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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.

Everything here is designed to be practical, thought provoking, and easy to share, with downloadable content to explore at your own pace.

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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…

    Reluctant Leaders
  • 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…

    Cure For Burnout
  • 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…

    Exec Compensation
  • 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…

    Ai Social Media
  • 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…

    Flexibility
  • 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…

    Keyboard Jamming
  • 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…

    Personality Data
  • 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…

    Office Folklore
  • 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…

    Calendar Culture
  • 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…

    What We're Reading
  • 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…

    Neurodiversity
  • 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…

    Boredom