The Meg and Amy Show

The Meg and Amy Show

Wit, Wisdom, Foresight

Meg BearMeg BearCo-Host
Amy WilsonAmy WilsonCo-Host

Join best friends Meg Bear and Amy Wilson on The Meg and Amy Show – a podcast for big-picture thinkers who are ready to challenge the status quo. As former tech executives and seasoned business leaders, Meg and Amy have spent decades leading through change. Now, they’re joining forces to break down the trends they’ve lived and helped shape. So you want more awesome content? Make sure to subscribe to "Insight Loop," the LinkedIn newsletter brought to you by Meg & Amy. Also, check out their YouTube page; it's awesome. 

The One Question That Reveals Your Real Capability Gap with CEO Tom Monahan
The Meg and Amy ShowOctober 23, 202600:51:23

The One Question That Reveals Your Real Capability Gap with CEO Tom Monahan

Why hasn't AI showed up in the P&L yet? Heidrick & Struggles CEO Tom Monahan joins Meg and Amy. His one question that reveals your real capability gap: If you just told your team to go do that, what wouldn't happen? Tom unpacks why the CEO job is now a two-way ambassador role, and why moving AI from...

What Every Executive Woman Should Know About Perimenopause
The Meg and Amy ShowOctober 16, 202601:02:25

What Every Executive Woman Should Know About Perimenopause

What Every Executive Woman Should Know About Perimenopause with Dr. Jessica Kassis OB-GYN Dr. Jessica Kassis missed her own perimenopause for a year - until her primary care doctor caught it. She joins Meg and Amy to explain why high-performing women miss the signs at work, how to talk to your docto...

HubSpot Layoff Memo: What She Got Right and Wrong
The Meg and Amy ShowOctober 13, 202600:12:59

HubSpot Layoff Memo: What She Got Right and Wrong

HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan shared a layoff memo for 660 employees. As longtime operators, Meg and Amy break down what she got right (and wrong) about leading with clarity, humanity, and accountability in a hard moment, and what other leaders can learn from it. What we cover: - Why this memo stood out...

AI Won't Fix a Broken Process: Stacey Harris Shares Survey Data
The Meg and Amy ShowOctober 09, 202601:04:46

AI Won't Fix a Broken Process: Stacey Harris Shares Survey Data

AI won't fix a broken process — it makes outcomes worse. Stacey Harris shares new results from the 29th Annual HR Systems Survey on what actually drives better outcomes. Former tech executives Meg Bear and Amy Wilson sit down with Stacey Harris, Chief Research Officer at Sapien Insights Group, to br...

The Future of People Analytics Isn't About (Just) People
The Meg and Amy ShowOctober 02, 202600:37:23

The Future of People Analytics Isn't About (Just) People

People analytics has spent years analyzing people. Now it needs to analyze the work.  Recorded live at People Analytics World, Meg Bear and Amy Wilson make the case that as AI changes how work gets done, the function has to move past studying humans and start studying the system of work itself:...

Why Conway's Law Matters More in the Age of AI
The Meg and Amy ShowSeptember 30, 202600:08:05

Why Conway's Law Matters More in the Age of AI

Why do Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering keep hitting the same friction? In this hot take, Meg Bear and Amy Wilson break down Conway's Law — the idea that your org structure shows up in how work gets done. From DRIs as a band-aid to why aligned incentives and shared goals matter more than box...

Hidden Ways to Grow Without More Hires or Funding | Jason Cohen
The Meg and Amy ShowSeptember 25, 202600:59:08

Hidden Ways to Grow Without More Hires or Funding | Jason Cohen

Serial founder Jason Cohen shares hidden ways to grow without more hires or funding from his book Hidden Multipliers. Meg Bear and Amy Wilson dig into why negative reviews boost sales, the math behind keeping customers, and how to make frameworks actually fit your team. In this episode, Jason breaks...

Why AI Fails Without a New Operating Model with Kelley Steven-Waiss
The Meg and Amy ShowSeptember 18, 202601:03:16

Why AI Fails Without a New Operating Model with Kelley Steven-Waiss

Your AI tools aren't broken. Your operating model is. Meg Bear and Amy Wilson sit down with Kelley Steven-Waiss, Founder of Novaworks, former CHRO, founder of Hitch (acquired by ServiceNow), and author of Valley Girls, to explain why so many AI pilots stall — and what great leaders do differently. K...

Why Enterprise AI Fails at Work Design, Not Agents | Siobhan Savage
The Meg and Amy ShowAugust 28, 202601:03:56

Why Enterprise AI Fails at Work Design, Not Agents | Siobhan Savage

Enterprise AI isn't failing because agents aren't smart enough — it's failing at work design. Reejig CEO Siobhan Savage joins Meg Bear and Amy Wilson to reframe AI transformation for the enterprise. The constraint isn't agent capability — it's aligning AI with workflows, org structure, and business ...

The Future of Work Has AI Agents in It. Payroll Isn't Ready. | Eynat Guez, Papaya Global
The Meg and Amy ShowAugust 07, 202601:04:42

The Future of Work Has AI Agents in It. Payroll Isn't Ready. | Eynat Guez, Papaya Global

The future of work has AI agents in it — and payroll isn't ready. Eynat Guez, co-founder and CEO of Papaya Global, joins Meg and Amy to explain why the 2030 workforce is humans and agents side by side, and why your compliance infrastructure better be ready. Eynat bet the company on owning the paymen...