Are workplaces fit for humans?
Last week I was talking with ‘Kimmy’ (not her real name). She was telling me about her intense frustration with work. When I say ‘intense frustrations’ I mean the ‘hair pulling’ type – and it [...]
A case study on working from the heart and building a heart-centered organisation
This is my story about following my heart and the magic that happened in the workplace when I started working from the heart. In 2009, after much soul searching and in a desperate attempt to find [...]
What drives your organisation’s culture?
I recently accompanied a client on a site visit to Flight Centre’s new Brisbane headquarters. What an impressive office! The building is ultra-modern with lots of open space, travel-themed [...]
How to fly your team like a 747
The term ‘human factors’ has been in the aviation lexicon since the 1970s to describe the ‘non-technical’ skills required to operate an aircraft safely in a team-based environment. These [...]
Leading from the heart
Just over 12 months ago, we (Jennifer West and Graham Miller, founders of Humans Being At Work) worked with a large public sector organisation which, for some time, had been operating under a [...]
What makes a heart-based leader?
Last night I typed ‘leadership’ into Google and guess how many items were displayed? 640,000,000! Yes that’s right 640,000,000! It seems leadership is a much analysed topic. It is also quite [...]
