Even though you have heard it before, it pays to repeat it: We humans were not meant to live life hunched over our devices. And we certainly were not meant to be conversing with a screen full of tiny faces in tiny cubes as a proxy for face-to-face human [...]
Through COVID-19 lockdown, we saw and felt the desire and benefits of connecting with others. We connected with our families, friends, neighbours, community, and work colleagues. We also felt the global connection with others worldwide who were, like us, navigating their way through a very challenging time. We shared, [...]
Imagine a senior advisor is sitting in a meeting about an upcoming major project. He notices the person leading the project may have missed a pivotal point. The senior advisor recalls the last time he provided feedback and how he was made to look incompetent, so he says nothing [...]
During New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) annual culture survey in 2019, the findings included a request to focus more on people’s wellbeing. Rachel Baxter, NZTE’s Director of People & Capability, had spoken to her team about using the organisation’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) in 2018, and noticed the [...]