The Decline of Unionisation and The Rise of Diversity and Inclusion
The rise of diversity and inclusion represents one of the most significant workplace success stories of recent decades. As well does the decline of...
Let the Market Shape your Decisions
This article will show some tips on letting the market shape your decisions. First, we have a story to enliven this topic; there was...
The Perils Of Groupthink
Here we discuss the perils of groupthink, through the lens of good teamwork. A few years ago I wrote an article about the pioneering...
Stereotypes That Hamper Women’s Careers
It’s often tempting to believe a problem will simply go away. We tell ourselves that nothing lasts forever and that everything changes with time....
Keeping Employees Safe From Customer Abuse
The vexed assertion that the customer is always right is widely credited to Harry Gordon Selfridge. He founded a department store in London a...
How to Avoid Joining the Business World’s Living Dead
It’s more than 50 years since Night of the Living Dead established a template for the modern-day “zombie” genre of horror movies. Hundreds of...
Attracting Women Employees
Many businesses, industries and sectors face the enduring quandary of how to attract more women employees into their ranks. The fields of science, technology,...
What Every Business Needs to Know About Inflation
We have to go back three decades to find a period of inflation remotely comparable to today. This alone underscores two vital realities that...
Innovation in Five Steps or a Thousand Words
The prerequisite for innovation is agency. Creativity is not magic, but there is a trick to it. You can view complex problems as systems...
The Critical Negative Impact Of Operating In A Blame Culture
I discussed in a previous post the law of least effort and its detrimental effect on our decision-making abilities. Our brains tend to take...
Culture And It’s Role In Eliminating Imposter Syndrome
Organisational culture impacts an individual’s confidence. This must be considered, especially when we feel the need for eliminating imposter syndrome. One of my favourite...
Fast and Slow Thinking And The Law of Least Effort
Psychologists believe the law of least effort applies to cognitive and physical exertion. In other words, the brain tends to take the most undemanding...