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At OrgShakers, we pride ourselves on staying close to the challenges and opportunities shaping modern organizations.
Through our articles, videos, and speaking events, we share practical thinking, emerging trends, and real world perspectives on leadership, culture, workforce strategy, transformation, AI, and the future of work. Our aim is simple: to inspire more progressive, human-centered, and commercially effective approaches to leadership and people practices.
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- Amanda Hollandon April 20, 2026
Are Reluctant Leaders the Best Leaders?
Leadership is often associated with confidence, charisma, and ambition. Organizations frequently assume the best leaders are those individuals who are eager to climb the ladder and take charge. But in…
- Adam Scoppon April 15, 2026
What We’re Reading: The Cure for Burnout by Emily Ballesteros
As we think about employee wellbeing and sustainable performance during Stress Awareness Month, we found ourselves drawn to The Cure for Burnout: A Holistic Approach to Reclaiming Energy, Focus, and…
- Chris McGeeon April 13, 2026
Executive Compensation: How Much is Too Much?
When it comes to CEO pay, almost everyone has an opinion on how much is ‘too much’. Interestingly, however, many of those views are formed without direct experience of how…
- David Fairhurston April 8, 2026
Are AI Policies the New Social Media Policies?
If you’ve been in HR long enough, you will likely remember the early days of social media at work. Organizations scrambled to respond. Policies appeared almost overnight, and these were…
- Karen Cerratoon April 7, 2026
Is Flexibility Actually Making Work More Stressful?
Every April, during Stress Awareness Month, organizations reflect on how they can better support employee wellbeing. In recent years, workplace flexibility has been widely promoted as a key solution. Hybrid…
- David Fairhurston April 1, 2026
Keyboard Jamming: What It’s Really Telling Employers About Work
A new term has been quietly entering the HR world: keyboard jamming. This is when employees create artificial keyboard or mouse activity to appear ‘active’ while working remotely, using tricks…
- David Fairhurston March 30, 2026
Could Personality Data Replace Traditional CV Screening?
In the midst of rapid technological change, one of the most intriguing shifts in talent acquisition is the growing interest in using personality data as part of early candidate screening…and…
- David Fairhurston March 25, 2026
Office Folklore: The Hidden Stories That Shape Workplace Culture
Every organization has them. The legendary onboarding disaster everyone still talks about. The story of the CEO who answered support calls on their first day. The mythical ‘all-hands meeting that…
- David Fairhurston March 23, 2026
How Can Organizations Reclaim Time from Calendar Culture?
I am sure that many of us have audibly groaned when we take a peek at our calendar for the coming workdays and see it littered with colourful blocks. And…
- Adam Scoppon March 18, 2026
What We’re Reading: Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders
It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and this played a big role in helping us decide what our monthly read would be. After exploring a range of compelling titles, we ultimately landed…
- Amanda Hollandon March 16, 2026
The Price of Mismanaging Neurodiversity at Work
As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives continue to mature, there remains a hidden cost many organizations are overlooking: the price of neurodiversity masking. Neurodiversity masking is the effort neurodivergent employees…
- David Fairhurston March 10, 2026
Can Boredom Be Valuable in the Workplace?
Being ‘busy’ has long been a badge of honor at work. Full calendars, constant notifications, back-to-back deadlines… these were once seen as signs of a fully productive and committed team…