Tipping the balance – Organisational Justice: an fe3 mindstretch® podcast

Is justice alive and well in organisations?

Inequality throughout the world has never been greater – from discussions over the gender pay gap to shocking figures about wealth distribution, justice is a hot topic.

But what about in organisations? Despite being studied for more than four decades, Organisational Justice is rarely overtly acknowledged in management approaches. This is despite the finding that perceptions of justice consistently predict employee attitudes and behaviour.

What’s in the podcast?

This podcast continues our conversation from our June mindstretch® with HR Director Gary Saunders and change communication consultant Adam Hibbert. We discuss – among other things – whether we have the leadership needed to implement organisational justice, and whether we have the skills.

Thanks to:

Neil Davey for technical help, and bensound for the music.

A champion of evidence

For many years, fe3 has been a champion of evidence.  To demonstrate this, our mindstretch® sessions began in 2002 and we’ve debunked myths, exposed fads and hopefully stretched minds. We believe that as Oscar Wild said – ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’

Because of this, we run mindstretch® sessions. We ask our guests to contribute their ideas, take part in the discussion and give their experiences. Our sessions offer participants a chance to get away from the phones and take some time concentrating on a specific aspect of organisations.

Interested in joining us?

We run sessions regularly.  So if you’d like to come to the next session, please drop me a line.

Reward and recognition in an age of austerity – an fe3 mindstretch® podcast

What do you give employees, if you can’t give money? An fe3 podcast on reward and recognition

We based this podcast on the content of a recent mindstretch® on reward and recognition in lean times.

In it, we talk to Paul Wylie, Director of Strategy for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) about his plans to create a ‘bottom up’ HR strategy – where employees can have a direct input into how they’re rewarded.

Thanks to:

Neil Davey for technical help, and bensound for the music.

A champion of evidence

For many years, fe3 has been a champion of evidence.  To demonstrate this, our mindstretch® sessions began in 2002 and we’ve debunked myths, exposed fads and hopefully stretched minds. We believe that as Oscar Wild said – ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’

Because of this, we run mindstretch® sessions. We ask our guests to contribute their ideas, take part in the discussion and give their experiences. Our sessions offer participants a chance to get away from the phones and take some time concentrating on a specific aspect of organisations.

Interested in joining us?

We run sessions regularly.  So if you’d like to come to the next session, please drop me a line.

The rise of workplace incivility: an fe3 mindstretch® podcast

An fe3 podcast on incivility

 

Is incivility a ‘thing’? Or are we all just too sensitive? And what is incivility? What about rudeness? To discuss these questions, Karen talks with Fiona Eldridge, Head of Membership from the College of Policing, and Matt Hyde, Chief Executive of the Scouts Association.

Thanks to:

Neil Davey for technical help, and bensound for the music.

A champion of evidence

For many years, fe3 has been a champion of evidence.  Our mindstretch® sessions began in 2002 and we’ve debunked myths, exposed fads and hopefully stretched minds. We believe that as Oscar Wild said – ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’

Because of this, we run mindstretch® sessions. These are events where our guests are asked to contribute their ideas, take part in the discussion and give their experiences. They offer participants a chance to get away from the phones and take some time concentrating on a specific aspect of organisations.

Interested in joining us?

We run sessions regularly.  So if you’d like to come to the next session, please drop me a line.

The mother of invention – creativity: an fe3 mindstretch® podcast

Doing more with less

Public service employers are straining to cope with demand, needing to do more, with a lot less. It seems obvious that what worked previously is unlikely to work now.  Employers are demanding creativity from their employees. But are they offering the right environment for new ideas? How does innovation ‘land’?

In the private sector too, technology is impacting business strategy, people management, customer service. These organisations also need to develop new approaches. In the case of technology, organisations need to innovate – or die.

A call for creativity

We looked in our June session at individual and organisational creativity. In the session, we considered if everyone was creative and if organisations can encourage new ideas and if so, how. We asked about the role of leaders in developing a creative organisational climate.

Emma Wootton, Director of Surethought and long-time associate of fe3, guided participants through The NOODLE Plan; a simple, but highly effective process for getting to creative solutions. This used a real issue, provided by TfL. Our podcast tells us what they thought of the results and offers some thoughts about leadership when encouraging creativity.

We’d like to thank Emma Wootton, TfL’s Simon Williams, Head of Business Change Project Management for their sterling contributions. Thanks also to Neil Davey, for his technical help and to bensound for the music.

A champion of evidence

For many years, fe3 has been a champion of evidence.  Our mindstretch® sessions began in 2002 and we’ve debunked myths, exposed fads and hopefully stretched minds. We believe that as Oscar Wild said – ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’

Because of this, we run mindstretch® sessions. These are events where our guests are asked to contribute their ideas, take part in the discussion and give their experiences. They offer participants a chance to get away from the phones and take some time concentrating on a specific aspect of organisations.

Interested in joining us?

If you’d like to come to the next session, please drop me a line.

Evidence-based practice – an fe3 mindstretch®podcast

We’re living in an era of ‘post-truth’, where evidence-based practice is optional. Here, popular opinion, propelled by emotion rather than logic, holds sway. Because organisations are not immune to this type of thinking, fe3 prides itself on supporting organisations to implement what works, rather than what is merely popular.

Recently, we ran a mindstretch® which discussed why the debate on evidence-based practice is important now. It considered how organisations make decisions on the management interventions they introduce, and the dangers of management fads. We also looked at ‘good’ evidence and how organisations can make better choices.

Our first mindstretch® podcast.

Now, after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, we’ve created our first mindstretch® podcast. We hope there will be more to come.

Our guests discussed the importance of evidence when making business decisions. We don’t think that business uses it enough and therefore often makes the wrong decisions. This short snippet talks about ‘fake news’, management fads and a particular example from Save the Children.  It also offers an approach to using evidence effectively in making decisions in the future.

We’d like to thank Vic Langer, Director of Influencing and Operations at Save the Children, for her contribution, and to Neil Davey, for his technical help.

A champion of evidence

For many years, fe3 has been a champion of evidence.  Our mindstretch® sessions began in 2002 and we’ve debunked myths, exposed fads and hopefully stretched minds. We believe that as Oscar Wild said – ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’

Because of this, we run mindstretch® sessions. These are events where our guests are asked to contribute their ideas, take part in the discussion and give their experiences. They offer participants a chance to get away from the phones and take some time concentrating on a specific aspect of organisations. Join our mailing list here!