The Compass not the Captain – Data Informed Vs Data Driven

It seems that more and more organisations are seeking to be ‘data driven’. This started many years ago now with a small cohort of companies, however it really does seem to be included somewhere in the charter or strategy of almost every company we encounter. And it is something that puzzles me to be honest. […]

Bring Back Business Management

A large number businesses and organisations are facing a problem I am seeing across the country. They have people in senior positions who are technically brilliant or inspiring leaders, but struggle to gain both employee engagement and business outcomes. Before people bang their coffee cup down or click the page, having people who have excelled […]

Fact and Fiction: Understanding Perception

The Employee Engagement Survey has long been used to varying levels of success. This is largely down to 2 elements: 1. How well the data analysts turn perception based data into insightful strategic action. 2. How quickly and relevantly the organisation follows up the survey with some form of action. In all honesty, the act […]

An Attitude of Gratitude

We are passionate about creating more humanistic working environments for all, so that we may experience work as a rich part of our lives, not something we need to seek to balance. As such we have decided to provide some tips on how to get funding for these projects approved. As you may by now […]

The Peak of Loneliness

Have you ever seen a study that shows a massive upward curve evidencing the vast improvement seen in the study, only then to notice that the scale on one of the axes is not quite right? If the axes were in the appropriate unit of measure the study would actually show a minor or negligible […]

How to misinterpret data

Have you ever seen a study that shows a massive upward curve evidencing the vast improvement seen in the study, only then to notice that the scale on one of the axes is not quite right? If the axes were in the appropriate unit of measure the study would actually show a minor or negligible […]