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
Tolerating bad behaviour can (badly) shape your company culture Let’s be honest: In most companies, culture isn’t coconut water on tap or motivational frames featuring impressive mountains and less impressive cliches. Culture is the unspoken codes; the behaviours that are either
UGRs – ‘Unwritten Ground Rules’ – are a unique way of thinking about and managing an organisation’s culture. They inflict a great deal of pressure in terms of how people should behave. But how do they start? Much of the discussion
We’ve recently come across a concept that has inherent appeal – the ‘Spiral of Silence’. Developed by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, founder and director of the Allensbach Institute (Germany’s version of the Gallup Poll) the argument is that public opinion is a