Resources & Thinking
Exploring the behavioural dynamics that shape how people work together.
A real-world experiment with AI coaching delivered 900 hours of time savings and reached 1,600 managers. Not because it was better — but because it was used. Here's what L&D needs to pay attention to.
Read more →A broken foot, a stress fracture, and losing my Poppa to dementia. Running the London Marathon was never just about the race. It was about what it means to keep going when the reasons to stop are very real.
Read more →Someone is technically brilliant, delivers consistently, and is recognised as one of the best in their field. So naturally, they get promoted. And that's where things sometimes start to unravel. Here's what Formula 1 can teach us about a common mistake organisations make.
Read more →Michael Scott is cringe, chaotic and almost always inappropriate. And yet the Scranton branch consistently performs. What does that tell us about what leadership actually requires?
Read more →AI can process information faster than any human. But it cannot replicate the qualities that shape how people work together. The more advanced our tools become, the more valuable human skills become.
Read more →Organisations spend billions on leadership training every year. Six months later, very little has changed. This isn't because leadership development is ineffective — it's because most training isn't aligned with how behaviour actually changes.
Read more →Number of workshops. Attendance rates. Feedback scores. These are easy to track. But they don't answer the question that really matters: did anything actually change? Here's how high-impact L&D functions think differently.
Read more →Not all leadership development is equal. Not all facilitators are interchangeable. If you're in HR or People Development, here are five things that separate a partner who creates lasting change from one who delivers a good day out.
Read more →Most L&D requests start with a proposed solution. The best development partners know that the real challenge is often deeper than the request — and they take time to find out what it actually is.
Read more →Culture change is one of the most common leadership ambitions. But when the conversation turns to measurement, things get murky. Here's how to make culture legible — by focusing on behaviour rather than feeling.
Read more →Poor communication in senior teams rarely looks dramatic. It looks like meetings that feel polite but unresolved, decisions revisited three times, and alignment that sounds good externally but feels fragile internally. And it's expensive.
Read more →When Google studied what makes teams effective, the answer surprised many leaders. It wasn't intelligence, seniority or technical skill. It was psychological safety. Here's what that actually means — and why it drives performance.
Read more →Gallup research suggests around half of employees who resign do so to get away from their manager, not the role. But it isn't always bad leadership. Often, it's simply difference — and there's more you can do about that than you might think.
Read more →AI can summarise reports, draft emails and generate strategies. But there's one leadership skill technology can't develop for you — and in an increasingly automated world, it may be the most valuable advantage you can have.
Read more →Your twenties are a great time to run marathons and travel the world. But the skills that shape your career and relationships often get overlooked. Here's why personal development is the most important investment you can make.
Read more →For every £1 invested in Insights Discovery, organisations see an average return of £15.52. Here's where that return actually comes from.
Read more →A closer look at the four Insights Discovery colour energies — and the practical differences they make in everyday workplace interactions.
Read more →MBTI, DISC and Insights Discovery all aim to help teams understand behaviour. But there are real differences in how they work — and which one actually changes how teams communicate day to day.
Read more →Matthew, founder of Adapt & Connect, shares the moment his Insights Discovery profile changed how he understood himself — and how it shaped the work he does today.
Read more →If you've ever worked in a team, you'll know this simple truth — people are different. Insights Discovery was designed to help teams understand those differences and use them as a strength.
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