Team Lab
Team Lab
Podcast Description
Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work—a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of teams, the science and art of collaboration, and the magic of thriving relationships at work.
Hosted by Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell, who've spent years coaching and empowering leaders across the tech industry and beyond, Team Lab invites you to rethink teams—not as hierarchical machines, but as vibrant, living ecosystems.
Each episode features relatable conversations, honest insights, and practical wisdom from pioneering leaders, systemic team coaches, and innovative changemakers. We'll uncover how successful teams build trust, foster alignment, navigate complexity, and unlock creativity. We even weave in listener submitted challenges and provide practical advice on how to move forward.
Whether you're a team leader, team member, coach, or facilitator, you'll walk away inspired and equipped with fresh perspectives on teamwork and collaboration.
**SUBMIT YOUR 'STICKY' TEAM DYNAMIC CHALLENGES HERE for a chance to hear us unpack it on one of our future episodes: https://forms.gle/d8tjzqgxJVYnhtTN8 **
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on team dynamics, collaboration science, and relationship-building within organizations, with episodes delving into topics such as the importance of psychological safety, practical exercises for team cohesion, and strategies for navigating team dysfunctions.
Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work—a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of teams, the science and art of collaboration, and the magic of thriving relationships at work.
Hosted by Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell, who’ve spent years coaching and empowering leaders across the tech industry and beyond, Team Lab invites you to rethink teams—not as hierarchical machines, but as vibrant, living ecosystems.
Each episode features relatable conversations, honest insights, and practical wisdom from pioneering leaders, systemic team coaches, and innovative changemakers. We’ll uncover how successful teams build trust, foster alignment, navigate complexity, and unlock creativity. We even weave in listener submitted challenges and provide practical advice on how to move forward.
Whether you’re a team leader, team member, coach, or facilitator, you’ll walk away inspired and equipped with fresh perspectives on teamwork and collaboration.
**SUBMIT YOUR ‘STICKY’ TEAM DYNAMIC CHALLENGES HERE for a chance to hear us unpack it on one of our future episodes: https://forms.gle/d8tjzqgxJVYnhtTN8 **
What if the breakthrough your team needs isn’t found in another strategy session or process improvement, but in a moment of unexpected connection? How can asking people to step outside their analytical comfort zone create the psychological safety that brings teams together? And why asking, “What duck are you feeling right now?” might just be what your next team meeting desperately needs?
In this episode of Team Lab, we’re exploring these questions with Meredith Tozzer, HR partner and team transformation coach who brings a refreshingly unconventional approach to leading technical teams. With a background spanning art history, higher education, and global high-tech companies, Meredith has mastered the art of reading team dynamics and transforming tension into productive momentum.
Join us for a conversation that explores how “constructive friction” can actually accelerate your team’s success instead of slowing it down, why the path to vulnerability is best initiated with silliness, and how to convert team resistance into authentic engagement.
Resources
Connect with Meredith Tozzer on LinkedIn
Mad Libs + Storytelling Team Exercise – Try Meredith’s combination approach for team building that gets people out of their heads. Choose a topic or vision for the collective team to build upon. Have each team member write one sentence of a story, starting at the top of a sheet of paper. Have them fold it so the sentence can’t be seen by the next person
Three-by-Three Grid Icebreakers – Use silly animal pictures (rubber ducks, hedgehogs, raccoons) and ask team members to identify a picture that best represents them in this moment and why. This silly opening can help create safe spaces for sharing for the rest of the meeting!
Culture Amp Study referenced in the episode about high performance sustainability over time
Mental Health First Aid Training – Particularly valuable for leaders supporting high-pressure teams
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