by Chris Fox | Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorised
Taking risks The holidays are almost here. What are you planning to do this year? Something exciting? Or are you just going to chill out, get over the year just past and look forward to 2017?Me? Glad you asked. Remember last year when I took part in the Sydney to...
by Chris Fox | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorised
Gut feelings We all talk about ‘swallowing disappointment’, having something leave ‘a bad taste’ or having ‘butterflies in the stomach’. Now science is discovering why we do this, how it happens and how knowing about it can improve...
by Chris Fox | Oct 11, 2016 | Uncategorised
Sustaining work At Springday, we’ve taken the rubbish bins out of our office. Now our waste goes into recycling bins in the shared kitchen, or it goes home. Why? Because if my team and I don’t have bins at our feet, then we think twice about what we throw out. It’s...
by Chris Fox | Sep 2, 2016 | Uncategorised
Tribal knowledge We bring our whole lives to the office. If work and home coalesce, if they sustain each other, then we’re engaged, productive, happy. If they don’t… well, we become detached, depressed, even ill.This explains why, as a manager, it’s important to...
by Chris Fox | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorised
Game on!Every so often, a craze comes along that taps into a collective zeitgeist. Older adults remember yo-yos or hula-hoops or marbles or collecting a certain set of cards. If you’re younger you’ll have overdosed on virtual apps, like Angry Birds or Candy Crush.Now,...
by Chris Fox | Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorised
Platform powerEvery day, people ask me what Springday does. They’re interested when I tell them we’re in the wellbeing business because, hey, who isn’t interested in wellbeing? But when I say ‘Springday is a wellbeing platform’, I can see their eyes glaze over. To...
