The concept of UGRs (Unwritten Ground Rules) has enabled people to understand their organisation’s culture, and to put in place strategies to improve it. One of the challenges people face in understanding their own culture is to get a fix
In the last edition of Cultural Intelligence, we canvassed the concepts of ‘softball’ and ‘hardball’. It’s fair to say there are varying views on the extent to which we should focus on each of these in our day-to-day work! We’ll
In the early 1950’s, Solomon Asch released results from research that was both surprising and disturbing. He set up an experiment that tested people’s conformity – to determine the extent to which people would agree with other people, even when
Why we need comedians to make us giggle at corporate culture They say laughter is the best medicine. Actually, medicine is the best medicine (I’ve been married to a doctor for almost 40 years), but there is something uniquely human about
Why high-performing teams can be disruptive Top performers are the poster children for success. They set the bar. And deservedly so. But what happens when the elite team tips the scale? There’s nothing wrong with working hard and leveraging team accomplishments