It is 3am. A man in his forties is awake again. He has not slept properly for a fortnight. He is short with his team, drinking a little more than he used to, and has stopped returning calls from his oldest friend. He has noticed none of this. His employer has an EAP. He will not be calling them
For decades, we have structured work around jobs; focusing heavily on job titles, job descriptions, job architectures, and career pathways to impose structure. It has been a convenient abstraction, but it is increasingly disconnected from reality
Employee wellbeing is still too often discussed as a leadership issue – focused on tone, visibility and empathy – rather than as a management issue shaped by workload, prioritisation and pace. Our data shows that this distinction matters
Everyone loves honesty, and every says honesty matters
There is a widespread belief that Gen Z is somehow ill-equipped for the modern workplace: unambitious, disengaged, unwilling to put in the hours. It’s an easy headline, but it is the wrong conclusion to draw
Most L&D teams have no shortage of content, platforms, or good intent — but AI is exposing just how fragile that “course-first” model really is
