Ivan Palomino
@ivanpalomino.bsky.social
Behavioral Designer | Host of the Growth Hacking Culture Podcast | Founder of PeopleKult | Author | On a mission of building awesome work cultures
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Your favorite song is a legal performance-enhancing drug. 🧠
It’s not a metaphor. • Dopamine spikes (Motivation) • Cortisol drops (Stress) • Alpha waves rise (Focus)
Don't just "think positive." Put on headphones. Change your brain chemistry first, and the mindset will follow. 🎧
It’s not a metaphor. • Dopamine spikes (Motivation) • Cortisol drops (Stress) • Alpha waves rise (Focus)
Don't just "think positive." Put on headphones. Change your brain chemistry first, and the mindset will follow. 🎧
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Your favorite song is a legal performance-enhancing drug. 🧠
It’s not a metaphor. • Dopamine spikes (Motivation) • Cortisol drops (Stress) • Alpha waves rise (Focus)
Don't just "think positive." Put on headphones. Change your brain chemistry first, and the mindset will follow. 🎧
It’s not a metaphor. • Dopamine spikes (Motivation) • Cortisol drops (Stress) • Alpha waves rise (Focus)
Don't just "think positive." Put on headphones. Change your brain chemistry first, and the mindset will follow. 🎧
Power changes your brain chemistry. It’s like driving a car with a broken speedometer. You think you’re going 60. You’re actually flying at 100. You miss the warning signs. You ignore the bumps. You crash into problems you never saw coming.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Power changes your brain chemistry. It’s like driving a car with a broken speedometer. You think you’re going 60. You’re actually flying at 100. You miss the warning signs. You ignore the bumps. You crash into problems you never saw coming.
You think your manager is "bad" because they don't have all the answers and often ask for your opinion.
I'd argue you're lucky.
You could have the "perfect" manager who nails every presentation... but couldn't care less about your development and never recognizes your work.
I'd argue you're lucky.
You could have the "perfect" manager who nails every presentation... but couldn't care less about your development and never recognizes your work.
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
You think your manager is "bad" because they don't have all the answers and often ask for your opinion.
I'd argue you're lucky.
You could have the "perfect" manager who nails every presentation... but couldn't care less about your development and never recognizes your work.
I'd argue you're lucky.
You could have the "perfect" manager who nails every presentation... but couldn't care less about your development and never recognizes your work.
It looks like progress. It feels like success. But it’s just a show.
Here’s why this happens:
→ OKRs and targets are simple to measure.
→ Real problem-solving is messy and slow.
→ Numbers reward short-term wins, not deep solutions.
This is what Radhika Dutt calls performance theater.
Here’s why this happens:
→ OKRs and targets are simple to measure.
→ Real problem-solving is messy and slow.
→ Numbers reward short-term wins, not deep solutions.
This is what Radhika Dutt calls performance theater.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It looks like progress. It feels like success. But it’s just a show.
Here’s why this happens:
→ OKRs and targets are simple to measure.
→ Real problem-solving is messy and slow.
→ Numbers reward short-term wins, not deep solutions.
This is what Radhika Dutt calls performance theater.
Here’s why this happens:
→ OKRs and targets are simple to measure.
→ Real problem-solving is messy and slow.
→ Numbers reward short-term wins, not deep solutions.
This is what Radhika Dutt calls performance theater.
Power rewires your brain.
The science is clear. When you get promoted, your brain’s empathy system—the mirror neurons—start to shut down. You lose the ability to read the room. You stop picking up on small signals.
This is called the Self-Awareness Gap.
The science is clear. When you get promoted, your brain’s empathy system—the mirror neurons—start to shut down. You lose the ability to read the room. You stop picking up on small signals.
This is called the Self-Awareness Gap.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Power rewires your brain.
The science is clear. When you get promoted, your brain’s empathy system—the mirror neurons—start to shut down. You lose the ability to read the room. You stop picking up on small signals.
This is called the Self-Awareness Gap.
The science is clear. When you get promoted, your brain’s empathy system—the mirror neurons—start to shut down. You lose the ability to read the room. You stop picking up on small signals.
This is called the Self-Awareness Gap.
You are not a machine.
You are not your inbox.
You are not here to answer every ping in 10 minutes.
The world moves fast. Too fast. We have lost the art of slowing down and thinking for ourselves.
Here is what Jordan Peace from Fringe says
You are not your inbox.
You are not here to answer every ping in 10 minutes.
The world moves fast. Too fast. We have lost the art of slowing down and thinking for ourselves.
Here is what Jordan Peace from Fringe says
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
You are not a machine.
You are not your inbox.
You are not here to answer every ping in 10 minutes.
The world moves fast. Too fast. We have lost the art of slowing down and thinking for ourselves.
Here is what Jordan Peace from Fringe says
You are not your inbox.
You are not here to answer every ping in 10 minutes.
The world moves fast. Too fast. We have lost the art of slowing down and thinking for ourselves.
Here is what Jordan Peace from Fringe says
STOP saying "I can't." It's a lie that shuts down your brain.
5 WAYS TO UN-STUCK:
1. Ask How might I?
2. Micro-actions.
3. Find a positive anomaly.
4. Log 3 daily wins.
5. 180° Rule (change your reaction).
5 WAYS TO UN-STUCK:
1. Ask How might I?
2. Micro-actions.
3. Find a positive anomaly.
4. Log 3 daily wins.
5. 180° Rule (change your reaction).
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
STOP saying "I can't." It's a lie that shuts down your brain.
5 WAYS TO UN-STUCK:
1. Ask How might I?
2. Micro-actions.
3. Find a positive anomaly.
4. Log 3 daily wins.
5. 180° Rule (change your reaction).
5 WAYS TO UN-STUCK:
1. Ask How might I?
2. Micro-actions.
3. Find a positive anomaly.
4. Log 3 daily wins.
5. 180° Rule (change your reaction).
I'm an introvert and speaking is tough for me. But every time I share how the brain works, I get a rush. 🚀 That adrenaline isn't fear—it's energy.
I've spent a decade studying behavioral science and I live what I teach: change is possible. I turn my weakness into my strength, and you can too.
I've spent a decade studying behavioral science and I live what I teach: change is possible. I turn my weakness into my strength, and you can too.
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I'm an introvert and speaking is tough for me. But every time I share how the brain works, I get a rush. 🚀 That adrenaline isn't fear—it's energy.
I've spent a decade studying behavioral science and I live what I teach: change is possible. I turn my weakness into my strength, and you can too.
I've spent a decade studying behavioral science and I live what I teach: change is possible. I turn my weakness into my strength, and you can too.
This is why 95% of GenAI investments are failing. Not because your team is stubborn. Because your tools are forgetful.
If your AI can’t remember, your people won’t care.
simplyhuman.substack.com/p/95-failure...
If your AI can’t remember, your people won’t care.
simplyhuman.substack.com/p/95-failure...
95% Failure Rate: Why Your Company Is Rich in AI Pilots, But Poor in Measurable Profit
The big topics of this Simply Human Newsletter - AI implementation, AI in Corporates, AI Pilots failure
simplyhuman.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is why 95% of GenAI investments are failing. Not because your team is stubborn. Because your tools are forgetful.
If your AI can’t remember, your people won’t care.
simplyhuman.substack.com/p/95-failure...
If your AI can’t remember, your people won’t care.
simplyhuman.substack.com/p/95-failure...
You will be remembered less for the metrics you hit and more for the manner in which you led.
Your title is temporary; your human decency is your lasting legacy.
Your title is temporary; your human decency is your lasting legacy.
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
You will be remembered less for the metrics you hit and more for the manner in which you led.
Your title is temporary; your human decency is your lasting legacy.
Your title is temporary; your human decency is your lasting legacy.
The best leaders don’t know it all.
They build teams that grow.
They make space for new ideas.
Most people think a boss should have all the answers.
But real growth comes from letting others try, fail, and learn.
They build teams that grow.
They make space for new ideas.
Most people think a boss should have all the answers.
But real growth comes from letting others try, fail, and learn.
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The best leaders don’t know it all.
They build teams that grow.
They make space for new ideas.
Most people think a boss should have all the answers.
But real growth comes from letting others try, fail, and learn.
They build teams that grow.
They make space for new ideas.
Most people think a boss should have all the answers.
But real growth comes from letting others try, fail, and learn.
If I could go back, I’d tell my 18-year-old self this:
Don’t rush. Don’t settle.
Build a life, not just a career.
And remember, the journey is yours.
Don’t rush. Don’t settle.
Build a life, not just a career.
And remember, the journey is yours.
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If I could go back, I’d tell my 18-year-old self this:
Don’t rush. Don’t settle.
Build a life, not just a career.
And remember, the journey is yours.
Don’t rush. Don’t settle.
Build a life, not just a career.
And remember, the journey is yours.
Companies spent a fortune on AI pilots.
They got nothing back.
They feel like they’re winning, but they’re not.
This is the dopamine trap of AI.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/40-bil...
They got nothing back.
They feel like they’re winning, but they’re not.
This is the dopamine trap of AI.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/40-bil...
The $40 Billion Paradox: Why Every Company Wants AI, But 95% Get Zero Return
The corporate world is in the grip of a paradox. Billions of dollars—estimated at $30–40 billion in enterprise investment—have been poured into Generative AI (GenAI), yet a stunning 95% of organizatio...
www.linkedin.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Companies spent a fortune on AI pilots.
They got nothing back.
They feel like they’re winning, but they’re not.
This is the dopamine trap of AI.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/40-bil...
They got nothing back.
They feel like they’re winning, but they’re not.
This is the dopamine trap of AI.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/40-bil...
Culture is the mediator that determines if leadership turns vision into results. If your culture is broken, your strategy is dead. Science shows leadership style accounts for 86.4% of it.
Stop fixing the "artifacts." Fix your behavior. It’s the only shortcut.
Read the analysis👇
Stop fixing the "artifacts." Fix your behavior. It’s the only shortcut.
Read the analysis👇
The Fast Track to Culture: Why Your Leader's Behavior is the Only Shortcut
Stop talking about "company culture" as if it’s an organic, mystical force. Stop pretending it's the result of a single HR initiative or a new, brightly colored office space.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Culture is the mediator that determines if leadership turns vision into results. If your culture is broken, your strategy is dead. Science shows leadership style accounts for 86.4% of it.
Stop fixing the "artifacts." Fix your behavior. It’s the only shortcut.
Read the analysis👇
Stop fixing the "artifacts." Fix your behavior. It’s the only shortcut.
Read the analysis👇
Is your culture secretly costing you billions? 🤯
When employees lack belonging, they stop contributing ideas. This exclusion is a major economic liability.
Celeste Warren on true equity: Stop confusing it with equality. It’s about giving everyone a fair start, not lowering standards.
When employees lack belonging, they stop contributing ideas. This exclusion is a major economic liability.
Celeste Warren on true equity: Stop confusing it with equality. It’s about giving everyone a fair start, not lowering standards.
The Truth About Equity: Overcoming Resistance & DEI Backlash with Celeste Warren
YouTube video by Growth Hacking Culture
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October 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Is your culture secretly costing you billions? 🤯
When employees lack belonging, they stop contributing ideas. This exclusion is a major economic liability.
Celeste Warren on true equity: Stop confusing it with equality. It’s about giving everyone a fair start, not lowering standards.
When employees lack belonging, they stop contributing ideas. This exclusion is a major economic liability.
Celeste Warren on true equity: Stop confusing it with equality. It’s about giving everyone a fair start, not lowering standards.
Here’s what the ikigai diagram misses:
- You can love something and still burn out.
- You can be good at something and still hate it.
- The world’s needs change every year.
- Money is not meaning.
- You can love something and still burn out.
- You can be good at something and still hate it.
- The world’s needs change every year.
- Money is not meaning.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Here’s what the ikigai diagram misses:
- You can love something and still burn out.
- You can be good at something and still hate it.
- The world’s needs change every year.
- Money is not meaning.
- You can love something and still burn out.
- You can be good at something and still hate it.
- The world’s needs change every year.
- Money is not meaning.
A truth most leaders miss: Experience is a diamond. 💎
Older employees are not just "seasoned"—they're forged by decades of wins and setbacks.
You must:
1️⃣ Mine the Wisdom
2️⃣ Trust Intuition: Use them as your risk radar.
3️⃣ Shift the Metric: Make them coaches.
Older employees are not just "seasoned"—they're forged by decades of wins and setbacks.
You must:
1️⃣ Mine the Wisdom
2️⃣ Trust Intuition: Use them as your risk radar.
3️⃣ Shift the Metric: Make them coaches.
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A truth most leaders miss: Experience is a diamond. 💎
Older employees are not just "seasoned"—they're forged by decades of wins and setbacks.
You must:
1️⃣ Mine the Wisdom
2️⃣ Trust Intuition: Use them as your risk radar.
3️⃣ Shift the Metric: Make them coaches.
Older employees are not just "seasoned"—they're forged by decades of wins and setbacks.
You must:
1️⃣ Mine the Wisdom
2️⃣ Trust Intuition: Use them as your risk radar.
3️⃣ Shift the Metric: Make them coaches.
Think you're too old to learn new skills? Think again.
Neuroplasticity confirms your brain can form new connections into your 80s! The key is effort, challenge, and consistency, NOT age.
Dump the fixed mindset and unlock your potential: 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-l...
Neuroplasticity confirms your brain can form new connections into your 80s! The key is effort, challenge, and consistency, NOT age.
Dump the fixed mindset and unlock your potential: 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-l...
Stop Learning Styles. Start Growing: How Neuroplasticity Rewires Success for Every Brain
For decades, the narrative around learning has been constrained by myths and a fixed mindset. We’ve sorted people into neat boxes—Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic (VAK)—and mistakenly believed that past ...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Think you're too old to learn new skills? Think again.
Neuroplasticity confirms your brain can form new connections into your 80s! The key is effort, challenge, and consistency, NOT age.
Dump the fixed mindset and unlock your potential: 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-l...
Neuroplasticity confirms your brain can form new connections into your 80s! The key is effort, challenge, and consistency, NOT age.
Dump the fixed mindset and unlock your potential: 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-l...
Curiosity is the engine of change, not innovation.
Stop chasing trends. Start asking why.
Innovation is the output; curiosity is the input. Build a culture that rewards deep questions and exploration.
Article : www.peoplekult.com/post/why-cur...
Stop chasing trends. Start asking why.
Innovation is the output; curiosity is the input. Build a culture that rewards deep questions and exploration.
Article : www.peoplekult.com/post/why-cur...
Why Curiosity Culture Is the New Competitive Advantage
Discover how Curiosity Culture is transforming businesses into innovation powerhouses. Learn why Curiosity Culture is your new competitive edge.
www.peoplekult.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Curiosity is the engine of change, not innovation.
Stop chasing trends. Start asking why.
Innovation is the output; curiosity is the input. Build a culture that rewards deep questions and exploration.
Article : www.peoplekult.com/post/why-cur...
Stop chasing trends. Start asking why.
Innovation is the output; curiosity is the input. Build a culture that rewards deep questions and exploration.
Article : www.peoplekult.com/post/why-cur...
Why do bad bosses keep winning? Because we reward it.
🤯 Author Kyle McDowell explains the self-perpetuating cycle of corporate toxicity & how to find the courage to lead differently.
Are you a "me" or a "we" leader?
#CultureShift #LeadershipLegacy #BeginWithWe
🤯 Author Kyle McDowell explains the self-perpetuating cycle of corporate toxicity & how to find the courage to lead differently.
Are you a "me" or a "we" leader?
#CultureShift #LeadershipLegacy #BeginWithWe
The Courageous Leader's Choice: Why Toxic Cultures Perpetuate and How to Start the 'Begin with We' Revolution
I recently sat down with Kyle McDowell, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Begin with We: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence, for a conversation that cut right...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Why do bad bosses keep winning? Because we reward it.
🤯 Author Kyle McDowell explains the self-perpetuating cycle of corporate toxicity & how to find the courage to lead differently.
Are you a "me" or a "we" leader?
#CultureShift #LeadershipLegacy #BeginWithWe
🤯 Author Kyle McDowell explains the self-perpetuating cycle of corporate toxicity & how to find the courage to lead differently.
Are you a "me" or a "we" leader?
#CultureShift #LeadershipLegacy #BeginWithWe
The "grown-up game" is a friendly lie that feeds imposter syndrome. True maturity isn't a finish line or perfection; it's a messy, ongoing practice built on Connection, Compassion, Vulnerability, Curiosity, Consciousness, and Choice.
Drop the mask. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...
Drop the mask. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...
Did You Lose the Path to Adulthood? Why Your 'Grown Up' Mask Might Be Holding You Back
I recently picked up Sammy Burt’s book, What’s a Grown Up Anyway?, and it hit me with a profound question: Did I lose something vital—something human—on the road to becoming an adult? It's a question ...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The "grown-up game" is a friendly lie that feeds imposter syndrome. True maturity isn't a finish line or perfection; it's a messy, ongoing practice built on Connection, Compassion, Vulnerability, Curiosity, Consciousness, and Choice.
Drop the mask. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...
Drop the mask. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...
Most of us trade authentic identity for the "safety" of a title. But what happens when the job or status is gone?
Drop the mask. Embrace purpose. That's where true choice and an exceptional life begin.
Drop the mask. Embrace purpose. That's where true choice and an exceptional life begin.
October 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Most of us trade authentic identity for the "safety" of a title. But what happens when the job or status is gone?
Drop the mask. Embrace purpose. That's where true choice and an exceptional life begin.
Drop the mask. Embrace purpose. That's where true choice and an exceptional life begin.
"Bots don't mess up. Or if they do, it's a bug, not a confession." 🤯
We trust people who are messy, admit mistakes, & try again. AI offers convenience, but not the deep, human trust built on risk, shared experience, and the chance to be let down.
Trust is a feeling you can't download.
We trust people who are messy, admit mistakes, & try again. AI offers convenience, but not the deep, human trust built on risk, shared experience, and the chance to be let down.
Trust is a feeling you can't download.
October 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"Bots don't mess up. Or if they do, it's a bug, not a confession." 🤯
We trust people who are messy, admit mistakes, & try again. AI offers convenience, but not the deep, human trust built on risk, shared experience, and the chance to be let down.
Trust is a feeling you can't download.
We trust people who are messy, admit mistakes, & try again. AI offers convenience, but not the deep, human trust built on risk, shared experience, and the chance to be let down.
Trust is a feeling you can't download.
Don’t just "keep your cool." Your rage is wasted fuel. 😠 Leaders, stop suppressing intense negative emotions. Greg Stewart’s I³ Framework shows you how to harness that energy to attack the internal obstacles holding you back.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rage-y...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rage-y...
The Rage You're Suppressing Isn't a Liability—It's Your Most Powerful Fuel
It’s 5:30 AM here in Switzerland, and I’ve just finished reviewing a transcript that genuinely made me stop and question nearly every piece of conventional leadership wisdom I’ve ever been told. For d...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Don’t just "keep your cool." Your rage is wasted fuel. 😠 Leaders, stop suppressing intense negative emotions. Greg Stewart’s I³ Framework shows you how to harness that energy to attack the internal obstacles holding you back.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rage-y...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rage-y...
Telling a struggling leader "Go see a coach" after a mistake triggers the Punishment Trap.
Your budget is buying resentment, not results.
Science shows the fear response shuts down the brain’s ability to learn.
My discussion with Andrea Caldwell from FranklinCovey👇
Your budget is buying resentment, not results.
Science shows the fear response shuts down the brain’s ability to learn.
My discussion with Andrea Caldwell from FranklinCovey👇
"Go See a Coach": Why Your $50,000 Leadership Program Is Actually a Punishment
I have a confession to make: when I was in corporate, I was awful at measuring the ROI of leadership coaching. I'd sign the checks, see the glossy reports, and still feel like the entire program was a...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Telling a struggling leader "Go see a coach" after a mistake triggers the Punishment Trap.
Your budget is buying resentment, not results.
Science shows the fear response shuts down the brain’s ability to learn.
My discussion with Andrea Caldwell from FranklinCovey👇
Your budget is buying resentment, not results.
Science shows the fear response shuts down the brain’s ability to learn.
My discussion with Andrea Caldwell from FranklinCovey👇