{"podcast":{"title":"Process Debt","slug":"process-debt-7039689","podcast_index_feed_id":7039689,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/process-debt/feed.xml","website_url":"https://processdebt.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/process-debt/20241007_021040_7150bf5255fe04979ff4c095789cc607.png","author":"Chris Terrell","episode_count":93,"summary":"What is Process Debt? The hidden burden of inefficient processes that erode growth, employee satisfaction, and organizational success We all have a little 'process debt' in our lives and careers. In our podcast, \"Process Debt,\" we explore the daily challenges and frustrations with the hidden systems that steal joy from our work. From personal anecdotes to professional insights, join us for insights you can used to start changing those those broken business systems .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:37.195982+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689"},"episode":{"title":"Bad Process Kills Good People","slug":"bad-process-kills-good-people","published_at":"2026-01-30T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689/bad-process-kills-good-people","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/process-debt/2502320","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/293248/2502320/process-debt/2026_01_29_03_15_35_9fde8e5e-a9d7-4bec-9efd-54211fa06b4e.mp3","summary":"Bad process doesn’t just waste time — sometimes it creates outcomes no one intended, and no one can control. This week on the Process Debt Podcast , Chris and Toby step away from partisan politics and look at something far more uncomfortable: the processes that quietly produce extreme outcomes . Using everything from the Stanford Prison Experiment to learned helplessness, budgets, hiring incentives, uniforms, anonymity, and “protected status,” they unpack how systems — not individuals — shape behavior at scale. This isn’t a political episode. It’s a process episode. And it asks a simple but dangerous question: What happens when authority, incentives, and identity are misaligned — and no one owns the outcome?","meta_description":"Bad process doesn’t just waste time — sometimes it creates outcomes no one intended, and no one can control. This week on the Process Debt Podcast , Chris…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1647,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/process-debt-7039689/episodes/bad-process-kills-good-people/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-debt-7039689/bad-process-kills-good-people.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}