Overload rarely happens in one dramatic moment, it builds up through a string of small, reasonable sounding asks that nobody is tracking in total. The organisations making real progress build workload conversations into planning, not exit interviews.

Drop them in the desert and see how they get on….

That was the brief…..

I recently had the pleasure of working with a group of dedicated senior leaders from the Environmental sector. Our inner-city Birmingham venue – on a cold, grey, wet January day – could easily have set the tone….