This piece highlights that human silence isn’t inevitable. It suggests that a culture of active bystandership leads to increases in both early informal action and in the formal reporting of harm to line managers and HR departments. The piece makes use of social science dating back to 1961 to support it’s conclusion. In my work … Continue reading You want to make reporting harm normal. Introduce a culture of active bystandership.
The Bigger Picture
Is behaviour the problem or the symptom? In this piece I urge senior leaders and indeed society to stop seeing the bad behaviour as the problem. Service level observations simply lead to service level responses. A deeper and more meaningful dive is needed into the culture and ask (1) Why, despite the many reports into … Continue reading The Bigger Picture
Active Bystandership – The benefits for all.
Active bystandership when correctly defined and applied builds strong workplace culture. Ther approach builds cohesive, strong and resilient teams and workplaces. Science backs this up. If you aren't having the active bystandership conversation, you should. Here's why In a previous blog I wanted to better define the term active bystandership. As I pointed out it … Continue reading Active Bystandership – The benefits for all.
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