by Martyn Lowesmith | Feb 2, 2021 | Community, inclusion of diversity, Organisational Culture, Shorter read, Thoughts & reflections
Diversity, groupthink and box-ticking In the 80’s, I worked as a management consultant for one of the big global firms, consulting on cultural change. Overcoming team challenges was important and diversity was an issue then, as it is now – only it had a...
by Martyn Lowesmith | Aug 12, 2020 | inclusion of diversity, Organisational Culture, Shorter read, Thoughts & reflections
Great Teams: setting minds and souls on fire! I don’t often get to hear Pause for Thought on Radio 2, but I did catch one just before lockdown – it was Reverend Richard Coles, talking about wellbeing. Apparently, religious people enjoy better health than...
by Jen Parkin | Jun 9, 2020 | Community, Life, Longer read, Organisational Culture, Thoughts & reflections
Do you work to live, or live to work? I have always found this distinction intriguing. The common understanding of it is that those who work to live simply endure their job in order to sustain themselves and do their living when they are not at work. Those who live to...