Field notes from the lab.
Written by the team that delivers the work. Workplace training, Corporate Theatre, RolePlay, the Positive Duty era, psychosocial hazards, and how we co-develop sensitive content with specialist partners.
Dump "How Are You?" Now
The autopilot greeting hitting every café line, zoom call and lift encounter. Nobody answers it honestly. Here is what to ask instead.
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Three Pathways to Becoming an Upstander
Call it. Report it. Be a support. The three pathways for standing up to inappropriate workplace behaviour - and the courage each one takes.
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But
The three-letter word wreaking havoc wherever it's used. Why every piece of feedback you sandwich around a 'but' lands flat - and the move that actually works.
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What If She Was Your Daughter
The well-intentioned question that frames women in relation to others - and the questions that actually shift workplace behaviour around gender equity.
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To Be Honest
The problem with prefaces. Why 'to be honest' lands as either a warning shot or a verbal tic - and the language that actually signals openness.
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Let's Just Have a Chat
How to set the right tone for difficult conversations. Why 'chat' is the wrong word for the moment - and what to say instead.
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