COLIN ON CULTURE
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When work makes you ill
Look to the environment before the individual
Know your customer
Why patients on stage help to shape culture
Honest conversations cost less than you think
Why being truthful is always the best policy
10 EQ words that we use today
Vocabulary heard across modern workplaces
Question time
A regular opportunity to hear from the leadership
Combatting leaders who steal
Stepping in when a colleague takes credit
5 ways to leave a great legacy
Habits that shape how colleagues remember you
Two minute moments
Constant pings leave little room for thinking
Permission to be pessimistic
Imagine you’ve failed before you start
The arse-covering cc
Why copying in managers erodes team trust
Show me the change
Why invisible change loses momentum fast
The storming dip
Why teams get worse before they get better
Walking before starting
How interviews reveal culture
Be more confident
Built through repetition and honest feedback
The hybrid apprenticeship gap
Who teaches your inexperienced staff the unwritten rules?
Post it for one person
Why sharing wins helps others beyond vanity metrics
Project failure isn’t a technical skills problem
What actually derails delivery teams
Switching off together
Why muting your phone alone rarely works
The performance review theatre
Why annual ratings rarely change behaviour
Blame vs. ownership
What your team’s phrasing reveals under pressure