- September 22, 2017
- Communication
Tesla’s 3 Word Communication Strategy
Talk To Anyone. There it is, plain and simple, no frills, no fuss – a 3 word communication strategy. Talk to anyone. It’s head-scratchingly simple, yet it is so far removed from the communication norms in most organisations. Why? Likely because the world of work
- September 22, 2017
- Company Culture, Productivity
Pointing North vs. Going North
The Challenge (Part 1): Get your team or organisation into a room, have everyone close their eyes and point North. Continuing to point to their ‘North’ of choice – let people take a look around the room. Invariably you will have people pointing in different
- May 28, 2017
- Uncategorized
No, We’re Not Loyal to Big Companies…
…Because you screwed our parents over. I watched it happen to my mom. She busted her chops for years, working overtime (unpaid), and leading an understaffed and constantly dwindling team (because: cost cutting) with zero budget for anything as simple and actually beneficial as coffee for the
- March 15, 2017
- Company Culture, Productivity, Uncategorized
Writing Culture Down Matters…
At first it seems counterintuitive to ‘write’ down your culture. Where would you even start? Culture isn’t exactly tangible, after all. But it should be. Culture has to be tangible to survive scale and to proliferate throughout an organisation. Letting it remain this ‘intangible thing’ is the biggest
- February 1, 2017
- Uncategorized
Little Things. Big Difference. Better Work
Most of the time, we do things, because that’s just what we do and we do them that way because that’s how we’ve always done them. I say, to hell with that. In recent a radio interview where we spoke about Shaking Up Business As
- October 31, 2016
- Company Culture, Strategy
A Comprehensive Collection of Culture Books
Culture book / culture deck / culture document, call it what you will. In all cases they are generally how an organisation endeavours to capture their culture in their own ‘bible’. They usually outline your values, core beliefs, purpose and give the reader an insightful look
- September 30, 2016
- Company Culture
#Quoteables
Are you compromising on people, systems, processes, quality, or culture?
- September 30, 2016
- Company Culture
#Quoteables
How quickly do you pick yourself and try again? How quickly can you shake it off and get back in the game?
- September 30, 2016
- Uncategorized
Microsoft – Taking Inclusion to Another Level
Microsoft have recently launched a program aimed at hiring more autistic workers. In a fascinating article from Fast Company they explain why it matters to hire autistic people and the impact this has on diversity in the workforce: “The unemployment rate among autistic adults, though, is
- September 28, 2016
- Productivity, Strategy
Rewarding Failure
If you’re asking why on earth would we do something crazy like rewarding failure, you should probably start here. Where we want innovation, there must be failure. The problem is detaching shame from failure and making it ok to try things and fail at work. We’ve