Make Learning Legendary: Designing Training Like a Pixar Movie

Shannon BuckleyChange Management, Cool, Employee Retention

Imagine this: your next L&D programme doesn’t start with a slide deck or a spreadsheet. It starts with a story. There’s a nervous but determined character (your employee). A mission they didn’t fully sign up for (new tech, new strategy, new manager). A cast of quirky supporting characters (their team). Some epic failures. A personal breakthrough. And eventually — after …

Unlock Your Culture’s Secrets with Workplace Tarot

Shannon BuckleyAttitude, Cool, Personal Development, Psychological Safety

Ever wish you could lay a few cards on the table and instantly understand your team’s dynamics, challenges, and hidden tensions? Welcome to the world of Workplace Tarot – where instead of predicting your love life, we decode the unspoken energies of your office culture. Of course, we’re not talking about crystal balls or incense. This is about using metaphor, insight, and …

Generations in the workplace, dco, learning, development, workplace relationships

Gen Z to Boomers: A Workplace Survival Guide

Shannon BuckleyAttitude, Business, Cool, Learning, Team Building, Team Resilience, Team Work

Walk into any modern office and you’ll likely find a Baby Boomer deciphering Microsoft Teams, a Gen Z’er sending memes in the group chat, and a Millennial halfway through their third oat flat white of the day. Welcome to the multigenerational workplace — where five age groups collide, collaborate, and occasionally clash over the thermostat.  From Traditionalists (those who remember …