In June, we saw some interesting variations in the responses to the iPPQ. And many of the changes could read as an open letter to management to explain what people are finding hardest at work at the moment, and where they would like some extra support. In the three months up to the end of […]
The tectonic plates are shifting in organizations
One of the first things that really shook me, in more ways than one, was to find myself in the devastating earthquake in Mexico City in 1985. I had always assumed that the ground beneath my feet was solid and would always be so; to walk on, to build on, on which to lay out […]
A personal reflection on the murder of George Floyd
I’m struggling to get my head around the last couple of weeks. Watching that video for 8 seconds is unbearable, never mind for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The murder of George Floyd is creating difficult questions for everyone. I’m not a black man with a white man’s knee on my neck. I hope to […]
The world of work in May 2020, in two words. Proactive coping.
The May iPPQ data is in. The world is in turmoil. The way the world works has been turned on its head. We’re heading for a world recession and tougher times to come. People are suffering physically, emotionally and financially. But amid these depressing conversations come other, alternative conversations of hope. Hope that we can […]
The Positive Psychology of Focaccia
When you can’t take the heat, head for the kitchen. It was one of the very first classes that I took in positive psychology, in the first iteration of the Positive Psychology diploma program at the Universidad IberoAmericana, led by Dr. Margarita Tarragona. And we were asked to think of some of those magical moments […]