How do you change a company's culture when that company is Tesco, one of the largest organisations in the country?

That's the challenge that Darren Ashby and Atif Sheikh faced at their organisation BusinessFourZero.

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I've long enjoyed Isabel Berwick's brilliant writing and podcasts about work.

Delighted to pick her brains about what will happen next with our jobs.

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A survey by Gartner found that top talent is the first to leave when firms turn up the heat on the Return to the Office.

Top talent is twice as likely to think about leaving if firms ask for more office time. (Women employees also see a big increase).

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Why are some firms ditching talk of “employee engagement” in favour of hiring heads of Employee Experience? 

I chatted to two of the leading thought leaders in the space: emma bridger and Melanie Wheeler at Sutherland.

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Lots of workplace culture news:
- inside the chaos at Google and F1
- the number 1 way to build psychological safety
- how to get your boss to read your emails
… and much more

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Lots of workplace culture news:
- inside the chaos at Google and F1
- the number 1 way to build psychological safety
- how to get your boss to read your emails
… and much more

makeworkbetter.info/p/inside-the-c…

Do you want to be hugged, helped or heard?

A powerful conversation with Charles Duhigg about upgrading our communication skills.

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I loved this definition of culture by Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou: 'culture is people' - start by getting the right people on the bus.

This clip and much more was in my weekly email on workplace culture.

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Someone got in touch with me and said 'thank you for telling me about filing a Data Subject Access request - it means I'm seeing all my bosses' emails about me in a dispute I have'.

Yes. If you're having problems at work this is essential knowledge...

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The boss of SAP is the latest supremo to say the firm can't function without being in the office.

Maybe he's right. Maybe the cost of being a bureaucracy is that office time is a prerequisite. New post...

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Do bonuses actually drive the results we intend them to?

We chatted to Uri Gneezy about the intended and unintended consequences of workplace incentives and rewards.

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New podcast: I’m joined by Ellen C Scott and Matt Cook as we talk all things workplace culture.

Including:
- bad news for wellness programs
- 8am gymclassgate
- chronoworking
- we’re not going out after work anymore

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Just a reminder that Teams, Slack & Google Chat are not private.

There's been a growing trend of people sharing what their company knew about them and their conversations on company chat.

The old maxim: 'don't say on chat what you wouldn't feel comfortable seeing in the news'.

Can focussing on organisational culture improve the results of a challenged NHS trust?

I went into BHRUT NHS 🏥 to talk to CEO Matthew Trainer to find out.

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In Britain 82% of new managers don't receive any training as they ascend to the role.

Half of the workers who don't rate their manager say they are looking for a new job.

I chatted to Anthony Painter from CMI on a new podcast episode.

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