POPPYFISH PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

Photographers know that if you want a new perspective then all you have to do is change the lens. Viewing life through the same lens captures only part of the story. We only see the part of the image that shows up in our viewfinder. Changing the lens or adding a filter...

Have you ever sat in a facilitated workshop and asked yourself; WTF? 

I have. I do it before and during every workshop. I do it when I'm planning, I do it when I'm designing group exercises and I do it when I am listening to groups feel their way through the 'groan zone...

We've created the Poppyfish Wheel to show what we do and how we do it. In short, we use the wheel to focus on your people, your culture and your future, and we have a variety of tools, techniques and approaches that help us to help you. We think we have most bases cove...

The best group facilitated sessions create a combustible engine room atmosphere, fuelled by a perfect mix of high octane ingredients. The premium rocket fuels of group facilitation are TIME and ENERGY. Manage them in the right combinations and you'll hav...

Welcome to Poppyfish. We are a UK based team of organisational development professionals. Since 2012 we have worked as coaches, consultants, trainers , facilitators and leaders of learning and behaviour change for many individuals, teams and businesses.

In a nutshell, w...

I'm not a research scientist. I am not an engineer. But I have spent almost 30 years working alongside research scientists, engineers and software developers both in academia and industry working in spin-outs, public sector, start-ups and charities, working internation...

Ask anyone what they would do if they could travel in time and sooner or later someone will tell you they would go forward to the next lottery draw date so they can return to the present day and buy the winning ticket. 

This week the Euromillions lottery is another roll...

The chances are that you would never even dream of boarding a plane where the crew had not been drilled in how to cope in the event of an engine fire. You probably can't even imagine trusting your life to a heart surgeon who'd never performed a surgical procedure or to...

The use of "self" as an instrument of change is not a new concept. As consultants we talk of personal leadership, authenticity and congruence impacting the way we work with others and the outcomes we generate. On a individual level the development of these skills can r...

A selection of photo's from this week's sandpit with NIAB's Innovation Farm. Proof, if any were needed, that quality conversations are a great platform for sharing best practice.