake up your thinking on leadership, culture, and change in 10 minutes.
The Orange Twist is a short-form weekly podcast for organizational leaders, HR professionals, and coaches navigating the complex terrain of leadership, culture, and change. Hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MBA MCC, a seasoned leadership advisor and executive coach, each under-10-minute episode offers fresh, thought-provoking reflections that blend professional insight with personal inquiry.
Rooted in the work of thinkers like Robert Kegan, Robert Anderson, Peter Senge, Byron Katie, and others, this podcast explores the hidden dynamics shaping teams, systems, and self. From unexpected tensions in the boardroom to the quiet signals of organizational stuckness, The Orange Twist reveals how expanding our inner awareness can transform how we lead and how we live.
Designed for busy professionals who want depth without fluff, The Orange Twist invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what really matters in your work—and beyond.
The Orange Twist - Shake up your thinking on leadership, culture, and change in 10 minutes.
The Invisible Architecture: How Worldviews Shape Organizational Life.
Every organization has an architecture—but not all of it is visible.
In this episode of The Orange Twist, we explore the unseen frameworks that shape how we lead, collaborate, and respond to change. These hidden structures aren’t found in org charts or strategy decks—they live in our assumptions, our worldviews, and the stories we unconsciously tell about what leadership means, how power works, and what change requires.
Without realizing it, we’re always operating through a lens. Some of us lead from urgency and control. Others from trust and emergence. But until we notice the lens itself, we can’t choose a new way of seeing.
What if conflict wasn’t a failure, but a signal? What if resistance to change wasn’t the problem, but the starting point for listening? What if the culture you’re trying to shift is rooted not in behavior, but in perception?
This short reflection invites you to pause and look beneath the surface of organizational life—to the worldview shaping your actions, your team, and your impact. Because until we see the architecture we’re in, we’re building blind.
The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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