Fix the Roots: Why Most Workplace Culture Fails: Abi Adamson & Adam Posner: LIVE @ Transform 2026

In this powerful live episode of The POZCAST at Transform 2026, host Adam Posner sits down with workplace culture expert Abi Adamson to dissect why most organizational cultures fail and how to fix them at the root level. Drawing on her CERN framework—soil, exposure, roots, and nutrients—Abi argues that culture problems are not surface-level issues but deep systemic ones embedded in organizational foundations. She challenges leaders to stop treating people as monoliths and instead recognize the diversity of human needs, emphasizing that inclusion requires transparency, psychological safety, and intentional design of systems that allow all voices to thrive. The conversation dives into real-world examples, from losing returning parents to middle managers leaving due to toxic roots, and critiques performative DEI efforts that lack substance. Abi also reframes failure as experimentation, pushes back on the overuse of 'confidence' as a fix-all, and calls for leaders to adopt an abundance mindset and lead with vulnerability. As her upcoming book 'Culture Blooming' prepares for release, she leaves listeners with a vision of culture as a shared responsibility, rooted in empathy, equity, and human connection.