Is Employee Engagement an Oxymoron?

by | Dec 9, 2021

With historically low engagement levels and employees leaving in droves, there is much for company leaders to be concerned about. Plus, three tips on treating your team as grown-ups. Do your people believe you any more? I recently spent some time reading Gallup’s...

Embracing Seasonality in Change Efforts

by | Nov 19, 2021

Some thoughts on long-haul change efforts and creating a more sustainable, seasonal approach. For years whilst providing coaching & mentoring, I have encouraged a cyclical, seasonal approach to tackling goals. Matching the overall energy levels & mood to how...

Agile for All

by | Sep 24, 2021

Some reflections on the path agile is taking to adoption through organisations, drawing on some recent experiences and pain points. When organisations begin exploring agility as a key capability, there is a fairly well trodden path of discovery, until efforts stall...

Colleague-First Experiences: Another Management Conundrum

by | Aug 27, 2021

Some reflections on EX, the role of managers in creating colleague-first experiences and the challenge of relentless change for all. Investment in colleague-centricity is finally catching up to customer-centricity. We have many more conversations with our clients...

Thanks For The Memory

by | Aug 11, 2021

This week, Livio digs into the central role that memory plays in all aspects of our work, as well as wider society. Memory is a powerful factor in shaping both individual and collective perceptions of pretty much everything we do, but in our field we often take its...

It’s Highly Illogical, Captain

by | Jul 12, 2021

This week, Livio shares some thoughts and links on our brain’s ability to make rational decisions and retain knowledge in the face of evolutionary and cognitive challenges. Behaving like apes Like many others in Europe, I recently took part in some tentative,...