Visual interpretation of engagement

I was inspired by this short video from Radio 4 in which Terry Gilliam was asked for a visual representation of Radio 4.

It was incredibly simple but portrayed a depth of understanding and feeling that would have taken a huge number of words. Watch this 1 minute video for inspiration and then draw your representation of engagement in your organisation. Ask others in your company to do the same and use it as an opportunity to compare ideas and thoughts. You may be surprised by some of the thinking that comes out. I'd love to hear (or see) what you think.

What’s your bedside manner?

We have been sharing our thoughts on trust over the past couple of weeks. Trust is developed through a belief and reliance on someone – that they are who they say they are and they will do what they say they will do.
On a recent visit to the hospital I was taken aback by the [...]

Read the full article »

Trust and perspective

As this week has unfolded there have been some profound reactions to the forming of the Coalition Government. Those in support, have hailed it as a new dawn; those opposing it suggest it’s doomed for failure. Yesterday, some one suggested to Nicky Campbell on Five Live that it should be law that no one should [...]

Read the full article »

A matter of trust

In a recent posting we shared our thoughts about the benefits of trusting in others. If we do trust, the rewards are significant and the impact of not trusting, unthinkable. At work this could mean cynicism, the here in body not in spirit mentality and at worst destructive behaviours. But last week the matter of [...]

Read the full article »

The push and pull of creating a following

Competitive edge used to be because you had better machines that worked faster, then it was because you had more money to spend on advertising but now the global, competitive marketplace is very different.
This is the third blog in which we have chatted about creating a following. In this short blog we share our thoughts [...]

Read the full article »

Tribes and Cool Britannia

Our reflection on ‘Tribes’ ties in with an interesting report on Newsnight recently. The focus of this report was analysing how we can reclaim our status of ‘Cool Britannia’ and get our industries moving again to flourish as a nation. The report found that there is a trend amongst new businesses. They no longer seek [...]

Read the full article »

Learning through an experience

A 6 year old boy learns that a school sweatshirt can’t fit over a cycling helmet by trying it, not because his mother tells him. A 9 year old girl learns that she will get hurt by her younger brother when she pushes him first. Not because her mother has told her (repeatedly) that it [...]

Read the full article »