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Empowering WorkplacesAuthor: QuestionPro, Sanja Licina PHD
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Voice, Value, and AI: Unlocking Employee Ideas to Transform Culture and Drive Action
Episode 85
Wednesday, 28 October, 2026
Most companies collect more employee feedback than ever, yet the best ideas still never reach the people who can act on them. Recorded live at XDay, this episode of Empowering Workplaces brings together Sanja Licina, PhD, President of Employee Experience at QuestionPro, and Dr. Ethan Burris, one of the leading researchers on employee voice, to talk about why people stay quiet at work and what leaders can do about it. Ethan shares what his research has found: most employees regularly hold back ideas, and the most valuable ones often never make it to their manager. He explains why an AI chatbot alone won’t fix that, how AI could help turn raw, frustrated comments into ideas executives will actually act on, and a simple way to prioritize feedback when there’s too much to handle. If you run employee surveys and wonder why so little changes afterward, this conversation is for you. Guest: Dr. Ethan Burris is a leading expert on employee voice, psychological safety, and speak-up culture. He serves as the King Ranch Chair Professor of Management and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. With over 20 years of research on why employees speak up or stay silent, Dr. Burris has also spent significant time as a visiting scholar with Microsoft's HR Business Insights Group and Google's People Analytics team, alongside partnering with numerous Fortune 100 and 500 organizations. Useful links: Sanja Licina, PhD on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjalicina Dr. Ethan Burris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-burris Learn more about QuestionPro: https://www.questionpro.com/
