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
I was reading an article last week about how the analogue revival in design isn’t really analogue. It’s a digitally fabricated imperfection with texture packs simulating hand-lettering and the aesthetic of human effort, without the effort. The sharpest line in the article: once handmade becomes valuable, it becomes something to mimic. The signal gets mistaken… Read More Faking the human
Next Sunday is International Women’s Day and I’ve been thinking about some data I came across this week. Women are rated higher than men on leadership effectiveness by their bosses, their peers, and their teams. Men rate themselves higher than anyone else rates them. Women rate themselves lower than anyone else rates them. And men… Read More Selection Over Supply
I was reading a story about how a children’s hospice recently improved uptake of an existing staff benefit. It didn’t introduce anything new but simply relaunched a financial coaching service with a timely webinar and honest messaging about financial pressure. Early engagement improved, and the full impact is still being reviewed. There is a clear… Read More Visibility Gap
Lost and Desperate 