Junk Values: Why Corporate Values Fail and What to Do Instead | Erika Clegg

Most corporate values are useless, not because values do not matter, but because organisations have spent three decades recycling the same twenty-four words and wondering why nobody believes them. Erika Clegg, author of Junk Values, explains what has gone wrong and what it actually takes to build values that guide real decisions.

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Group Genius: The Science Behind High-Performing Teams — Dr Keith Sawyer

Dr Keith Sawyer, Morgan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina, explores the ten conditions for group flow — the state of peak collective performance that separates truly high-performing teams from groups of talented individuals who underperform. Drawing on decades of research into jazz ensembles and improvisational theater, Keith reveals what organisations can do differently, starting next week.

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