What if moving fast and taking care of people weren’t competing priorities?
In this episode of Vivowire, Barbara Booras sits down with Anne Morriss - executive founder of The Leadership Consortium, leadership adviser, entrepreneur, and bestselling co-author - to explore what it really takes to solve hard problems, build trust, and lead effectively in today’s workplace.
Anne challenges the familiar “move fast and break things” mindset, arguing that speed and care don’t have to be trade-offs. In fact, the strongest leaders build trust first — creating the conditions that allow their organizations to move faster, take smarter risks, and fix problems before they become bigger ones.
The conversation covers the art of repair, psychological safety, inclusion, distributed leadership, and the everyday habits that help organizations learn and improve.
In this episode, Barbara and Anne explore:
- Why the best leaders can move fast without breaking trust
- The three-step “art of repair”: own it, fix it, stop it
- Why psychological safety is the foundation of high-performing teams
- Why inclusion should be treated as a competitive advantage
- What it really means to be an “unapologetic leader”
- How leaders can push decision-making closer to where the information lives
- Why curiosity needs to become a regular organizational habit
- How after-action reviews can help teams learn from both success and failure
- What Anne has learned from co-hosting the Fixable podcast with Frances Frei
Anne also shares practical advice for anyone dealing with workplace friction - from interpersonal conflict to bigger organizational problems - and explains why recognizing our own agency can be the first step toward making things better.
If you care about leadership, workplace culture, psychological safety, or building organizations that can move quickly without leaving people behind, this conversation is for you.
Be sure to follow Barbara and Anne on LinkedIn:
👉 Barbara Booras: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarabooras/
👉 Anne Morriss: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-morriss/
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