We've been building to this one.

Today we finally pull back the curtain on the concept at the heart of everything we do at The Time Fix — time-centric archetypes.

Rooted in behavioural science and the extended DISC modality, there are four major archetypes that shape how people relate to time — and none of us are just one of them.

We unpack all four: the Time Treasurer who lives by "time is money," the Time Bender who will always stop for a story, the Time Sitter who banks time but loses it to procrastination, and the Time Validator who gets lost chasing perfection.

Once you understand which archetypes show up in your team, everything changes — how you plan, how you communicate, and how you get the best out of everyone around you.

Next month we're diving into planning. You won't want to miss it.

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"Just watch me and do what I do." It sounds harmless. It's not.

In this episode, we unpack why the classic "do as I do" approach quietly sabotages your team's productivity, and why it's not entirely anyone's fault.

We trace it all the way back to primary school, where we spent 15 years conditioning young people to respond to bells, timetables, and external cues. Then the moment they hit a workplace, we expect them to build their own structure from scratch. And when they can't? We point fingers.

The truth is, expecting someone to work exactly the way you work doesn't just miss the mark, it actively gets in the way of what they're capable of. Even the way you manage your browser tabs says something about how you're wired.

Next episode, we're finally getting into it: Time-centric Archetypes. Those clocks on the wall? They mean something.

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What does productivity actually mean?

Ask ten people on your team and you'll get ten different answers. That's exactly the problem.

In this episode, we unpack why standardising productivity backfires, including the story of a business owner who made the Pomodoro Technique compulsory for his whole team and watched output drop. Hoping your team will be productive is like swinging a metal detector and praying for gold.

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What if time isn't the problem? What if your relationship with it is?

In this episode, Ildi and Pooja unpack one of the most overlooked ideas in productivity: that every person has a completely different relationship with time, shaped by culture, upbringing, neuroscience, and the stage of life they're in. And yet we keep expecting everyone to show up, perform, and produce in exactly the same way.

They trace how humans have understood time across history, from the rhythm of seasons and circadian cues to atomic clocks on our wrists, and explore why that layering of complexity creates real tension in how we live and work today.

If you've ever been told to just be more productive and felt like that advice missed something, this episode is the reason why.

Hit subscribe to keep following the journey. There's a lot more to unpack.

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Some clients call when the house is on fire.

This one called because he wanted to grow his garden differently, and that made all the difference. In this episode, we share the real story of a boutique law firm we've been working with for nearly 12 months.

We talk about how the relationship started, what the work actually looked like on the ground, and the moment their CFO reported a 30% jump in profitability.

We also get honest about timelines, expectations, and why a four-part workshop — while valuable — isn't always enough.

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Let's be honest. Most teams aren't falling apart. They are just... fine. And that's the problem.

When everything is "good enough," it's easy to miss the small frictions quietly building up beneath the surface. The finger-pointing. The disengagement. The people who are physically present but mentally checked out.

In this episode, Ildi and Pooja get real about what's actually going on in those "reasonably well-functioning" teams and why sending your people to a one-day workshop and calling it done is a bit like getting an oil change and expecting a full engine rebuild.

Real change takes time, the right support, and a willingness to look at the deeper stuff. But when you get it right? The impact goes well beyond productivity.

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Is bringing in a consultant a business expense or a smart investment?

If you've ever thought "it's too expensive" or "we should be able to fix this ourselves," this one's for you.

In this podcast episode, we explore why even thoughtful leaders hesitate to ask for help, and what it's really costing them. Because beneath the packed calendars, the constant firefighting and the busyness that's become the norm, there are invisible leaks quietly draining your team's capacity, revenue and trust.

Just like you invest in accounting to protect your finances or marketing to protect your pipeline, investing in your people's productivity protects how your team uses their time and energy.

Listen to find out what shifts when you stop seeing support as a nice-to-have and start seeing it as what it really is.

Our podcast is now viewable on YouTube! Here is the link!

After over 100 episodes, we thought we need a bit of a break and a rethink of this podcast, so we decided to give YouTube a crack... Video is out of our comfort zone, but if you would prefer to watch us, the link is above!

In the meantime... Reset and relaunch! HERE!

And before we deep dive again in serious matters around productivity let's go back to how it all begun!

In this first episode back, we share our journey that brought us together.

The experiences, turning points, and hard-won lessons that shaped the way they think about productivity, people, and purpose. It's the story behind The Time Fix, and why building a human-centred approach to how we work wasn't just a business decision, it was a personal one.

This is where it all started.