{"podcast":{"title":"Communication Psychology and HR – with Gerhard Ohrband","slug":"communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749","podcast_index_feed_id":7155749,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f68ea69c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thegomethod.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41265439/41265439-1777975091199-c1e7402ce7432.jpg","author":"Gerhard Ohrband, MA in Psychology (University of Hamburg/Germany)","episode_count":132,"summary":"I’m Gerhard, a communication psychologist and consultant from Hamburg, Germany, working with HR teams and leaders in Moldova, South Eastern Europe, and beyond. Here, we explore the psychological research behind everyday HR and workplace communication — without buzzwords and without pretending everything is easy. Each week, we unpack one topic that HR professionals often hear about but rarely understand from a scientific perspective.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749"},"episode":{"title":"Is “fake it until you make it” a good strategy for communication?","slug":"is-fake-it-until-you-make-it-a-good-strategy-for-communication","published_at":"2026-02-18T15:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/is-fake-it-until-you-make-it-a-good-strategy-for-communication","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gerhardohrbandenglish/episodes/Is-fake-it-until-you-make-it-a-good-strategy-for-communication-e3f7ebq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f68ea69c/podcast/play/115636026/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-17%2F418276965-44100-2-f296bb823c6b5.mp3","summary":"We’re often told to act confidentfirst and let confidence follow. But in communication, people are far moreperceptive than we think. Subtle signals leak through, trust is fragile, andauthenticity matters more than performance. Maybe the real question isn’t howwell you can fake it—but how honestly you can grow into who you’re becoming. #communication #authenticity#leadership #trust #personaldevelopment #psychology #publicspeaking","meta_description":"We’re often told to act confidentfirst and let confidence follow. But in communication, people are far moreperceptive than we think. Subtle signals leak t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":574,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/episodes/is-fake-it-until-you-make-it-a-good-strategy-for-communication/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/is-fake-it-until-you-make-it-a-good-strategy-for-communication.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}