Your Brain on Boo!
Fear sets off a chain reaction of events in our brain. It kicks off a rapid and deeply wired, non conscious set of responses designed to save our life. One could say there are two key types of fear: The sudden, extreme and short lasting kind – like when someone jumps...
The Race to Reskill: Safety First
This is the second in our series on the Race to Reskill leaders and employees in this prolonged pandemic period and beyond. What skills are needed, seems widely agreed upon: What? Foster mental health and wellness Establish psychological safety for all Hold highly...
Create Psychological Safety during COVID-19
If the recent coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything, it’s that companies need to be prepared to address not just health concerns, but mental health as well. In Canada, half a million people suffer from mental illness in the workplace. Add to that the rising fear...
The Insurance of Assurance
Have you ever wondered why people love office gossip so much? Not the scandalous kind that includes details of our co-workers’ private lives, but the work-related kind that speculates on who’s getting what promotion or whether recent budget cuts will lead to layoffs?...
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