The job losses we feared? They’re no longer hypothetical. ✅ Commonwealth Bank in Australia just cut 45 call center jobs – replaced by a chatbot ✅ Atlassian let go of 150 customer service roles – to be replaced by AI ✅ Across the US and Europe, tech firms are shedding thousands ✅ One EA from […]
AI Layoffs Are Here – But Are They the Right Call? Read More »
A real life example of #strategyactivation in action. What the least likely employee in a cheese manufacturing plant in Idaho taught me about human performance. Thanks Laura Staples for another wonderful conversation. Interested in designing or activating your strategy? DM me to see how we can help.
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Last week, we explored how organizations must rethink work in the age of AI. But what about you? If the future of work is blended, your career needs to be too. The rules are changing fast. AI is no longer just for tech teams. It’s in HR, marketing, finance, customer service, consulting — everywhere. That’s not
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🌪 “In the Age of the Polycrisis, the greatest risk is standing still.” Climate. Geopolitics. Supply chains. Tech disruption. AI. Trust erosion. We’re navigating a stack of challenges — and innovation isn’t optional. It’s survival. 💡 Case in point: CTL CommunicationsAt the start of COVID‑19 in early 2020, CTL — a UK-based corporate events company
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This week I’m doing something a bit different — demonstrating Google’s VEO, the new frontier in text-to-video AI. It’s breathtaking. It’s powerful. And it raises serious questions. Because just as we marvel at the creativity and convenience of tools like VEO, we’re also stepping into a world where seeing is no longer believing. 🔍 Enter
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Sometimes the smallest things can make all the difference in unleashing individual pride, performance and productivity. Sometimes the small things are big things and vice versa. Laura Staples gives a real life example of how to motivate even the most jaded employees doing the very mundane work. Interested in designing or activating your strategy? DM
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In the past 12 months, AI has gone from boardroom buzzword to boardroom elephant. And while most leaders recognise that AI will change how we work, few are fully prepared for what that means in practice. The debate has been loud and polarising: The truth? Well that’s somewhere in the middle. We’re entering an era
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What’s a team WOW statement and what 3 types of goals are critically important for all successful individuals. Laura Staples reveals all in this 56 second video. Interested in designing or activating your strategy? DM me to see how we can help.
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We want initiative – but are we too scared to spark it? Almost every client I work with complains that their people aren’t taking ownership, thinking critically, or going above and beyond. And yet… when I step in as a coach or trainer to help build those very traits, I often get pushback from the
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In this final installment of my series examining the concerning resurgence of outdated management practices, I want to tackle an alarming trend identified by Forbes: the return of strict, authoritarian—or as some might say, bullying—leadership. In his March 2025 Forbes article, “Bullying Is Back: How Hard-Line Leadership Is Crushing Morale,” Chris Westfall strongly critiques this
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