Earlier this year, the Chief Human Resources Officer at Colgate-Palmolive offered a timely reframing of how organisations think about Gen Z at work. In an interview with Fortune, Sally Massey pushed back on common stereotypes, describing younger employees not as disengaged or unserious, but as ambitious, digitally fluent, and deeply curious. She highlighted how their questions and perspectives are prompting the organisation to rethink established ways of working. They're pushing us to get...
30 days ago • 2 min read
By Emma Jordaan – Founder and CEO of Infinite Consulting As we step into 2026, there is an inherent focus on wellbeing initiatives that need to be delivered in the workplace for the year ahead. But how many of us have pause for a moment, to consider whether the initiatives we are about to propose are suitable for our workforce? Because when we think about wellbeing, and what it means to us, one person might say “mental health”, another might say “fitness”, another “mindfulness”. However, if...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
As we enter 2026, I expect one topic to move sharply up the business agenda: the influence of the “manosphere” and what it means for organisational culture, trust, and leadership responsibility. Growing evidence shows that the so-called “manosphere,” a network of online spaces promoting extreme or distorted views of masculinity, is shaping the attitudes of the next generation of workers and leaders. Some of these communities focus on fitness, discipline, or self-improvement. Others promote...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
For years we talked about the future of work as if it were a distant horizon shaped by technology, hybrid models, and shifting expectations. Useful, but vague. What we were really circling was a much simpler question: can our organisations sustain human beings over time without draining their health, trust, skills, or ability to perform. In 2026 the future of work is no longer a trend forecast. It is a design challenge. Human sustainability gives this challenge a name and a direction of...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Every now and then a book arrives that does not simply offer ideas. It cracks open a space inside you where truth has been waiting. The kind of truth you feel in your chest before you can put it into words. I read this book recently and it felt less like reading and more like remembering. Remembering what we know about being human before the world teaches us to be compliant, pleasant, efficient, invisible, and exhausted. You can be forgiven for thinking this is a book for women. It isn't....
3 months ago • 3 min read
For a moment, it looked like Chief Wellbeing Officer might become the next must-have C-suite title. But it never really landed. Too often the role was positioned as custodian of yoga classes and step challenges rather than a strategic owner of how work is designed and delivered. It rarely made it to the board, and in many organisations it became more symbolic than transformational. The truth is, wellbeing was never the real end goal. It was a signal. What organisations were really asking was:...
3 months ago • 3 min read
As the year draws to a close, many people find themselves counting down not just to the holidays, but to a much-needed pause. The final weeks of the year are often described as a time for reflection and renewal, yet for many employees, “time off” simply becomes “different kinds of busy.” Family obligations, social events, and the mental load of wrapping up the year can leave people returning to work in January more drained than before. For leaders, this presents both a risk and an...
3 months ago • 4 min read
If the past decade was about proving that wellbeing matters, 2025 was the year the conversation grew up. The language of “wellbeing” began to give way to a broader, more strategic idea: human sustainability, the capacity of people and organisations to thrive together over time. The Great Maturity Shift For years, workplaces have focused on programmes: gym memberships, mindfulness apps, webinars, and wellness weeks. They helped raise awareness but rarely changed the conditions that made work...
3 months ago • 3 min read
This week’s article was written by a great peer of mine Helen Hayes. Helen works in Human and Organisational Performance (HOP), helping organisations redesign systems to put people at the centre of culture and performance. With a background in clinical practice, wellbeing consultancy and communications, she helps create cultures that enable people and their wellbeing to thrive. Her mission is to make a lasting impact by building workplaces that actively nurture people and their wellbeing,...
3 months ago • 3 min read