Lifting the lid #challenges
The work trance: can we escape the vortex?
Why do you work? How many hours do you currently work each week? Are you in a work trance? Is work having a negative impact on your wellbeing, leisure, or family life? What do you want to change about the world of work? Can you escape the vortex? #History #Work
Behind the Scenes
I hope this helps to explain why I said, "please just bloody buy it". #TheHumanCentricWorkplace #Book #Author #Leadership #Workplace
The Onward Journey
HR, IT, FM, leadership, well-being, and finance, it doesn’t matter where we are, we all need the intelligence to appreciate and communicate with each other’s worlds and make informed decisions together. Ali Khan and myself are ready for the onward journey, are you? #OnwardJourney #SHAPE #HumanCentric #Design #Data
“Trust me” – Said the Manager.
Trust is a feeling that somebody or something can be relied upon or will turn out to be good. It is the feeling of being sure about something, even if it cannot be proved. Inspiring trust and trusting others is essential. As a leader, being trustworthy is the cornerstone to motivating and inspiring and building effective... Continue Reading →
Round-Up: Workplace Intentions 2021
So many organisations have publicly disclosed their future ways of working intentions and it would seem that Hybrid Working has become all about the use of space, rather than about culture, ways of working and employee experience. From memory of reading so many articles, the only organisation to discuss their culture/values/behaviours was Goldman Sachs, and... Continue Reading →
Is your organisation ready for the future?
We have all spent months hoping for an end without knowing what's coming next and I do fear what the next may look like for so many of us. Wellbeing has taken a battering, relationships tested, social lives non-existent, finances uncertain, jobs lost and purpose questioned. There are many positives too, we have realised how... Continue Reading →
Why we still need to talk about, ‘The Human Workplace’.
As a wise woman, Sandra Panara, said recently, if we're not providing workplaces for humans, what are we doing?. I'm with Sandra on this but it's simple; we're getting it wrong, and I am on a mission to drive awareness, conversations and change. 'The Human Workplace' is a given for so many, but when we consider... Continue Reading →
New ways of working (or not).
In July I wrote a blog 'A world of pure re-imagination' capturing the evolving nature of the Workplace. 5 months on and I see organisations on a continuum of: the wishful thinkers, the short termers, the seekers and the brave and rebellious. Where Organisations are on this continuum is changing daily (even hourly), across the leadership, across... Continue Reading →
You’ve got this.
When the pandemic hit, like many I was worried about what this meant for the people around me, our sector and my career. There was (and still is) so much click bait, so many 'experts' coming out of the woodwork, yet so many unknowns. Organisations were looking at me for answers. Answers I truly did... Continue Reading →