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Explore the latest research, insights, and success stories on improving workplace culture and reducing stress through neuroscience-backed approaches.
13 May 2025
Inside the Private Executive Roundtable Redefining Workplace Wellbeing
A group of Australia's top HR executives gathered behind closed doors to have a different, and long overdue, conversation about workforce wellbeing. Hosted by Appellon, the event brought together senior leaders from Canva, Mastercard, Apollo Care Alliance, Ramsay Health, Unilever, and Coates Group.
12 May 2025
Culture Isn't the Lever. Attitude Is.
Most organisations are trying to "improve the culture." But the problem with culture is that it's not something you do. It's something that emerges. Culture is not the solution. It's the result. And it's created by one thing: reinforced attitudes.
5 May 2025
Redefining Wellbeing: Why Achievement and Connection Matter More Than Happiness
Most organisations are chasing "wellbeing" — but few can define what that actually means. They offer yoga subscriptions, free fruit, resilience workshops, or mental health days… But still face rising burnout, passive disengagement, and high turnover.
28 Apr 2025
The Engagement Survey Trap: Why Sentiment Metrics Are Fueling Disengagement
Organisations are more "data-driven" than ever — deploying quarterly pulse checks, annual engagement surveys, and sentiment dashboards with colourful charts and AI insights. But despite this rise in employee feedback tools, culture remains stuck.
21 Apr 2025
The Reinforcement Revolution: Why the Future of Workplace Behaviours Is Neural, Not Narrative
Culture isn't what you say. It's attitudes and behaviours. It lives in the neural pathways, social responses, and emotional activations that happen every day — often unconsciously.
15 Apr 2025
Beyond Burnout – Building a Well-Organised, High-Trust Workforce
Burnout is no longer a personal issue. It's a structural and biological response to workplace environments that are not built for trust, clarity, or collective progress.
8 Apr 2025
Resocialisation & Renormalisation – The Science Behind Scalable Culture Transformation
Every organisation has a culture. But the question isn't whether culture exists. It's whether the behaviours being reinforced are helping or hindering performance and wellbeing. Outdated training, one-off workshops, and inconsistent leadership can't realign workplace behaviour at scale.
1 Apr 2025
The Neuroscience of Progress: Why Static Data Fails and Behavioural Shifts Succeed
Most organisations are collecting endless data on how employees feel—yet performance, wellbeing, and trust continue to decline. Surveys are sent. Dashboards are built. Engagement is reported. But little actually shifts.
25 Mar 2025
Why Employee Engagement is a Vanity Metric—And What to Measure Instead
Despite decades of focus on employee engagement, workplace wellbeing continues to decline. Learn why engagement is often a vanity metric and discover the behaviour-based measures that actually predict performance and wellbeing.