• Here is our AI generated video about Cognitions

    Here is our new AI-generated video. It will also pop-up automatically, so feel free to choose either one. We created the script and AI created the actors. Enjoy, and if the messaging resonates with you or your organisation then do contact us at info@cognitions.co.uk

  • Do the peaks of troughs of news affect us? Are we on a roller coaster or simply driving through a storm?

    Good news or bad , 24-hour media has an impact on our lives and the potential to leave its mark.  Now, how we respond is another matter.  When times are good then the odd bits of bad news can be shaken off.  But what can happen when times are difficult and there is a relentless…

  • No matter who’s around the big table, organisations should know their people.

    No matter who’s around the big table, organisations should know their people.

    No matter who is around the table, organisations should know their people better. And when they don’t, the consequences can be at best challenging and at worst disastrous. I was posting a comment on Linkedin today about the dire consequences of rogue CEOs and Executives in organisations. It was about the effect that they can…

  • FUN?….It’s called WORK for a reason!

    FUN?….It’s called WORK for a reason!

    Organisational leaders need to stop advocating ‘fun’ as being at odds with Professionalism and view ‘fun’ as an important management tool on the journey to accepting change. With millennials preferring workplace cultures which are ‘fun’ to work in, how fast can companies change to attract new talent? The dreaded “Productivity” issue The UK is facing…

  • Mobilizing your Tribes of Strategic Thought-Leaders

    Mobilizing your Tribes of Strategic Thought-Leaders

    Organisations need to develop social leadership if they want to keep pace with marketplace opportunities arising from change in the real world rather than being held back by the inertia of top-down driven organic growth.  There is pressure to shake off the unconscious social bias at higher levels of leadership. Leaders want to move away…

  • Re-engage your Employees through Disruptive Transformation

    Re-engage your Employees through Disruptive Transformation

    A new wave of disruption is around the corner. It spells enormous change not just for management but also for employees in terms of their relevance. Under the cloak of improving productivity, advanced technology promises to make more money for corporations but secretly, it is positioning itself to replace employees in their jobs. McKinsey’s Michael…

  • “Registrar-Consultant Transformation Programme”. Free Webinar

    “Registrar-Consultant Transformation Programme”. Free Webinar

    Getting a consultants job in the NHS is highly competitive. It is becoming increasingly difficult in this economic climate as trusts look to reduce expenditure. The pressure on consultants to continuously innovate and deliver high quality services with fewer resources is an ever-growing challenge.

  • The Transformation from Registrar to Consultant. A Journey like No-Other.

    The Transformation from Registrar to Consultant. A Journey like No-Other.

    by Guest Blogger, Dr Abrar Hussain. Transformations can be enjoyable and exciting and they can also be challenging and difficult. Robust preparation and a degree of resilience are vital for success. The high stakes transformation from a Registrar to a Consultant is of particular importance in medicine. It is the final hurdle to independent practice…

  • ProAssign ACT™ StrategyWorks

    ProAssign ACT™ StrategyWorks

    Strategy Workshops for Future Direction Strategy workshops are common practice in many organisations, taking time out to think about and develop the future.  However no matter the energy and time put into these programmes, the end result can often be inaction, inertia and disengagement by employees.

  • MINDSET – The Gap between the Why & the What of Competitive Innovation

    MINDSET – The Gap between the Why & the What of Competitive Innovation

    How often do we come across the word ‘Innovation’ in today’s business speak? Innovation is being seen as the next progressive step for growth, after cost-reduction or business re-engineering. In the last recession, only companies that pro-actively invested in innovatively managing emergent needs of the market through new products had come out on top. Organisations…