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Everyday Halloween at work?
🎃👻🧟♀️🧟♂️🐈⬛🍬🍫 It's Halloween! Not a massive holiday in NZ - but massive for kids, uni students and adults alike in America. I...
Kristen Gyorgak
Oct 31, 2022


How to use (and not use) self-assessments
Any of these look familiar? If you're reading this, chances are at some point you've completed a self-assessment at work. There are a...
Kristen Gyorgak
Oct 26, 2022


Is ageism the dumbest bias of all?
This is part of our series on biases in the workplace. A full list of bias blog posts can be found here This week, I'm leading our...
Kristen Gyorgak
Sep 28, 2022


Don't underestimate your strengths
I've facilitated numerous strengths workshops over the years, but one key strengths idea struck me at the last one. I told a story about...

Hilary Bryan
Sep 27, 2022


How are you spending your time?
Time was a connecting theme between two books I've read recently: one focused on simplicity; one on remote workplace culture. Both...
Dinah Vincent
Sep 15, 2022


Breaking the ice: Online and in person
Remember the olden days? When meetings and professional development were in person, and you broke the ice by introducing the person next...
Dinah Vincent
Sep 1, 2022


The loud noise behind 'quiet quitting'
I heard the phrase 'quiet quitting' for the first time this week. Like many new trends, the phrase went viral after being shared on...
Kristen Gyorgak
Aug 31, 2022


Biases are shortcuts to solve four brain problems
This is part of our series on biases in the workplace. A full list of bias blogs can be found here: If you're biased and you know it...
Kristen Gyorgak
Aug 1, 2022


The humour effect: Be funny or else
This is part of our series on biases in the workplace. A full list of bias blog posts can be found here: If you're biased and you know...
Kristen Gyorgak
Jul 13, 2022


A master-class in collaboration
How do you get people to collaborate effectively? I saw one way of doing it last weekend. Three of the factors that helped collaboration...
Dinah Vincent
Jul 8, 2022


OH F*CK! and other F-word threat responses
When something bad happens to me, a verbal or nonverbal string of 'OH-F*CK's is usually my immediate go to. Maybe you're the same. Or...
Kristen Gyorgak
Jun 21, 2022


Build better habits
Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits...You get what you repeat. (p.18) That quote has been replaying in my head since...
Kristen Gyorgak
May 31, 2022


Build hope at work
A good rule of thumb: If it was said in Shawshank Redemption, it's worth listening to. "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of the...
Kristen Gyorgak
May 17, 2022


3 work lessons from a kids book
One of my best friends recently recommended a book she thought Aunt Kristen (my favourite identity) might be interested in: What are...
Kristen Gyorgak
Apr 25, 2022


Disordered thinking? Or diverse thinking?
This is part of our series on biases in the workplace. A full list of bias blog posts can be found at the bottom of this blog or here: If...
Dinah Vincent
Apr 14, 2022
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