Change: A Complex Topic
So much written about it, so many models and approaches, entire businesses set up and created on the back of it. Yet successful change and transformation still proves elusive. And, it’s not as though we can’t adapt and grow through change. Change is, after all, the signature tune of our civilisation. Perhaps it’s not change […]
Regaining the Lost Art of Focused Attention
High quality output requires focus and concentration. Yet many of us are so distracted these days that setting time aside for deep work can seem like an out of reach luxury. Those pings and dings just keep on coming. Even though we know it takes anywhere from 6 to 24-minutes for concentration to return to […]
Which Wolf Wins?
You may have heard this little fabel, however, it never loses its magic: There was an old Indian Chief talking with his young grandson. He explained to his grandson that within the mind there lives two wolves 🐺 and these two wolves are always in constant battle with each other. One wolf only ever focuses […]
Power is in the Micro-actions
There is so much awareness around the importance of wellness and safe space and yet burnout, anxiety and stress are on the increase within our organisations. Something is not working, but what? We run training programmes, we go on development activities, we focus attention at certain times of the year, often with limited impact. Granted, […]
Working the Brainwaves
While it’s not necessary for most of us to study the in’s an out’s of our brain waves, it is helpful to be aware of how certain frequencies can impact performance. Particularly what we can do to support improved performance. Most of us know certain wave frequencies are associated with deep/light sleep (Delta, Theta) and […]
Use Neuroscience to Improve your IC
Understanding just a little bit more about how our brains work can help us to deal with – and communicate – change more effectively. Deborah Hulme, Director of our partners Minerva Inspires, chats to our Head of Insight Paul Jones about how 15 years of neuroscience study have shaped her approach to employee engagement and […]
Brain Friendly Change – Podcast with Apella
This week, we welcome Deborah Hulme from Minerva Inspires to the Little Questions Podcast to discuss organisational and cultural change in business. Communicators are often asked to play a prominent role in supporting organisational change programmes but, as many of us know, they can be complex and fiendishly difficult to get right. Two thirds of transformation projects fail, taking longer and costing more […]
