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HOW CAN EMPLOYERS DEPOLITICISE THE WORKPLACE? PHOTO GALLERY
Remember when flags, pronouns, staff groups and awareness days seemed like risk-free, feelgood ‘inclusion’ initiatives? When elections didn’t create tension in the workplace? When publicly supporting #MeToo and BLM was not only fashionable but essential? When DEI focused on expanding your talent pool and retaining the best people – and ESG was about maximising the […]
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Remember when flags, pronouns, staff groups and awareness days seemed like risk-free, feelgood ‘inclusion’ initiatives? When publicly supporting MeToo and BLM was not only fashionable but essential? When DEI focused on expanding your talent pool and retaining the best people – and ESG was about maximising the financial benefits of being a socially and environmentally […]
Have Employers Missed The Vibe Shift? (Ft. Brendan O’Neill)
Can you feel it? Change is happening — culturally, politically, and inside the workplace. Orthodoxies that shaped the last decade of daily life are being questioned and dumped. Which employers have noticed the ‘vibe shift’ and which have missed it? In this episode of This Isn’t Working, host Tanya de Grunwald is joined by journalist […]
Is HR Holding Back British Business? (Podcast episode)
HR is under fire – and we need to talk about why. This blistering episode explores what’s gone wrong, who’s to blame – and how mistakes can be fixed. Recorded in London on 10 February 2026, this film shows what happened at our second ‘This Is Working’ event – an evening of frank discussion and […]
THIS DEFINITELY WORKED! FEBRUARY 2026 PHOTO GALLERY
IS HR HOLDING BACK BRITISH BUSINESS? Tuesday 10 February 2026, 6.30-10pmKnightsbridge, London WATCH the video of the first halfREAD the report from the whole event HR is under fire – and we need to talk about why. If we agree that people are an organisation’s greatest asset, why are UK productivity, capability and performance so […]
How Should Employers Handle Activist Staff?
What happens when the workplace becomes a moral battleground, a group therapy session, or a political rally? And how should disruptive staff be dealt with? In this darkly funny, unsettling, and sharply insightful episode of This Isn’t Working, clinical psychologist and culture critic Jaco van Zyl takes us deep into the psychological underworld of modern […]