All employers are in the extraction business, not just those in the ‘resources’ industry. The resource all employers mine is their people – specifically their ideas, energy and time – ‘just’ the most personal and precious of our resources which define us as human beings. Some workplaces have a culture where this mining is doneContinue reading “Australia’s Productivity Roundtable: Putting health and wellbeing first”
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Applying The Unity Bell For Cohesion and Productivity
In “The Unity Bell” I discussed how the forced grading of employees’ work performance into a normal distribution bell curve to reward and punish the few deemed by their managers at either end of the distribution is well known to demoralise the majority thereby worsening productivity instead of improving it. Moreover, I stated that aContinue reading “Applying The Unity Bell For Cohesion and Productivity”
Alter Edgo and His Bloody Woke Kid: Series 1
Series 1 of “Alter Edgo and His Bloody Woke Kid” was filmed and produced August to September 2023 in the shadow of the looming Australian referendum on a constitutional Voice for First Nations peoples. Eleven episodes (released weekly) and 3 specials – including 2 post-season ‘backgrounders’ – were produced, with the final special released 14Continue reading “Alter Edgo and His Bloody Woke Kid: Series 1”
Families And Work
I am always up for a real talk – whether it be ‘gritty’ or ‘feel good’. And I think it is wonderful you shared your depth of emotion, Georgie Dent, in this post – I appreciated it greatly. I also wish to express gratitude for you working so hard to gain progress for families whichContinue reading “Families And Work”
To Reset To a Compassion Culture A New Global Formal Greeting Is Necessary
In organisational and formal social culture, nothing speaks more to an imperialist white-supremecist patriarchal system based on domination than the handshake. There is so much social expectation and perception associated with the handshake. Virtuallly every person living in a western nation has had the feeling of having their hand twisted into a more passive positionContinue reading “To Reset To a Compassion Culture A New Global Formal Greeting Is Necessary”
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