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Far less frequently than would bother you. Here’s the quickest way to get the latest on the podcast, workplace culture and ways to fix your workplace.

Far less frequently than would bother you. Here’s the quickest way to get the latest on the podcast, workplace culture and ways to fix your workplace.

Simon Gilbody talks loneliness at work Professor Simon Gilbody is a psychiatrist and clinical epidemiologist at the University of York. His work specialises in ‘taking a population approach to mental health’, trying to understand the aspects of modern life that contribute to how we feel. I was impressed by a talk that Simon did with…

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Kevin Green is the Chief People Officer for First Group. He’s set about reinventing the culture of the organisation from the ground up. I heard Kevin speak at an event last year was completely bowled over by the way he talked about culture and the way he was trying to build it. I think you’ll…

Inside the culture of professional services firms A few people have asked me to do episodes on office politics and office interactions – one angle I wanted to look at that was through the lens of professional services firms. Laura Empson is a Professor at Bayes Business school having previously worked in professional services herself….

It’s been a while since I revisited a conversation on offices and how our physical workspaces are evolving. Disruption has made the property business hugely raise their games. With 20-25% of Gen Z workers self reporting having issues of neurodivergency the office is trying to prove that it’s still the centre of great workplace cultures….

I saw a post by Professor Rob Briner about the enigma of psychological safety, and in the replies it was discussed that in fact PS isn’t so much an enigma, there’s evidence that it is the output of group identity. It felt important to talk to Katrien Fransen about her work exploring this. This conversation…