Blue Monday – not the hit single by New Order – but ‘the most depressing day of the year’. Although New Orders infamous song does not actually include the phrase ‘Blue Monday’ and actually has no relation to the third Monday of January, perhaps there are hidden similarities between the song and the day. Throughout…
To be present means to be completely focussed and involved in a certain situation, conversation or experience. It is to relinquish all distractions and immerse oneself in that moment. Presence reveals itself. We believe our story; we convey confidence without arrogance and we communicate harmoniously. True confidence is comforting and arrogance is off-putting, it is…
The whole world is going through a period of transformation and change. The digital and technological transformation started before the pandemic but with remote working restrictions and less social interaction, the demand for technology has risen and continues to rise. As we venture into the 2022 the words ‘new’ and ‘different’ will remain at the…
As we close out the year and say goodbye to 2021, we asked our team for their reflections of the past year. Throughout the last 12 months we were in the unique position of supporting our client community whilst also manifesting significant change ourselves. It has been a turbulent year with the constant need to…
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, running from Saturday 27 November to Sunday 5 December. Across the country, people will be planting thousands of trees to mark the start of the winter tree planting season. But why is it important to celebrate trees? Indeed, trees are vital for our survival as…
The field of organisational learning is unique in the sense that it is very unlikely we will ever reach an endpoint or a halt in development and rethinking. Rather, it is a fluid concept continuously reshaping and moulding to suit individuals as well as groups of learners. The scope for change and development through organisational…
With the world leaders currently holding the COP26 conference in Glasgow it seemed fitting to consider what can be done locally to help limit the acceleration of climate change. Of course, we all know that the significant contribution of carbon emissions comes from the global corporations, but we cannot do much about that. However, what…
Spearheading any successful organisation is a great leader who is followed by an inspired team. However, not one leader is the same and every manager differs in their approach to leadership. In fact, the discussion has not yet ended on what characteristics make the best leaders, or what the most successful leadership style is. There…
As society advances there is more and more emphasis on the individual becoming the best possible version of themselves. No one encapsulates this focus as much as the recent US Open winner Emma Raducanu. Only a few months earlier Raducanu faced numerous critics for withdrawing from Wimbledon when defeat looked imminent. Many took the stance…
It is all well and good describing and explaining what dialogic practice is and how it differs from other models of conversational learning. Naturally then, the next step is how we can put this model into action and transform the culture of an organisation using dialogic practice. What Does Culture Mean? To begin with, culture…
As human beings we innately crave that winning feeling and we significantly enjoy the gratification we take from our assumptions being correct. These general instincts limit our methods of learning as they encourage debate, a narrow and competitive form of discussion that usually ends with a winner and a loser and little in between. The…
It was only a matter of time before the natural progression of the status quo workplace life coincided with the rapid rise of technology and it took the COVID-19 pandemic to act as the catalyst to facilitate change. Almost overnight we were forced into the unknown as suddenly working from home became the norm. Although…
