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The modern organisation is an inherited collection of practices designed for a world that no longer exists. Its robs people of joy, and destroys productivity. It's time for modern work practices that fit the modern world.

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What Will I Do Today?

The question that is benign, inevitable, and utterly fundamental to the success of the entire organisation

The organisation accepts failure but takes no chances

The simplest possible practice to invite uncertainty into the everyday

Magic Words 🪄

How small changes in language can have big impacts on outcomes

In the Age of AI, high-definition jobs have never been a worse practice 🤖

Joyous work and productivity will come from system of work configuration first, tech second

The organisation has a corrosive addiction to prediction

A simple practice can start the detox

The organisation is like a QWERTY keyboard

Watch now | How anyone can make a small change for massive impact

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Why do people not help me at work? Aren’t we in this together? 🤝

Watch now | Shared identity is often a curse, but you can make it a blessing

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Wisdom is not exclusive to a few, but it is easier to pretend it is

Watch now | An argument for distributing management craft

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It’s time to decouple status & pay from hierarchy

Watch now | An insight for all organisations from one of the most craft-focused groups in the world: the trades.

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Stop the meeting madness! Attack the root causes

Watch now | How freeing managers to serve as guides can delete a giant slab of work-about-work

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