Posts by Murray

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Organisational Systems Design: When Activity Replaces Progress

Work feels busy but progress stalls. It’s not a people problem - it’s the systems design. Here’s why your business is working exactly as built.

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Emergence in Business: Designing Systems That Grow

Control is slowing your organisation down. Emergence in business explains why - and how better systems create speed, alignment, and resilience.

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Internal vs External Locus of Control: The Difference Between Reacting and Responding

Internal vs external locus of control explains why you feel stuck at work. Learn how control, burnout, and performance are connected.

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The Cost of Toxic Workplace Behaviour (And Why It’s a Performance Issue)

Toxic workplace behaviour impacts performance, culture, and retention. Here’s how it spreads - and why ignoring it is costing your business.

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Organisational Resilience: Measuring and Maintaining System Health

Most businesses track performance but miss warning signs. Organisational resilience depends on how you measure and maintain system health.

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Resilience and Trauma: When Effort Isn’t the Answer

A reflection on resilience and trauma, and why effort isn’t enough. Exploring misalignment, hidden strain, and how meaning restores capacity.

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Reactive vs Creative Leadership: The Upstream Driver of Organisational Resilience

Most leadership teams don’t fail from lack of effort, but from outdated behaviours. Learn reactive vs creative leadership and how it shapes resilience.

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The Resilience Engine: Rethinking How We Build Resilience at Work

The Resilience Engine is a simple framework for building resilience at work. Learn how effort and meaning shape energy, performance, and results.

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How to Build Resilience That Actually Lasts

Most advice on how to build resilience focuses on reacting to pressure. Learn how to build resilience that actually lasts.

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What Tokyo’s Earthquake Engineering Can Teach Us About Organisational Resilience

What Tokyo’s earthquake design can teach us about organisational resilience - and why many businesses aren’t built for constant disruption.