Leadership Diversity

Leadership Diversity

Listen to the rants of some right-wing individuals and you may hear the word ‘woke’ crop up. Is our society too ‘woke’? What does that even mean?  Society continually evolves. And, as a result, some things that may have been acceptable decades ago are—quite rightly—no...
Cost of Living Crisis

Cost of Living Crisis

Just when you think you’ve got over a global pandemic, another crisis comes in its wake, i.e. the current cost-of-living challenges practically every single one of us is facing. In a recent survey of over 1,000 leaders and managers, almost three-quarters told of the...
Can You Reprogram Your Reaction To Stress?

Can You Reprogram Your Reaction To Stress?

For years, we’ve been led to believe that stress is the enemy. Not only does excessive stress equal mental pain, but it can also affect our physiology—and lead to grey hairs, sleep problems, sore muscles, headaches and high blood pressure, for example. Individual...
Act Quickly Act Decisively

Act Quickly Act Decisively

Successful, effective and cohesive teams don’t appear by luck—they’re formed through great leadership and a healthy, happy workplace culture. In life, most of us get to choose our partners, with whom we opt to share our lives; to have a family with, perhaps. I’m not...
Great to be back

Great to be back

This week we have been hosting the Mental Wellbeing Zone at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham, UK. The Jigsaw Discovery HQ team was joined on the stand by Jigsaw Licensee and Mental Health facilitator Anne-Marie Gawen of Unlock...
Top 100 Learning Tools in 2022

Top 100 Learning Tools in 2022

Details of the top 100 tools for learning in 2022 have been published following the 16th Annual survey. Interestingly the survey highlighted that 2022 has been a year of consolidation with organisations reverting to their trusted favourite platforms, some of which had...
UK National Mourning and Bank Holiday

UK National Mourning and Bank Holiday

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of her Majesty The Queen. For over seventy years she had dedicated her life to serving the people of her country and the Commonwealth and has been the one constant in our lives, the person we could turn to for a steadying...
Quiet Quitters : Taking Back Control

Quiet Quitters : Taking Back Control

In a previous blog, I wrote about changes to the nation’s workplaces, and the priorities today’s employees might consider that wouldn’t have necessarily been seen as an issue for previous generations. On a similar note, I have read a couple of articles recently on the...