Tracey Camilleri
Designing Better Beginnings
“Who, if I cried out, would hear me amongst the angels?” This is the memorable first line of Rainier Maria Rilke’s exquisite poem...
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Dr. Gavin Weeks
- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
Purposeful leadership at the world cup
What is the difference between ‘having purpose’ and ‘being purposeful’? I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about this recently and the...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Nov 23, 2022
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Kevin Bacon, Facebook and The Social Brain
In the UK, we tend to see a lot of the American actor Kevin Bacon, currently advertising the phone network EE (and previously Orange and...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Sep 27, 2022
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Metis: Leading like Odysseus
When Homer wrote in the 7th Century BC about Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, he used the Greek word ‘metis’ to describe his leadership...
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Dr. Gavin Weeks
- Aug 10, 2022
- 3 min
Purpose by Design
Purpose is, quite rightly, a topic for the times. As we live through a period of economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenge whilst...
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Sam Rockey
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
3 (Inefficient) Steps to Efficiency
As we come back into the busy world after the pandemic, I am bombarded daily with the need to be efficient. Need exercise? Try the...
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Tracey Camilleri
- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
Becoming a more effective Engager and Communicator : Lessons from a Magician
I had a recent catch up with Chris Cox, magician and partner in delivering learning workshops alongside Thompson Harrison. Without...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Apr 20, 2022
- 2 min
Earning the Commute
Why a thriving social infrastructure might be the ticket to getting people back into the office. A couple of years ago, I was asked by...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
Learning from Leaves: Three Lessons for Business from the Giant Waterlily
Giant waterlilies produce the largest floating leaves in nature. They can reach 3 metres across and can carry the weight of a small...
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Sam Rockey
- Feb 28, 2022
- 3 min
Making Coming Back to the Office Together More Effective.
5 Insights Powered by Science…….and Common Sense Last week we had the good fortune of working with a team of fifty people in person. It...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Designing Office Incursions*
We have spent many years designing creative and provocative retreats for senior leaders who needed to step out of the office so they...
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John V Wilshire
- Jan 20, 2022
- 7 min
Making the most of moments that matter
The creation of a commonplace book As perhaps we all have, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting in the last few months about how to make...
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Dr. Gavin Weeks
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
Why the Great Resignation won’t deliver us from Burnout
Prince Harry received his latest polarised media coverage as a result of his suggestion that, should people not be finding joy in their...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Nov 17, 2021
- 7 min
Building Belonging
There is much current discussion about how the pandemic and enforced work from home has irreversibly changed not only habits but...
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Dr. Gavin Weeks
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
Untangling: from intricate confusion to elegant solution
We recently launched a new programme on strategic thinking and action. In the first session we started broad, thinking about how...
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Sam Rockey
- Apr 8, 2021
- 3 min
National Treasures
Having worked with two Japanese companies in the last year, I have become interested in the Japanese way of thinking, how different it is...
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Sam Rockey
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
Unsafely Safe
Driving down to Broad Street in Oxford from the direction of the University Parks takes you to a junction with the King’s Arms pub. Catte...
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Dr. Gavin Weeks
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Emerging from the lockdown - keeping up Vitality Practices
As we start to emerge from the lockdown and life returns to an off centre version of normal, this might be the moment to reengage with...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
The Tyranny of the Linear
“‘We are not points on a line; rather we are the centres of circles’ ” — John Berger Reading John Berger’s late work ‘Confabulations,’ I...
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Tracey Camilleri
- Jan 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Power of Generalists
The sixteenth century British philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon kept a statue of a brass head in his study. As he was so erudite,...
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