Punks in Suits: How to lead the workplace reformation

In this clip Blaire talks about how new generations at work are demanding that businesses stay true to their values and some of the qualities they bring to their work. 

In this clip Blaire explains why logic won't be enough to convince people to change. Instead they need their own emotional 'why'. We cannot create empowered, meaningful, humane workplaces with command and control change initiatives. This clip is part of the Punks in Suits app and supports the Punks in Suits book. 

In this audio clip, Blaire differentiates between leadership and management and dives in to what that really means - how are leaders spending their time? When are they managing and when are they leading.  This clip is part of the Punks in Suits app. 

In this audio clip for the Punks in Suits app, Blaire shares some thoughts about distributing decision-making (and, vitally, information) down through the organisational hierarchy. Holding on to decision-making authority, saying "The buck stops here" and rescuing people from the discomfort of making decisions reinforces hierarchy, even when you have attempted to take out layers of comple...

This short piece of audio goes with the app and explores the two main beliefs in the book. 

If you've downloaded the Punks in Suits app, or read the book, you will have access to this model. Here I describe what the 4 quadrants mean, before you complete the checklist in the next module. 

If you've downloaded the Punks in Suits app, this is your welcome from me!

If you've downloaded the Punks in Suits app you'll be asked to set aside reflection time to consider how to upgrade your leadership. In this piece of audio I talk about how to get the most from your reflection time. 

If you've downloaded the Punks in Suits app, you will have access to a checklist to see where you sit in the Leadership/Trust Model. In this bit of audio, Blaire talks about how to fill it in. 

Miranda Willems is a Social Innovator for Future Generations. She works with companies and other groups to help them perceive from a 7 Generations perspective.   In this thought-provoking conversation she describes what it means to sit in the centre of generations to come and our great ancestors. It’s so important that we listen to the voices of younger colleagues and those with different perspect...

Cassandra Worthy is a fellow keynote speaker who believes that we can use our emotions as a signal to understand our responses to change and then grow through change rather than resisting and struggling. Her company, Change Enthusiasm Global, helps organisations build resilience and readiness for change.  In this conversation we look at what this means and how you can use your emotions – and help...

  Diederick Janse is an Holacracy Master Coach and Trainer and a partner at Energized which supports organisations move towards self-management.  Holacracy is a particular form of self-management. In this conversation we discuss self-management in more depth but with a focus on leadership and what he refers to as citizenship within organisations.  Key points The starting point for self-management...

Chris May is founder of Mayden, a tech business which supports healthcare services. Mayden is a ‘self-managing organisation’ although it didn’t start that way. In this conversation I talk to Chris about some of the challenges he has faced as he continues to work on his own willingness to distribute decision-making and step away from the conventional role of founder and CEO. Key points:  Self-manag...

David Marquet is a former US Nuclear Submarine captain and best-selling author of Turn the Ship Around and Leadership is Language. I quote him throughout the book as he has extraordinary personal experience of the power of making some of the changes I describe. He rethought his leadership style and pushed authority down through his crew because he felt deeply that one brain (his) could not be as i...

To understand more about the potential, and threat, of AI, I wanted to talk to Jordi Ferrer. As head of ServiceNow’s UK and Ireland business, he knows first-hand what this new technology is capable of. In this wide-ranging discussion we face in to the threat AI poses but then move the conversation on to AI in our organisations, the impact on how we utilise human beings, the benefits to businesses...

About Kay Sargent:  Kay Sargent is a director of HOK’s Global WorkPlace [1] practice. With a passion for using design to transform how and where people work, she spends her days (and many nights) working with clients on workplace strategy and design. Based in Washington, D.C., Kay leads project teams that solve clients’ business and organizational challenges related to real estate business process...