The work I do at the Centre for Workplace Leadership involves thinking about a range of issues that relate to work. Flexibility has been one, with the Making Flexibility Work project and the preparations for the Future of Work conference. I’ve also been quite taken by Cal Newport’s concept of “Deep Work“, which invites us to consider that not all workContinue reading “A different take on flexibility”
Category Archives: Organisations
Deep v shallow work
I was recently asked to be one of the guest lecturers for a new undergraduate subject at the University of Melbourne, the Future of Work. I will be leading the sessions on new forms of work and innovation & entrepreneurship. As a result, I’ve been diving even more deeply into writing about the future of workContinue reading “Deep v shallow work”
Is Whiplash a film about organisational culture?
I wrote this article for the Centre for Workplace Leadership in 2015. I got very excited when their Tweet was liked by someone that had been in the film! NB: This article discusses elements of the film. If you haven’t watched it, you might want to look away now. And go and find it, it’sContinue reading “Is Whiplash a film about organisational culture?”
Why networks matter in HR
I’m currently in Europe, visiting my family and friends for the first time since I moved to Australia, which is why it has all gone a bit quiet. While I’ve been away, I got the results back for my Masters Special Project, a 10,000 word piece of research and the final piece in my MastersContinue reading “Why networks matter in HR”
The Future of Work
I had an absolute blast at the Centre for Workplace Leadership’s Future of Work conference over the last two days, and in a way I’m not sure where to start and what to write about. I think the various ideas will be swirling around in my head of a while, from the power of values described by LisaContinue reading “The Future of Work”
FlexThink – a workshop
I ran a workshop today via Peer Academy on How to Tackle Rigid Thinking. I’ve written on this topic previously on LinkedIn, but this was the first time I had run a workshop. The process of designing the workshop was incredibly useful in creating a framework for identifying, analysing and tackling rigid/inflexible thinking in the workplace, as wellContinue reading “FlexThink – a workshop”
Headless chicken
It’s been a bit of a bonko day today, with me running around like the proverbial headless chicken. Tuesday is planning day, when we have our regular team meeting, so I spent the morning trying to work out what would be happening in the next week or so, which Commissioners are coming to town andContinue reading “Headless chicken”
Having to be all grown up…
One of the “head” reasons I had for taking this job in London (rather than the “heart” ones that went: want to live in London! Want to show the UK why the EU is a pretty good thing on the whole!) was that it would give me management experience. The Commission as an institution isn’tContinue reading “Having to be all grown up…”