One of my favourite thinkers is Yuval Noah Harari, author of the seminal work Sapiens – highly recommended if you’re interested in the human condition.

There are lots of important dimensions of culture, but few have such a profound impact as candour – the extent to which people say what they really think.

Concepts such as ‘collaboration’ can have such an innately positive connotation that increasing them can appear to be an obvious goal.

The degree of autonomy that makes sense for any given team at any given time will be different depending on the context.

Think back to the last time you tried a new approach at work, and it wasn’t successful. Did your boss and colleagues criticise you?

Humans want to belong. In fact, humans want to belong so strongly that they will do almost anything to ensure they do.

The human brain is a threat detection, pattern recognition machine. Its main job is to continually scan your environment for any threat of physical or social pain, and help you avoid situations that put you at risk of either.

I recently heard that phrase from a colleague. Turns out it’s the name of a self-help book designed to guide individuals through a personal crisis, but it’s also the perfect way for organisations to think about Covid-19.

Micro-management isn’t new, it’s been a challenge for employees forever. But in this age of remote working, we’re seeing a rise in the stress levels of our boss, our colleagues and ourselves.

One of my favourite researchers is Mathew Lieberman, Professor at UCLA's Department of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and also Director of their Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab.

We humans are the ultimate social animals. So much so that lack of belonging (or loneliness) increases our chances of dying earlier. By 45%. That's a lot.

Here are ten ways you can make yours better