Episode 24

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11th Jun 2025

Crisis, Coffee, and Calling It Like It Is in Business

"What can I do? What can't I do?" - Ben Baker

When life hits the fan, personally or professionally, what do you really lean on? In this powerful episode of Nod On This Business Bites, Ben and Sia go beyond buzzwords and break down the raw reality of navigating crisis, connection, and clarity in business and life.

Whether you're grieving, overwhelmed, or just trying to hold it all together with a half-full cup of cold coffee and a to-do list you might set on fire, this conversation is the reminder you didn’t know you needed: the glass isn’t half-empty or half-full, it’s refillable.

🧠 #GnawOnThis Highlights:

✨ People are the ultimate X factor—especially when life gets messy

🌪️ Crisis strips things down to what really matters

🪞 Self-awareness is your internal GPS

🤝 Community support isn't optional—it's essential

🌱 Hope isn’t a strategy, but it sure helps you build one

💡 Clarity, compassion, and a crisis plan go hand-in-hand

This episode is part pep talk, part group therapy, and 100% worth your time. Because let’s face it, we all break sometimes. But we don't have to break alone.

👂 Tune in and #GnawOnThis  with us through the messy, meaningful middle of it all.

#NodOnThisPodcast #BusinessInCrisis #HopeAndLeadership #SelfAwareness #HumanFirstLeadership #BenAndSia #WorkplaceWellbeing #GlassIsRefillable #CommunityMatters #LeadingThroughCrisis



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About the Podcast

Gnaw On This...
Business Bytes with Ben & Syya
If there is one thing that we have learned about business and life
IT’S THAT PEOPLE ARE THE X FACTOR
They constantly surprise us, both in amazing ways . . .
And . . . NOT SO MUCH
We’re Ben and Syya
AND
Welcome to GNAW ON THIS . . . BUSINESS BYTES
This show is about the real-life things
we ALL deal with EVERY DAY
HOW they relate to business
And HOW to make some sense out of our daily chaos
WELCOME to the show!

About your hosts

Syya Yasotornrat

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Syya is a tenured tech sales professional with her time at SonicWALL and Hewlett Packard (HPE) with some hospitality at the Walt Disney Company and IT recruitment experience in the mix. She is currently a podcast strategist and consultant, helping others to bring out their voice and legacy through podcasting. She loves to learn and talk about anything, so feel free to reach out!

Ben Baker

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Ben has been helping companies, and the people within them understand, codify, and communicate their unique value to others for more than a quarter of a century.

He is the president of Your Brand Marketing, an Employee Engagement Consultancy specializing in helping companies communicate more effectively inside their organizations.

He is the author of two books: “Powerful Personal Brands: a hands-on guide to understanding yours,” and “Leading Beyond a Crisis: a conversation about what’s next,” and the host of IHEART and Spotify syndicated YourLIVINGBrand.live show with more than 300 episodes behind him.

You can reach him at www.yourbrandmarketing.com