Renegotiating the norms of work: two experiments in action Lots of discussion right now about firms trying to kick start their workplace culture. I wanted to explore conversations with leaders who were leading experiments in how to make things feel different. In what prove to be a pair of candid conversations I talk to two…
Go deep with the mattering playlist We all tell stories all of the time, but what makes a magical, memorable story? What pitfalls should we avoid? This was an issue that I was thinking about. Presentations are stories, and we deliver presentations every day. In my own investigation I found real value in the book…
Lots of my favourite podcasts have gone on summer break, so I wanted to keep putting some episodes out. But maybe you don’t want something that is too work related in the midst of the summer, so this is an episode that is more psychology and life than workplace culture. It’s a lovely discussion…
If you’re a user of social media, whether Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn you’ll have seen the work of today’s guest. Liz Fosslien is half of Liz and Mollie whose perceptive dissections of contemporary anxieties have won hundreds of thousands of fans. Liz talks through her process of creating these atoms of insight and how the…
A conversation with Martin Houghton-Brown from St John’s Ambulance Go deep with the mattering playlist I’ve got a couple of podcasts coming that really try to give colour to the book that I’ve written. In Fortitude I talk about how true resilience, fortitude, is found through a combination of control, identity and community. Today’s podcast…
Two things on the podcast today – at the end of the episode there is a discussion with former guest, Brian Elliott from Slack’s Future Forum. Ahead of that I want to make an announcement about what I’ve been working on – with my new book Fortitude. Fortitude is an investigation into the elusive idea…
Health warning: sport is sometimes a flawed metaphor when it comes to work, it is often very male and half of every audience isn’t interested in the stories that come from it. Personally I have no especial interest or understanding of rugby, but I was captivated with this as a study of culture – if this one…
Go deep with the whole playlist If you find yourself becoming interested in the magic of workplace culture one of the go to authors of the subject is today’s guest, Dan Coyle. Dan’s 2018 book The Culture Code allowed him to go deep with some of the most successful cultures in the world – in…
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