Best The Constraints Collective Podcasts (2025)

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#67 Stuart Armstrong 1:31:08

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Stuart Armstrong is a workforce development system builder, learning innovation architect, skill acquisition specialist, and ecological dynamicist, and host of the Talent Equation Podcast. Enjoy!By The Constraints Collective

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Teaching Individual Defense, Principles To Start he Season With, and The Constraints Collective 31:02

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In this episode, the hosts of The Volley Pod discuss various aspects of volleyball coaching, focusing on defensive strategies, tactical awareness, and principles for starting the season. They share insights on improving individual defense, the importance of readiness and posture, and how to effectively teach players to dig and pursue the ball. The …

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10 Questions with Catalyst Volleyball Club Director Tobias Herrera IV (Part 2) 30:01

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In this episode of The Volley Pod, Tod and Davis are joined by Tobias Herrera, the Director of Catalyst Volleyball Club in Houston Texas. He joins the pod to discuss key questions that coaches want to know! This week the trio discuss how to incorporate music in practice, how to handle missed practices without compromising the team results, the diff…

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Hacking Human Attachment: The Loneliness Crisis, Cognitive Atrophy and other Personal Dangers of AI | RR 20 1:53:14

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Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence tend to center around the technology's economic and large-scale impacts. Yet it's at the individual level where we're seeing AI's most potent effects, and they may not be what you think. Even in the limited time that AI chatbots have been publicly available (like Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, et…

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10 Questions with Catalyst Volleyball Club Director Tobias Herrera IV (Part 1) 33:46

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In this episode, the hosts discuss various aspects of volleyball coaching, including reflections on recent matches, the introduction of a new segment with Tobias Herrera from Club Catalyst Volleyball, and the importance of balancing culture and drills in practice. They delve into mental toughness, the first week of practice for different teams, man…

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The Quadruple Bifurcation | Frankly 112 22:46

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In this week's Frankly, Nate outlines four bifurcations that are likely to underpin the human experience in the near future. While the broad biophysical realities of energy and ecology underpin our civilization's movement over time, in the moment, people will experience these trends mostly economically and psychologically. Whether related to the wi…

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#66 Round Up 4 35:25

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In this episode we discuss an article from The Athletic entitled “What is the CLA? Inside the revolutionary coaching method quietly fuelling the world’s best athletes.” We reflect on the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) in coaching challenging the notion that it’s a “revolution,” since the foundational work by Carl Newell is nearly 40 years old. The …

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Terror Management Theory: How Existential Dread Has Shaped the World with Sheldon Solomon 1:46:50

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Many of us wrestle with the unsettling truth that everyone – including ourselves and those we love – will one day die. Though this awareness is uncomfortable, research suggests that the human capacity to contemplate death is a byproduct of consciousness itself. In fact, our efforts to cope with mortality are at the core of culture, religion, the de…

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Constraints Led Approach Tips, Conflict Coaching Gasoline, and Volleyball Canada 31:37

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In this episode of The Volley Pod, Tod and Davis talk about ideas for how coaches can integrate more of a constraints led approach in their gyms. These ideas are ready to be applied today! Tod then explains Conflict Coaching fuel, the idea that coaches can avoid these types of “fuel” for conflicts on their teams. Then they share excellent resources…

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#65 Podcast Summary 4 - Jonny Headrick 27:57

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Dr Jonathon Headrick is a lecturer and researcher in the field of exercise and sports science. He is also an accredited Exercise (AES) and Sports (ASpS) Scientist recognised by ESSA. Dr Headrick's expertise lies in skill-acqusition and learning design in sport, with applications spanning junior development through to elite level performance context…

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The Three Most Important Words We're Taught Not to Say 26:30

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In this week's Frankly, Nate considers the ways in which our social species overvalues false-confidence rather than the more honest and inquisitive response of "I don't know." He invites us to consider the science behind this cultural bias towards certainty: from our biological response from the stress of "not knowing" to the reinforcing effects of…

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Challenging Monopoly Power: Why Local Business is Better for People, the Planet, and Your Wallet with Stacy Mitchell 1:27:43

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Monopolistic business practices have been illegal in the United States for more than a century. Yet, monopoly power continues to accelerate in our modern commercial landscape. Large, powerful corporations edge out smaller businesses, often citing scale, "efficiency", and lower costs as their reasons for success. But looking more closely reveals a r…

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#64 Do we need skill acquisition specialists in sport? 32:21

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If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. In this episode we ask the question 'Do sport organisations need skill acquisition specialists?'. We explore how a skill ac…

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What Sloths Teach Us About the Superorganism 17:50

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In this week's Frankly, Nate reflects on the multiple metaphors brought to mind via a single photograph, which depicts a sloth climbing a barbed wire fence in Costa Rica. Beyond evoking compassion for a species that's on the receiving end of human intervention into its ecosystem, the image raises larger ideas about the response of animals, includin…

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Data as a Differentiator: Inside Harbor Capital’s AI and Tech Strategy 26:20

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In this episode of The Allocation Agenda, host Steve MacDonald sits down with Pradeep Tekkey, Chief Data Officer at Harbor Capital Advisors, to explore how data is transforming the investment management industry — and why firms that overlook it do so at their own peril. From growing up in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands without a television …

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Leading in Context: Dr. Torben Noerby on Adaptive Leadership 28:15

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In this episode, Dr. Torben Noerby—CEO of People & Performance, author of The Contextual Leader, and creator of the Contextual Leadership AI Bot (CLAI)—explores how leaders can adapt to their organizational context to drive performance, accountability, and collaboration. Discover how contextual leadership helps shape culture and strengthen inclusiv…

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Will Coral Reefs Be Gone by 2050? How Bleaching, Acidification, and Ocean Heating are Killing Coral Reefs with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 1:30:01

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Twenty-five years ago, a landmark paper warned that the world's coral reefs could vanish by 2050. Now, halfway to that projected date (and amid ever more frequent coral bleaching events), that grim prediction feels increasingly close to reality. What is the current state of Earth's coral reefs, and what would happen to our planetary home without th…

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In-Game Adjustments That Help, Mid-season Role Identification Meetings, and A Program with Purpose 24:53

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In this episode of The Volley Pod, Tod and Davis discuss easy in-game adjustments that can help your teams get out of a jam. They then go over a great way to handle midseason role identification meetings with your team, so that everyone feels good about it. Then they recommend videos from The Art of Coaching Volleyball that teach coaches how to run…

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#63 Matt Miller-Dicks 1:14:39

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If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. Matt Miller-Dicks is an Associate Professor in Skill Acquisition in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences at …

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Is the U.S. Electric Grid Stable? Policy, Renewables, and Who Is Responsible If The Grid Fails with Meredith Angwin 1:24:58

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For many people in the modern world, electricity powers everything we do. Yet we take for granted how power flows in the background, seemingly always accessible to us just by flipping a switch. In fact, most of us are completely unaware of what it takes to generate and transmit the power we so deeply rely on, let alone the policy decisions shaping …

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"You can take a pick and mix approach to theory - but not if you want to be evidence based" - A conversation with the Constraints Collective 1:33:36

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By Stuart Armstrong

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Hit Hard! When Your Team Can't Score and NFHS Learning Center 30:16

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In this episode of The Volley Pod, Tod and Davis discuss various techniques and strategies for improving hitting power in volleyball. They explore the importance of observing players, choosing the right attackers, and training effectively for live play. The conversation also delves into innovative scoring strategies for teams struggling to score po…

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Peak Oil, Ponzi Pyramids, and Planetary Boundaries 21:34

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To view the graphs Nate is referring to in this episode, please click here. --- In this week's Frankly, Nate returns from New York City Climate Week with fresh reflections on the disconnect between our economic narratives and biophysical realities. Using his background in finance, Nate observes that while the prioritization of financial abstraction…

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Moral Ambition: Redefining Success for the Global Good with Rutger Bregman 1:15:43

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The overarching definition of success today often looks like the accumulation of stuff – money, cars, property, clothing – anything that signals wealth. This means that success is also synonymous with overshoot, extraction, and consumption – none of which lead to healthy outcomes for the planet or the global good. But what might be possible if we w…

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#62 Round Up 3 41:25

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If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. In this episode we reflect on a busy September, with a spotlight on Ian’s recent work in Bangladesh cricket. Invited by the…

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Team Defensive Concepts That Work, When Coaching the Very Young, and 24:24

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In this episode, Tod and Davis discuss various strategies and concepts for coaching volleyball, focusing on defensive systems, tactical approaches, and the importance of creating a positive environment for young players. They emphasize the significance of adapting to different game situations and the role of coaches in shaping players' experiences …

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The Influence of Psychopaths: Why Humanity Is Better Than We Think 22:06

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In this week's Frankly, Nate reflects on intraspecies predation (ours) and the impact psychopathic actors have on the mean and median of human behavior – in the past all the way up to our modern society. Human evolution was shaped by both cooperative, pro-social behavior and a competitive, predatory approach for survival – resulting in a balanced d…

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The Past and Future of Societal Collapse: Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp 2:15:58

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For many people today, the idea of societal collapse is unimaginable. Yet history shows that well-established civilizations have fallen again and again – often for similar reasons. In fact, the same forces that build empires can also culminate in their downfall. How can understanding these historical patterns help us prepare for similar existential…

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#61 Podcast Summary 3 30:51

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In this episode, we summarise our conversation with football coach and thinker, Jamie Hamilton. Jamie’s unique blend of practical coaching experience and deep theoretical exploration has shaped his insights into positional and relational approaches in football. We explore how culture, adaptability, and authenticity influence coaching, and why footb…

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Mid-season Laundry List of Improvements, When You Play On a "Bad" School Team, and the Flow Experience 33:37

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In this episode, the hosts discuss various aspects of coaching volleyball, focusing on skills, strategies, and the dynamics of playing on a high school team. They explore the importance of practice techniques, setting and serving strategies, and the challenges faced by players on less competitive teams. The conversation emphasizes personal growth, …

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Ep 184 - Living As Art With Morgan Boszilkov (LAX Prevention, 6/2 Emotional Projector) 55:28

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IIn this episode, I sit down with artist and spiritual guide Morgan Welcome, a 6/2 Emotional Projector on the Right Angle Cross of Penetration. Together we explore what it means to live as art — transforming perfectionism into refinement, trusting life’s timing, and embracing creativity as an expression of love and presence. ✦ Highlights: Creativit…

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Dark Triad Personality Traits: How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism Impact Our Cultures & Social Systems | RR 19 1:24:05

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Psychopathy is often portrayed as a rare and distant phenomenon – something confined to movie villains or prison cells. Yet when psychopathy is combined with narcissism and Machiavellianism to form what psychologists call the Dark Triad, its impact becomes far more immediate. Individuals with these traits can wield disproportionate influence over o…

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Reputation, Resilience, and New Leaders with Charlotte Otter 25:07

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In this month’s episode of The Experimental Leader Podcast, we explore what it takes to build leadership that lasts. The conversation covers the essentials of self-leadership, aligning words with actions, and the role of diversity in shaping stronger, more authentic leaders. You’ll hear insights on managing reputation, balancing transparency with c…

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Playing Time for Huge Teams with Joe Trinsey Part 2 27:00

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Joe Trinsey continues with part two of his discussion with The Volley Pod but this time we are talking about solutions for playing time with huge teams. Joe shares ideas that coaches can use to maximize their team's abilities and keep everyone happy! Our Resource of the Week is Joe Trinsey's awesome Substack which you can find here: https://smarter…

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#60 Let's ditch the ecological/information processing dualism 35:25

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If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. In this episode we explore the longstanding debate between cognitive and ecological approaches to skill acquisition and coa…

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This Week's Learnings: Gold Holdings, Political Divides, and the DOE Climate Report | Frankly 107 16:55

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In this week's Frankly, in a continuation of his 'This Week's Learnings' series, Nate updates viewers on things he learned in the past week, and the implications for our sociocultural trajectory. This edition focuses on recent financial and political headlines – global gold holdings, shifting geopolitical energy deals, and new U.S. Department of En…