Our Journey

Reflections, ideas, and thoughts

People @ The Heart
Rehumanising Organisations Abby Taylor Rehumanising Organisations Abby Taylor

People @ The Heart

You can either structure support systems around people or around professional concerns. Any system not structured around the people it is intended to serve is inevitably going to clash with and exacerbate people’s needs. Our current system is structured around professional concerns…

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Why SMART is actually stupid
Learning Differently Abby Taylor Learning Differently Abby Taylor

Why SMART is actually stupid

I once worked for an organization that had a pretty stringent objective setting process. It was understood that objectives may change as the year progressed. allowed, your manager could recommend you for a bonus. Sounds sensible, right?

The trouble I always found was that life simply didn’t work that way…

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We’re all getting recruitment wrong, but what can we do about it?
Rehumanising Organisations Andy Crosbie Rehumanising Organisations Andy Crosbie

We’re all getting recruitment wrong, but what can we do about it?

We all know what it feels like to be applying for jobs. Writing a job application can take hours, a 3 or 4 stage application process can take up a full day’s worth of hours and can last for weeks. Applying for work is exhausting - it’s demotivating, relentless and thankless right up until the point at which you eventually (hopefully) succeed…

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Do we need to think differently about leadership?
Power Andy Crosbie Power Andy Crosbie

Do we need to think differently about leadership?

85% of employees worldwide are either watching the clock, sleepwalking through their day or they are actively spreading negativity to others. I believe commonplace leadership practices are partly at fault. I believe we need a new and fundamentally different approach to leadership.

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Do we need to stop talking about leadership?
Power Andy Crosbie Power Andy Crosbie

Do we need to stop talking about leadership?

Why are there so many bad leaders? Why are so many of the people who lead organisations neglectful, distracted, disorganised, unfocused, distant, negligent, uncaring, incompetent, or even just plain mean? I’ve worked for a number of different organisations and I’ve been interested in leadership for a long time. With so much known about what makes a good leader, it can be baffling to witness how few examples of good leadership there actually are.

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