Often the first approach to a problem is to “just get in a room to work it out”. But does this ever really work? Or is it just an inefficient way to do work by committee. The most fruitful and effective meetings are those where someone takes ownership for that meeting. Someone has to put their hand up in the first instance to take the lead and have the first crack to avoid the group pondering what should be on the blank page.

Culture is the bedrock of high performing organisations: it can flatten the health curve of employees, especially the mental health curve. While the planet has been focussed on flattening the Covid curve, savvy managers have continued to focus on the health gradient of their employees.