The Business Benefits of Including Your People in CALM Design
In today’s fast-paced, complex workplace, CALM design—an approach that promotes Connection, Awareness, Load and Motivation —isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a strategic necessity. But here’s the catch: for CALM to actually work, your people need to be involved. Not just in implementing solutions, but in identifying the problems and co-creating the way forward. When your […]
I’ve discovered the power of Parkrun
I’ve started running. Yes, if you know me well, you did hear me correctly. So for years my dear friends and family (people who do actually love me I believe) have always found my running hilarious. Think Phoebe from Friends apparently. And it was commented on so much that I’ve always been a bit ashamed […]
How CALM can help me reach my potential?
Following another successful CALMfest, it’s been marvellous to see hundreds of you signing up for your free CALM Scorecard to help you get ahead with your mental fitness, develop your workplace change agility and figure out what slowing down to go faster looks like for you. An emerging key theme from the CALM Scorecards completed […]
Why Flavour is the Missing Ingredient in Workplace Wellbeing
Every HR professional knows that a well-hydrated workforce is more alert, more productive, and experiences fewer health issues. While employers are legally required under the 1992 Workplace Health and Safety Regulations to provide safe drinking water – dehydration remains a persistent problem in UK workplaces. The problem lies not in accessibility but in palatability. According […]
How to make sure you make time for CALMfest
Now in its third year, CALMFest is a festival of events, activities and challenges which run online during Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place this year from May 12 – 16. Organisations across the UK and abroad have been signing up to the successful festival which features three half-hour sessions run online each day, designed […]
Keep CALM as the world spins
Although we’ve been off taking a break to mostly eat chocolate eggs, the pace of change on the global stage has continued with a vengeance. And for anyone leading in a global business with a global supply chain, we can only imagine the internal conversations as a result of Trump’s tariffs. They must have been […]
Mary v Meghan – what can they tell us about authentic connection?
Despite her close connection with the Royal Family, I couldn’t find a photo of Mary Berry and Meghan Sussex together for this blog – only of Kate and Mary – which perhaps says a deal. Why was I looking? Well last week I was left reflecting… I recently watched Meghan, With Love – upon which […]
Feeling bullied? How CALM might help.
After ‘that’ incident in the White House was broadcast on the Friday evening news, shocked didn’t really seem to go far enough to describe how many of us were feeling. Nevertheless for egotistical, high control leaders who are determined to get their outcome through dominance and fear, this sort of behaviour is unfortunately not unusual. […]
CALMfest 2025 is coming!
Now in its third year, CALMFest is a festival of events, activities and challenges which runonline during Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place this year from May 12 – 16. Organisations across the UK and abroad have been signing up to the successful festivalwhich features three half-hour sessions run online each day, designed to help […]
What’s the real deal with journaling?
There are so many ‘ick’ words in the wellbeing and self development space (possibly including ‘wellbeing’ and ‘self development’). And I’d say that the word and the idea of journaling is probably pretty much up there, associated with a bit of a vomit factor. It’s interesting to reflect on why they do trigger us (I […]