Observations, background and inspiration

Periodic blog posts and articles

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Early signs of absence your dashboard never sees

Absence rates stay flat while burnout complaints rise. Which early signs of absence people do give off, and why no system ever records them.

Raymond Godding8 min · 10 Aug
A figure with a lantern stands midway on a narrow bridge over a river at dusk; groups sit around campfires on both banks and the lantern light falls on both shores.
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Values-driven leadership: leading when values collide

Values-driven leadership starts where values collide. What a Dutch town hall case teaches about workplace polarisation and the story behind a viewpoint.

Raymond Godding7 min
Seen from behind, someone sits at a table by a tall arched window in front of a glowing screen; beside her an empty wooden chair stands in a broad band of morning light.
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AI in HR: the layer your HR stack cannot see

AI in HR measures ever more, yet no instrument captures the undercurrent. What surveys, assessments and HRIS do well, and which layer sits beneath them.

Raymond Godding10 min
A new colleague seen from behind at a long meeting table in a light workspace, pen halted over an empty notepad, while the others already move away as silhouettes and an empty, sunlit space opens up around his seat.
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Onboarding: the first 90 days are a story

In the first 90 days a new colleague decides which story they will tell about your organisation. Use the onboarding loop at 30, 90 and 180 days.

Raymond Godding9 min
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Measuring cultural fit, without a grade

Measuring cultural fit with a match percentage does not hold up methodologically and raises legal questions. How to see fit through a better conversation.

Raymond Godding11 min
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Your story is a compass

A way to connect personal development with organizational direction, rooted in the individual's own story. NarraTyx asks the question: who have you become through everything you have experienced, and what does that story want to tell you about where you can grow?

Raymond Godding7 min
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Absenteeism prevention: the story behind the figures

An absenteeism prevention approach that looks ahead starts with the stories behind the dashboard. Why figures lag and which signals arrive earlier.

Raymond Godding9 min
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The career conversation no one has

The annual career conversation misses the real question. What happens when you start from someone's life story instead of role, skills and KPIs.

Raymond Godding7 min
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Career development in the AI age: keep hold of the wheel

Career development in the age of AI is not about which skills, but which story you keep telling. Why the human, not the machine, stays at the wheel.

Raymond Godding9 min

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