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Richard Reed was one the founders of Innocent – the most unlikely David taking on the Goliaths of the soft drinks business. With little more than a perky brand, unbounded optimism and a winning culture they’re become the biggest juice brand in the UK. So how did Richard build this exceptional culture? What was the…
Today’s episode was specifically created to act as an extension of the conversation with Professor Alex Haslam. Alex talked a lot about identity and how it is foundational to our self esteem, how we interact with others – and by extension how we work in groups at work. Today’s guest is Jeremy Holt, Jeremy is…
Buy A World Without Email I’ve talked a lot about Cal Newport’s provocations about abolishing email (and Zoom calls) [find them here and here]. And in fact, I had someone last week astonished when I suggested we should try to limit video calls to eight hours a week. They thought I’d lost my mind. How…
Go deep with the whole playlist Professor Frances Frei is the biggest brain in the field of workplace culture and I was delighted to get another opportunity to talk to her. She explains the one thing that firms should do to fix their cultures (spoiler: train their managers), why she thinks inclusion is a more…
Jim Collins is one of the most respected business writers in the world. With his books Good to Great and Made to Last he became the observer of great companies and what made them special. He’s just published a new book which is a supplement to Good to Great (pssssst, read GTG first).
Last year Anne Helen Petersen’s Buzzfeed article about burnout became a viral sensation, spawning a seemingly never-ending wave of ‘Year of Burnout’ headlines. Petersen’s writing triggered such recognition because she rooted it in the ordinary, in everyday experiences that were instantly relatable. She evoked her own life where industrious professional productivity (as a writer) was…