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Turning repetitive tasks into raw materials for light, fun competition works for training, testing, awareness, problem solving and performance at work. It increases our engagement, builds teams and has the capacity to make these tasks more enjoyable. A few easy ways...
“Purpose” is a co-production of everyone in the organisation; fluid, organic and constantly needs adjustment. How do you know your purpose fits all? The answer is invisible diversity, celebrating the different thinkers among us, and making the creation of purpose an...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Early July, 2022 Despite the gains workers have made through the Covid pandemic – increased flexibility, better conditions – the result has been higher workloads for everyone. With all the people leaving the...
Employee Engagement Fiona Passantino, Early June, 2022 One of the best restaurants in the Netherlands some years ago used to issue every table with a small plastic cow. People would be seated and the waiters left the room. No drinks, amuses or bread were served....
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Early May, 2022 The vacation that nearly wasn’t… When the pressure is on, many people can only deal with high workload by working from home, away from distractions and spontaneous, new projects. In early...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Late April, 2022 A Case Study April 2022. As case numbers dwindle down and mask mandates are removed, distance orders relaxed and days in quarantine no longer a “thing”, it was time to start trickling back in to the...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Early April, 2022 The experiment Way back when Covid was sweeping through our lives for the first time, we had no idea what to expect. We were sent home in large numbers, teams pulled apart and projects implemented in a...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Late March 2022 What’s a “Workation”? It was bound to happen: the Workation. Even during peak Covid, travel was still possible. Most companies have extended work-at-home measures and the urge to get away from home,...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Early March 2022 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi first described what’s known as a state of “flow” in 1990, as a particular state of consciousness where we feel and perform our best; completely immersed in an activity. Ego,...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, Late February 2022 As we come out of lockdown and enter the Post-Covid period in our history, listening to what we need is more important than ever. Good listening campaigns are based on many levels: the “Listen and...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, February 2022 Beyond Succession Planning In any organization, people come and go. Even the best companies have employee churn, and until now, no algorithm has been invented that can successfully predict who will leave...
Post-covid employee engagement Fiona Passantino, late January 2022 The Many-headed “Hybrid” Hydra We’ve gone back and forth for months now. How do we go back to work “when all this is over”? Do we mandate a full physical return? Do we go fully remote? Adopt a...
