Blog

What's happening at Appellon.

Explore the latest research, insights, and success stories on improving workplace culture and reducing stress through neuroscience-backed approaches.

Why Australia's Top Executives Came Together to Rethink 'Culture'

21 May 2025

Leadership
Workplace
Culture

Why Australia's Top Executives Came Together to Rethink 'Culture'

Appellon hosted a private executive roundtable with senior leaders from Canva, Mastercard, Unilever, Ramsay Health, Apollo Care Alliance, and Coates Group to confront a growing truth: The way we've been managing 'culture' is no longer working.

Every Organisation Has a Purpose — But Do Your People Have the Attitudes to Achieve It?

19 May 2025

Culture
Performance
Attitudes

Every Organisation Has a Purpose — But Do Your People Have the Attitudes to Achieve It?

Every business is built around a mission. But skills alone don't drive results — attitudes do. Discover why achievement and connection are the real levers for organisational performance, and how to reinforce them at scale.

Inside the Private Executive Roundtable Redefining Workplace Wellbeing

13 May 2025

Wellbeing
Workplace
Leadership

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.

Culture Isn't the Lever. Attitude Is.

12 May 2025

Culture
Neuroscience
Workplace

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.

Redefining Wellbeing: Why Achievement and Connection Matter More Than Happiness

5 May 2025

Wellbeing
Workplace
Neuroscience

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.

The Engagement Survey Trap: Why Sentiment Metrics Are Fueling Disengagement

28 Apr 2025

Neuroscience
Workplace
Engagement

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.

The Reinforcement Revolution: Why the Future of Workplace Behaviours Is Neural, Not Narrative

21 Apr 2025

Neuroscience
Workplace
Transformation

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.

Beyond Burnout – Building a Well-Organised, High-Trust Workforce

15 Apr 2025

Wellbeing
Workplace
Psychology

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.

Resocialisation & Renormalisation – The Science Behind Scalable Culture Transformation

8 Apr 2025

Psychology
Culture

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.

The Neuroscience of Progress: Why Static Data Fails and Behavioural Shifts Succeed

1 Apr 2025

Neuroscience
Workplace

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.

Why Employee Engagement is a Vanity Metric—And What to Measure Instead

25 Mar 2025

Analytics
Workplace
Performance

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.