The Invisible Friction

business, management, entrepreneurship · EN

The Invisible Friction is a podcast about the hidden patterns, habits and systems that quietly get in the way of healthy, high-performing organisations. Hosted by Anna Ahrenfelt and Mårten Stenfors, the podcast brings together two complementary perspectives. Mårten draws on more than 25 years of experience leading complex global organisations from the inside, with responsibility for performance, transformation and people. Anna brings more than 20 years of experience working alongside leaders and organisations from the outside, in change management, leadership and organisational development. Together, they explore why good people, clear strategies and strong ambitions so often fail to create lasting movement — and why the same problems keep returning even after intelligent people have worked hard to solve them. Through honest conversations, real stories and practical reflections, they look beneath the visible symptoms to understand the patterns shaping behavio