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The change agents of Health and Safety: Reloaded
The change agents of health and safety infuse their work with purpose, participation and positivity.
Nick at Poppyfish
Aug 5, 20233 min read
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Amplifying Your Voice: How to Achieve Greater Influence and Impact at Work
Being heard and having influence can make a significant difference in your professional success. It's important to feel that your ideas...
Nick at Poppyfish
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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Unleashing the Influence Game: Middle Managers' Playbook of Cialdini's Principles
When it comes to the art of influence, Robert Cialdini's principles have long been championed. For anyone seeking to level up their...
Nick at Poppyfish
Jun 23, 20233 min read
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Belonging: Why does it matter and how can we grow it?
One theme of organisational life that has a heightened emphasis post-covid is the concept of belonging. Belonging refers to a deep sense...
Nick at Poppyfish
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Facilitation: The Sword to Slay the 5 dysfunctions of teams?
I was listening to the excellent 'Oh For Food’s Sake' podcast the other day in which Amy Wilkinson and Lucy Wager were talking about...
Nick at Poppyfish
Mar 2, 20233 min read
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A colourful approach to strategy
Behaviour profiles are well known for allowing individuals to generate a strategy for change, but can they be used at the organisational...
Nick at Poppyfish
May 9, 20213 min read
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Miro, Miro, on the wall
Like many businesses, Poppyfish has been adapting to a changing world, reshaping and reimagining our services to offer you the support...
Nick at Poppyfish
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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Leading a Remote Team? - Help is at Hand
Leading a remote team is a challenging task. A Poppyfish team engagement workshop can help tackle that challenge
Nick at Poppyfish
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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What goes around, comes around - from OODA to SODA
The OODA Loop is a decision making cycle that has it's origins in the 1950's. It was the brainchild of Colonel John Boyd, an American Air...
Nick at Poppyfish
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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The new view
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...
Nick Skinner
May 7, 20202 min read
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WTF? A mantra for facilitation
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...
Nick Skinner
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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The Poppyfish Wheel
We 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...
Nick at Poppyfish
Feb 9, 20201 min read
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The rocket fuels of facilitation
The best group facilitated sessions create a combustible engine room atmosphere, fuelled by a perfect mix of high octane ingredients. The...
Nick Skinner
Oct 25, 20196 min read
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Welcome to Poppyfish
Welcome to Poppyfish. We are a UK based team of organisational development professionals. Since 2012 we have worked as coaches,...
Nick Skinner
Oct 14, 20191 min read
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So you want to be a great scientist?
I'm not a research scientist. I am not an engineer. But I have spent almost 30 years working alongside research scientists, engineers and...
Nick Skinner
Feb 23, 20184 min read
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Wanted: Time Travellers
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...
Nick Skinner
Feb 14, 20174 min read
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Simulate to Stimulate - The 8 key benefits of simulations and decision making exercises
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...
Nick Skinner
Jul 22, 20164 min read
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Goodbye Mr Clipboard - The Change Agents of Health and Safety
The use of "self" as an instrument of change is not a new concept. As consultants we talk of personal leadership, authenticity and...
Nick Skinner
Jun 23, 20163 min read
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Playing in the NIAB sandpit
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...
Nick at Poppyfish
Jul 12, 20131 min read
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Resilience: Sometimes it just IS cricket
The legendary Australian fast bowler, Jeff Thomson, had a great way of putting things. 'Tommo', who alongside the equally fearsome Dennis...
Nick Skinner
May 8, 20135 min read
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Record Breakers! Say hello to the iPot
The room was bursting with undergraduates. In fact, had Roy Castle and Norris McWhirter walked in then the Record Breaking nature of what...
Nick Skinner
Mar 27, 20135 min read
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Are you a Snow Bully?
Being a snow bully is snow joke… Everyone knows a snow bully. Snow bullies just love it when the snow comes, for this is the chance for...
Nick Skinner
Feb 11, 20134 min read
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