We are now quite some time into the big WFH experiment and it’s one we already know succeeded. No one out there, not even the Elon’s and the Jamie’s of the world are trying to claim anything other than the truth - if remote work worked for you and your enterprise at any one point during the...
In yesterday’s article, we tried to once more sound the alarm bell for all those who are tasked with making enterprises succeed when it comes to the levels of engagement of your staff. I do wonder at times if even one person was alarmed. I don’t believe so and that can only mean one thing - we...
“Only 14% of professionals in Europe are engaged at work, a survey shows – compared to 33% in North America and 21% globally” was revealed in a series of articles said this week and I can’t imagine why we are so calm about it! This is immensely bad news! Not only for the lives of the people that...
Are we a team in the business world? All of us? What about “in tech”? Are we trying to solve problems and advance? Are we having a common goal to grow and achieve more? How safe are we to do so? Is there any Psychological Safety at the level of the larger business team context? Probably not and...
One of the most ironic things about the much-needed people work is that it’s hard for everyone to get started and there’s a lot of “human resistance” to doing it. We talk a lot about ways to reduce some of the HumanDebt™and how, on a quest to do so, most enterprises have to overcome immense...
This week we explored command and control further and its relationship with courage. In the midst of this heavy topic, we also posted this interview with the inimitable Bryan Finster so make sure you give that a watch. There are so many absolutely fascinating individuals with their hearts in the...
When you listen to today’s Superhero you can tell why he is being featured - his calm and assured demeanour only serves to further underline the passion he carries. For the work and for the people. Most importantly, the fearlessness. It is his lack of fear that I need us to focus on today. We...
We say this every week - as an organisation that is hoping to be highly competitive in the new world of work, as a company eager to minimise the HumanDebt™ in order to win, what you must do most urgently is to empower your teams with tools and permission and then distribute the human work to the...
“Have a productive day!” was how one of the Severance bosses used to end conversations and their thunderous expression dripping with contempt and cutting tone made it into both an insult and a menace. It’s unimaginable that adults could be treated that way by their employers, right? Purely...
At first, I had thought I would address some of the comments I got on yesterday’s article in today’s one but on second thought I will not. I stand by everything I said. This will cost Elon and it will further cost anyone who thinks he speaks sense. Just watch. The vast majority of the defenders...
Everyone is familiar with the now-famous Elon email asking his employees to physically come back to the office and the reactions to it are many and very interesting. While most people are in shock and rightfully rolled their eyes, there are some defending him. The main argument is that he can...
This week I busied myself with attacking a big topic on the other newsletter: the BS of the NPS measurement and unsurprisingly that didn’t go down well. In particular when it comes to anyone using it for any type of internal measurement be it satisfaction or experience or even performance. I am...