Dec 31, 2018
Women often choose to take career breaks to take care of their children or other relatives, such as ageing parents. Some men are gradually joining them, too. And, sadly, what they quickly find out is that it’s really difficult to get reintroduced to the workplace after taking a break.
Lisa Unwin discovered that...
Dec 17, 2018
Every tenth episode of CultureLab, we look back at the previous 9 episodes and pick the ‘best bits’: the tips and stories that help us demystify organisational and team culture to make it more accessible and less overwhelming in its complexity.
The Best Bits episode is also an opportunity to zoom out and see the big...
Dec 3, 2018
Our guest, Ayse Birsel, learned that, contrary to what a lot of us believe, ordinary people can be extraordinarily creative - provided that they are given the right tools and use the right processes.
We can use this creativity in all sorts of unique pursuits, including reimagining and reinventing our teams, our cultures...
Nov 19, 2018
In this episode, Dave Ulrich - the father of modern HR - talks about the ideas with the most impact that he encountered in his 40-year career as a management thinker and consultant.
Not surprisingly, he considers the shift of focus - from individual talent to culture - to be one of the most game-changing ideas in HR in...
Nov 5, 2018
When people think about the key attributes of a successful company culture, kindness doesn’t always make it to the top of the list. In fact, it often doesn’t make the list at all.
And yet, when you think of how kindness could potentially express itself through people’s daily actions at work, you’ll easily come...