Your brain can't tell the difference between social and physical pain
One of my favourite researchers is Matthew Lieberman, Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA.
Strategy and culture must be two parts of one thing
The Royal Commission made it very clear, if it wasn't already, that organisational culture is at the root of most systemic business challenges.
Norm matching - why it seduces us more than we think
I'm about halfway through James Clear's book Atomic Habits. It's one of the best books I've ever read.
You can't recruit your way to a new culture
First let me deal with the folks who know that the most senior roles in an organisation have a disproportionate impact on culture.
Your baby is ugly (and it's ok)
The first time I heard the expression 'your baby is ugly' was during a brief stint working for a boutique consulting firm in the mid 2000s.
Have we crossed the event horizon?
I saw a great presentation a few months ago from someone who had attended Davos, the annual invitation-only think tank in January hosted by the World Economic Forum.
Your brain is not designed for now
Our planet is about 4.5 billion years old. We all know that humans appeared relatively recently in the grand scheme of things but it's sometimes useful to remind ourselves just how recently.
You have to notice before you can choose
Many years ago I came across the FISH! philosophy of organisational culture.
People are not their behaviour
The first time I heard the phrase 'people are not their behaviour' was in a three-day leadership and culture workshop way back in 2001 and I genuinely thought the speaker was nuts.
Culture = The rules of belonging
Organisational culture is one of the most widely discussed and widely misunderstood concepts in business today.
Culture battles kill most acquisitions
You've heard the old saying that culture eats strategy for breakfast. If you doubt that, just look at the countless examples of acquisitions that looked fantastic on paper.
We're all primed to adopt the culture we’re born into
The human brain has been shown to come into the world primed to do certain tasks.