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Reflections
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Stories spring up like mushrooms
The invisible web of relationships, symbols, and daily rituals are what sustain the ethical ecosystem of an organisation’s culture – whether that’s in a positive or a negative way. And stories spring up like…
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How do you communicate values in your organisation?
I am delighted to have been awarded a research grant by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) to look into how organisations use internal communications to support ethical values and employee behaviour. How…
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The Empathy Advantage
Research suggests that empathy can be a key ingredient for successful organisations.
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Resilience is an Ethical Issue
Resilience is a business ethics issue for organisations; not a personality problem with individuals. Living our values is an essential ingredient for resilience in the face of the global challenges which are coming thick…
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You’ve got a friend
I may be a bit late for valentine’s day, but it inspired me to think about how relationships are a central element to feeling good and functioning well at work – the core definition…
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Drawing your Circle of Control
So far for 2026, my resolution not to doom scroll has not been going too well. If, like me, you have trouble keeping things in balance, I recommend taking some time out to take…
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Glimmers of gratitude
It can feel darkest before the dawn. This rhythm in nature mirrors how it feels in organisations right now. Gratitude doesn’t make problems and threats disappear. But practicing gratitude helps us to nurture work…
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Listening is the loudest form of kindness
This World Kindness Day I was invited to talk at Kindness Unites about how listening is critical to kindness, and how poetry can help us develop our empathy. It is only through empathy that…
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This is water
We all think we’re ethical, just as we all think we have a good sense of humour. But I can’t stand Ricky Gervais, yet Greg Davies makes me laugh until I hyper-ventilate. Just like…
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