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Insights are where we explore the latest learnings from the fields of organisational, leadership, and neuroscience studies and what they mean for leaders today. Get curious and come explore “next practice” with us.

The Power of Shared Language

Have you ever had a cryptic conversation with a close friend? The kind where you only need a few keywords and phrases for them to understand you? The kind that anyone else you know would have trouble deciphering? That quick…

Gretel Bakker & Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Culture, Innovation, Insights, Leadership, Learning and Development, Storytelling, Teams

Reading Between the Lines | Ask vs. Guess Culture at Work

Are you a Guesser or an Asker? It’s still a conversation topic over a decade after the question was first posed back in 2007 by writer, Andrea Donderi. Since then, this somewhat polarising cultural observation has found some legitimising status…

Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Culture, Insights, Leadership, Learning and Development, Teams

How to Make a Success of Succession Planning

During the pandemic, some leaders have found themselves in situations that have seen their teams depleted of people to perform important roles, due to the impact of lockdowns or other Covid related events. This kind of global disruption is a timely reminder of the importance of understanding the critical nodes within our workflow and of constantly building resilience into our whole system through methods such as succession planning.

Gretel Bakker & Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Insights, Leadership, Strategy

Change is not Transition

In our work life, we are experiencing a high rate of change as we adjust to the fluctuations in the business landscape. The stress of constantly having to adapt can be exhausting and sometimes frustrating. If you’re feeling those symptoms,…

Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Culture, Insights, Leadership, Learning and Development, Teams

Being Agile | Closing the Gap Between Methodology and Mindset

Agile is one of the most revolutionary business models in the last twenty years. It is liberating organisations from vertical, siloed leadership, and fixed mindsets, and freeing them to be more innovative and adaptive. In 2020, it was calculated that…

Dr. Chris Rowell & Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Innovation, Insights, Leadership, Strategy

Belonging – the power of inclusivity

Research tells us that a sense of belonging is the key ingredient in maintaining a relatively stable workplace. Find out why it’s so important, and how we nurture a “belonging” environment that prioritises inclusivity… Now that the training wheels are off…

Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Culture, Insights, Leadership, Teams

The Dance of Partnering

In this article, we learn the “dance” of business partnering: joining and differentiating

Gretel Bakker
Insights, Leadership, Partnering, Teams

Learning From Living Systems

There is much wisdom to be found in the natural systems that surround us. Here are 4 Leadership Lessons captured in a brilliant living document, courtesy of the DAC lab.

Gretel Bakker & Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Culture, Insights, Leadership