Episode 58: Struggling with Rapid Change? Proven Leadership Strategies for Agility and Innovation with Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva in IT’S AN INSIDE JOB Podcast by Jason Liem
Imagine responding to challenges with quiet strength and living with a clearer sense of direction. It's an Inside Job, hosted by Jason Birkevold Liem, guides you there. This podcast is for anyone who believes cultivating inner resources is the most powerful way to shape their outer reality. We explore practical approaches for fostering resilience, nurturing well-being, and embedding intentionality into your daily rhythm.
How Reinvention Becomes a Leadership Habit
In this deep and personal episode, Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva joins Jason Liem to explore how reinvention evolved from her childhood survival story into a science-backed system for helping leaders and organizations thrive in chaos. From the trauma of early disconnection to building the Reinvention Academy and training 700,000+ people worldwide, Dr. Nadya unpacks why change feels so hard—and how to make it easier, faster, and more empowering.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll learn why resistance to change isn’t a flaw—it’s biology. Dr. Nadya shares how organizations unintentionally set up their teams to fail with outdated assumptions, and how to rewire your approach to change so that it becomes natural and ongoing. Discover how to create a culture of reinvention using neuroscience, rituals, and practical tools that reframe fear into fuel. With data, exercises, and real-world examples, this conversation reveals how to stop managing disruption and start mastering it.
Who This Is For
- Leaders guiding teams through uncertainty
- Organizational psychologists and culture designers
- HR and L&D professionals tasked with transformation
- Consultants working on change readiness
- Anyone tired of crisis-mode change who wants lasting capability
3 Key Takeaways from This Episode
1. Reinvention Isn’t a Project—It’s Your Operating System
The average business model lifespan shrank from 75 years to under 5. Dr. Nadya explains why reinvention must be built into how you run strategy, teams, and processes—just like finance or HR.
2. Emotions First, Logic Later: How to Lead Through Fear
You don’t overcome resistance with more data. You overcome it by addressing fear head-on. Nadya explains how to use neuroscience-based exercises to shift mindset before introducing tools or frameworks.
3. Change Fatigue Comes from False Promises
Most teams unconsciously expect that “this next change” will return things to normal. That’s why trust breaks when it doesn’t. Reinvention leaders must tell the truth: disruption is the new baseline—and equip people accordingly.
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