In work (as in our personal life), one would like to think that most people want to make a positive difference with the decisions they make and the things that they do.
To do a good job; to improve and learn about new ideas that'll help make things simpler, easier and better for themselves and others.
With insights, analysis and interviews, Life at the Sharp End helps people who want to create safe, respectful and high-performing workplace cultures.
- People who want to do their best at work, leading by example;
- People who want to learn and improve from others' experiences;
- People who want to find out what it takes to make a real difference in life;
- People who want to know what it feels like, when actions and decisions affect others' lives (for good or ill);
- People like you.
Together, we'll go beyond the bullet-points and explore the how and the why of real-world situations.
We'll look at practical ideas that'll help you make a difference in your work and life, and we'll hear from interesting people sharing their stories and experiences.
They've already got the T-shirt, so you don't have to learn their lessons the hard way.
In every professional and personal situation, there will be insights that can help us to reflect and do things differently. That doesn't change, whether you're at the top of an organisation - on a board or in an executive role - or at the front-line, doing the best you can with what you know and what's available to you.
Creating a positive, respectful workplace culture with high-performing teams doesn't happen by accident.
It takes leadership, professionalism and integrity to ensure people can do their best and be themselves, free from the harm caused by workplace incivility, bullying and harassment.
Wherever you are and whatever it is you do at work, we all have something to learn every day.
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Sir Isaac Newton graciously acknowledged, when he wrote to fellow (and rival) scientist Robert Hooke in 1676, that advances by any of us come from building on the knowledge of others who have gone before.
This is a podcast intended to inspire and inform.
To give you new ideas and insights that help you make a positive difference, whoever you are and whatever you do.
This is about learning from the reality of Life at the Sharp End.