You can be the greatest artist in history, but if no one sees your work does it matter. You could be a better footballer than Lionel Messi, but if no one sees you do it, it’s hard to believe. You could have the most incredible product or service that transforms lives, but unless people know about it, it’s not really.. Read more
It seems that everyday there is a new article detailing a corporate ‘Return to Office’ (RTO) mandate of some type: Saleforce has demanded it’s staff come back to the office at least 4 days a week. ASOS says staff need to be in the office five days a week, because virtual meetings are detrimental to company performance. Barclays has told.. Read more
Today I am at The Glasshouse (formally The Sage) in Gateshead for the annual Atomicon conference. A great conference with world class speakers (this year we had Davina McCall, Lisa Bilyeu, Jen Gottleib & Geoff Ramm to name just a few) in a world class venue. I have pages and pages of notes and ideas that I will have to.. Read more
Not all difficult conversation are the same. Do you know the difference?
One of the key things to understand about difficult conversations is they come in three forms and if we get the form wrong, the conversation session can go extremely badly.
We appear to be in an era where it’s tough to dig through the nonsense and find the truth. Part of the reason for this is that the conversation is not balanced. It’s not balanced to have a reputable educated peer-reviewed professor on one side of the debate and a high school educated conspiracy theorist on the other just because.. Read more
Culture is the most influential part of any organisation.