I’m really pleased to be joining the judging panel for the CIPD People Management Awards 2026. One of the genuine benefits of a role like this is seeing work that rarely gets visibility. Organisations doing rigorous, grounded people practice tend not to shout about it. Awards panels are one of the few places where that… Read More Seeing Real Work
LinkedIn keeps changing how posts travel. Every few months I think we have a rough sense of the system, and then something shifts. Posts that should reach people stall, and the posts I almost didn’t publish travel much further. The latest theory doing the rounds is about timing. The old Monday, Wednesday, Friday rhythm may… Read More An experiment
Showing up day after day is tough. The demand is familiar: more, faster, better. AI makes it feel achievable but it probably isn’t, at least not in the way people expect. Speed without diagnosis produces more of the wrong thing, faster. AI amplifies that problem before you notice it. The professionals holding their ground right… Read More Showing up
Employee engagement stats are everywhere right now. Gallup says engaged teams are 23% more productive. while LinkedIn says development opportunities are the #1 driver of engagement. Thirst and Deloitte say clear career paths and reskilling boost it by 37%. L&D takes the hint and builds more personalised paths, more AI‑assisted upskilling, and more micro‑learning to… Read More The wrong target
It was International Women’s Day on Sunday. You’ll have seen thousands of posts on LinkedIn – it was even mentioned at Crufts as “International Ladies Day” – that in itself is telling in how the speaker considers women. The task, as always after IWD, is to do a check-in in 10 days and 10 weeks.… Read More Sweeping up
Lost and Desperate 