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Is This The Dark Matter of Workplace Culture?
What makes one company more successful than another? Is a committed motivated workforce a differentiator between two competing firms? Damn right it is. Gallup’s Workforce Survey records that 8% of the UK workforce is engaged at work – with twice that number being actively disengaged in their jobs. If we could get those people to…
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Best episodes | Culture | Managers | Podcast
The Good Jobs Strategy
Buy the Good Jobs Strategy Zeynep Ton is a Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She studies the retail sector and the way that some firms have invested in paying more and doing more for their workers. She studied firms like QuikTrip, Trader Joes, Mercadona in Spain – she found…
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The New Work Manifesto
Over the last 35 episodes we’ve discussed improvements to work, now we bring them all together. In discussion with Sue Todd, CEO of Magnetic, we discuss the New Work Manifesto. The manifesto is an 8 point plan, designed to help us improve work and get more from our time at our desks. The manifesto can…
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Work culture… follow the data
Go deep with the inspiration playlist Understanding how our workplaces function is one of the invisible components of workplace culture. A powerpoint presentation from the boss might lay out the strategy but Team A is half the office away from Team B then it could have a significant impact on their ability to socialise…
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Best episodes | Culture | Happiness | Podcast
Happiness first and then success?
Go deep with the happiness playlist Emma Seppala is a happiness expert. She’s spent her life studying how we can be happier in life and has all the evidence to prove it. Emma gives a life affirming reminder that happiness at work isn’t a luxury, it’s a prerequisite for success and creativity. Emma’s book The…
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Beating burnout
David McClements is the founder of Whitewater international training & consultancy” (whitewaterint.com) . He works training and developing top performers. I saw David speak recently and was struck with his willingness to challenge some of the best established ideas. His discussion about Chris Hoy and energy management is fascinating.
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Bjarke Ingels – Cultural Architect
My interest was chatting to Bjarke Ingels came about when I saw the design for the new Google Landscraper at Kings Cross. It’s a vast structure that runs alongside Kings Cross station train platforms. Like a tower block laid on its side it has a running track on the roof and all manner of…
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