Behaviour Matters, The Jigsaw Discovery Blog
Behaviour Matters is here for anyone with an interest in behaviour, and the link between self-awareness, wellness, and performance. Our blogs discuss current challenges and educate the audience with research findings, thought leadership, alternative perspectives.
Change Management
How Behavioural Preferences Shape Responses to Change
Change management often focuses on processes, strategies, and timelines, but one of the most critical factors in navigating change successfully is understanding how individuals respond to it. Each person’s reaction to change is heavily influenced by their behavioural...
Communication
Is your team tired?
Over the past year, one question has presented itself frequently as I sit with leadership teams or facilitate workshops inside organisations. What exactly is making people tired at work? Not physically tired in the sense of long hours; this is a quieter fatigue that...
Effective Teamwork
The Work Doesn’t End When the Workshop Does
Most organisations treat team development like a vaccination. You do it once, you’re covered, and you move on. The team goes through the programme The workshop ends, the feedback forms come back glowing, and the L&D manager files the project under...
Hybrid Working
Addressing Communication Imbalance
When hybrid work first became the norm, many organisations felt confident they’d found the perfect balance between flexibility and productivity. Employees could structure their working day more naturally, office footfall could be managed more efficiently, and the...
Leadership
An Anxious Generation or a Mismatched System? Re-engineering the Workplace for Young Talent
The landscape of youth employment in the United Kingdom has reached a critical, historic turning point. Alan Milburn’s landmark diagnostic report, Young People and Work, published in May 2026, reveals a stark truth that can no longer be ignored by corporate boards or...
Personal Development
Human Skills for a Brave New World
Artificial intelligence is redefining the way we work at a speed few of us anticipated. New tools appear almost daily, automating tasks that once relied on our attention, analysis, or decision-making. It’s no wonder so many people find themselves asking: What does...
Customer Service & Selling
Why AI will never completely take over UK workplaces
Just in the last twelve months, AI has made incredible strides. From automating mundane tasks to providing sophisticated analytics, AI’s contributions cannot be understated. However, a fundamental truth remains amidst this technological revolution: AI will never...
Wellbeing and Resilience
When Your Job Swallows Your Identity: The Rise of Corporate Enmeshment
A couple of months ago, I wrote about the typical work/life balance of teams today, and how it differs from that of generations past. In that article, I spoke about team members enforcing boundaries from opposite ends of the spectrum—those who successfully...
You Ask We Answer
What Makes The Jigsaw Discovery Learning Experience So Sticky?
One of the reasons why the learning is so sticky is: Curiosity The curiosity of the learners, as the session begins, there is a mixture of excitement, nervousness, resentment for having to attend and an attitude of “go on then impress me!” But when the...