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Vanessa Bennett10 April 2026

Why Your Team Arrives at Work Already Exhausted (And What It’s Costing You)

I love walking to work, but I generally catch the bus home – it’s up hill. I sit at the back of the bus, and all I see is people hunched over their phones scrolling. Day after day. These are your employees – unknowingly draining their most valuable resource. Instead of re-energising after work, they […]

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Alex Davids2 April 2026

Is Meaning the Missing Piece in Sustainable High Performance?

There’s a lot of talk about finding “meaning” in our work. It’s become one of those words that gets thrown around so often it risks becoming vague — or worse, performative. But from a neuroscience and energy perspective, meaning isn’t just nice to have. It’s essential. We work with high-performing leaders who are constantly managing […]

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Vanessa Bennett2 April 2026

Why most leadership and culture programs fail (and what actually works)

Here’s an uncomfortable truth: most companies are wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on leadership and culture programs that don’t actually work. I know that sounds a tad harsh. But after more than a decade of helping companies transform their leadership and culture, we always hear the same complaints in our initial meetings with clients. […]

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Perpetua Neo17 March 2026

AI and Overinformation (Part 2): Building the Capacities You Need

Click here for Part 1 Capacity 3: Decluttering and closing loops Why open tabs quietly drain your peace and performance Decluttering is not about aesthetics. It’s about cognitive load. When you see a chair with clothes on it, it isn’t “just a chair.” Your brain registers it as an unfinished task. A tiny open loop. […]

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Perpetua Neo17 March 2026

AI and Overinformation Can Either Save You or Harm You

What to develop to compound your peace and performance in the right direction You can tolerate this era. You can tolerate the constant inputs. The new tools. The faster cycles. The next “urgent” thing. The low-grade exhaustion that you call normal. You can even tolerate another burnout, because plenty of high-functioning professionals do. The question […]

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Vanessa Bennett17 March 2026

The Bottleneck Audit: How to Identify Workflow Breakdowns That Are Killing Your Profitability

You’re watching projects that should take three months stretch to six. Strategic initiatives you announced with confidence are moving at a glacial pace. Your team is working harder than ever, but somehow productivity isn’t matching the effort. Client work that used to be straightforward now involves multiple rounds of back-and-forth, delays, and last-minute scrambles. That’s […]

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Alex Davids27 February 2026

Keep your brain young

You’ve heard it before: “Learning new things keeps your brain young.” It sounds great in theory. But if it’s so good for us, why don’t we do it more? The truth? Because it’s uncomfortable. It’s awkward. It’s tiring. And, for high performers, it can feel like failure. I actually posted recently on LinkedIn about two […]

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Vanessa Bennett27 February 2026

The Leadership Challenge Nobody’s Talking About: Leading Through AI Without Breaking Your People

AI is going to significantly transform the makeup of your workforce. You’ll need fewer people doing certain tasks. Different skills will become critical. Team structures will change. Of course senior leaders need a strategy around this. But strategy isn’t enough. If you don’t understand the massive cultural impact of this workforce transformation, and if you don’t lead […]

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Alex Davids17 February 2026

How to Stay Centred: The Power of Combining the Logical Brain and the Subconscious Mind

There’s a noticeable difference between someone who’s reacting and someone who’s responding. You can feel it in a meeting. You can see it in a negotiation. You can even sense it in your own body — that internal shift from grounded clarity to scattered reactivity. The ability to hold your centre when things get hard […]

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Perpetua Neo17 February 2026

Before You Roll This Out: The Real Cost of Trendy Programs

You’ve seen the play. Slack pings with a shiny rollout: the new mindfulness app, Friday yoga, nostalgic snacks in the pantry “to spark joy,” a year-long MBTI journey, an AI bootcamp with 120 slides. Meanwhile your calendar shows seven back-to-back meetings, and your top performers are wondering when they’re supposed to do the job you […]

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Why Your Team Arrives at Work Already Exhausted (And What It’s Costing You)

Is Meaning the Missing Piece in Sustainable High Performance?

Why most leadership and culture programs fail (and what actually works)

AI and Overinformation (Part 2): Building the Capacities You Need

AI and Overinformation Can Either Save You or Harm You

The Bottleneck Audit: How to Identify Workflow Breakdowns That Are Killing Your Profitability

Keep your brain young

The Leadership Challenge Nobody’s Talking About: Leading Through AI Without Breaking Your People

How to Stay Centred: The Power of Combining the Logical Brain and the Subconscious Mind

Before You Roll This Out: The Real Cost of Trendy Programs