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The Veterinary Culture Lab
The Veterinary Culture Lab is your science-backed, real-world blueprint for culture renovation in veterinary medicine. Hosted by Andi and Josh, Positive Change Agents from Flourish Veterinary Consulting, each episode blends research on wellbeing and workplace culture with humor, heart, and actionable strategies. Expect practical tips you can apply right away - so thriving becomes the norm, not the myth.
Episodes
14 episodes
013:The Top 3 Communication Behaviors Behind Every Unicorn Clinic: Why Relational Maintenance Matters
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh dig into what really sits behind so-called “unicorn clinics”—and it turns out it is not luck, perks, or fairy dust. It is communication.Grounded in a 2012 study by com...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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48:10
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012: Are You Even Listening?: How High-Quality Listening Transforms Veterinary Team Communication and Culture
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh dig into one of the simplest—yet most underestimated—forces shaping veterinary culture: the experience of feeling genuinely heard at work.Grounded in a massive meta-an...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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39:36
011: Care Flows Forward: How Supporting Your Team Elevates Patient Care in Vet Med
Care Flows Forward: How Supporting Your Team Elevates Patient Care in Vet MedIn this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh explore a simple but powerful truth: teams do not feel your intentions — they feel you...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:39
010: Ask, Don't Tell: Coaching Skills to Boost Connection in Your Vet Med Culture (PART 2)
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh return for Part 2 of their conversation on coaching communication—this time turning insight into action.Building on the science from The Effectiveness of Workplace...
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39:06
009: Ask, Don't Tell: Coaching Skills to Boost Connection in Your Vet Med Culture (PART 1)
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh explore what coaching really means in veterinary medicine—and why curiosity might be the most powerful tool we have to strengthen culture.Grounded in a 2021 m...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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37:38
008: Making Work Matter: 6 Leadership Moves That Spark Purpose in Vet Med
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh dive into groundbreaking new research from their friend Dr. Zach Mercurio—research that pinpoints exactly how leaders can help veterinary teams experience more meaningful wor...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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42:38
007: Bouncing Back Better: The Case For Resilience in Vet Med
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh explore the power of resilience—not just as a personal trait, but as a skill we can teach, build, and share.Grounded in a 2017 study by Jenny Moffett and David Bartram...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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41:42
006: The Vet Med Circus: Why Collaboration is the Star of the Show
The Vet Med Circus: Why Collaboration Is the Star of the ShowIn this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Josh and Andi explore one of the most powerful—but often overlooked—drivers of high-functioning veterinary teams:...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:03
005: Seen, Valued, Energized: How Micro-Connections Build Thriving Vet Teams
Seen, Valued, Energized: How Micro-Connections Build Thriving Veterinary TeamsIn this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh dive into one of their favorite culture renovation tools: high-quality connections...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:51
004: The Climate Effect: How Leadership Communication Shapes Veterinary Workplaces
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Josh and Andi explore the power of communication in shaping how a workplace feels and why that feeling matters more than we think.Drawing on new research from the Universit...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:26
003: You Can't Hustle Your Way to Thriving:" Why Culture Beats the Grind in Vet Med
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Andi and Josh unpack the myth that success in veterinary medicine is all about grit and hustle—and offer a compelling alternative backed by research.Grounded in leadership science a...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:28
002: The Good Kind of DRAMMA: Six Specific Ways to Thrive in Vet Med
In this episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, Josh and Andi explore a surprising twist on workplace drama—one that could actually improve veterinary wellbeing. Spoiler: it is not the gossip-filled kind of drama, but the scien...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:10
001: North of Neutral: why positive psychology matters in vet med
North of Neutral: why positive psychology matters in vet medIn this first episode of The Veterinary Culture Lab, hosts Andi and Josh go deep on the science that underpins everything they do at Flourish: positive psycholog...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:45