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Are you being productive – or kidding yourself?

By Simon Bird / September 22, 2021 /

A few months ago I wrote about hybrid working, and how organisations had better be getting ready. Time has moved on, and I wanted to share…

By Simon Bird / August 29, 2021 /

The Unintended Consequences of your Stiff Upper Lip For any of us who support people, listen to them, encourage them and help them develop, it…

By Simon Bird / June 14, 2021 /

It’s Pride Month. I’ve not told this story before – so… I came out when I was 14 – well, I got found out really.…

By Simon Bird / May 21, 2021 /

I posted this month about ‘languishing’ – or a feeling of ‘blah’. An article in the NY Times had described what it called, ‘the middle…

By Simon Bird / April 6, 2021 /

So, the debate about hybrid working is now well and truly ON. By which I mean that conversation in organisations which accepts that for many,…

By Simon Bird / March 8, 2021 /

Our word, resilience, come from the Latin verb for “to leap back”. This sounds familiar – and when you ask people to talk about how…

By Simon Bird / February 16, 2021 /

“Your brain is wired for threat – it’s always on, always scanning and so it’s hardly surprising that you’re on edge.” My memory will almost…

By Simon Bird / January 8, 2021 /

It’s January 2021. You might be one of the millions looking in the mirror promising yourself you’ll work harder in the gym. Except you can’t…

By Simon Bird / December 14, 2020 /

It is March 2020. I am having breakfast in a Glasgow hotel with a colleague. We are three days into a four-day stint of delivering…

By Simon Bird / November 28, 2020 /

Everyone’s talking about purpose. I talk about purpose a lot – usually with teams and individuals. But not so much about my purpose. But the…