For ages I nursed the idea that to be creative one had to have some innate talent that sprang fully formed, fully realised from some mysterious place within. All that that notion served to do was keep me from expressing myself as a creative being. Over the years I came to understand that while creativity […]
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Walking the talk: IPNLF’s values influence culture & performance
Have you ever experienced the default culture of an organisation? This is an operating environment that evolves from “the way we do things around here”: how people talk to one another; which actions and outcomes are recognised and rewarded; whether enacted policies and structures limit or enable people to unleash their potential at work; and […]
Initiatives to close the corporate gender gap gaining attention and momentum
EDGE Certified Foundation created the EDGE Standard. The standard measures a company’s commitment to and progress on closing the gender gap in the workplace. Based on the idea that “what gets measured, gets done”, the EDGE standard focuses on assessing key drivers of change and metrics that enable analysis of the gender mix in a […]
Where the wild things are
I spent time in 2015-16 travelling to Portland, Oregon to help a passionate and courageous group of people strategise about how they were going to bring their new organisation into being. The result is Ocean Outcomes: an organisation dedicated to helping communities and the seafood industry improve the sustainability of wild fisheries. Not only are wild fisheries […]
Helping women make shift happen in the global south
I was pleased as punch to be elected to the Board of Directors for WOCAN. Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) is a global non-profit organisation working out of San Francisco and is dedicated to making demonstrable, measurable change in women’s lives. It is a globally networked organisation that focuses […]
What does it take to be happy at work?
Insights and lessons learned from Corporate Rebels Pim and Joost at my alma mater Roffey Park Institute – in my Guest Blog spot I pop the pin of my own assumptions and ask my inner nitwit to stop sharing in the echo chamber of my own mind. If you care to read about these insights, click here and […]