Did you know that communication barriers can harm your relationships with friends, family and work colleagues? Relationship building relies heavily on communication, so you risk missing out on some significant chances to connect if you’re unaware of the dynamics at play. In fact, over 50 per cent of people…
What does it take to not just survive but truly thrive in a frontline customer service role? Working in customer service is no walk in the park. It involves managing increasingly high expectations and handling difficult customers daily. However, when you have the right mindset and skills, this role…
If you want to deliver brilliant customer experiences, start by understanding what really matters to your customers. Matt Watkinson’s bestselling book The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences is a great place to begin. At Understood, we believe in turning great ideas into real-world impact. These ten principles underpin…
If you want to change your life, start by changing your behaviour. If you want to transform your organisation’s culture, focus on changing your employees’ behaviour. So how do you create the right conditions for the right behaviours to take root—and stick? In last month’s blog, we explored why…
We’re all trying to change behaviour. Whether it’s sticking to a New Year’s resolution or encouraging employees to adopt the right behaviours at work, the challenge remains the same: how do we make change stick? James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, reminds us that meaningful behaviour change starts with…
In our last two blog posts, we explored the powerful role that habits play in shaping our behaviour and influencing organisational culture. We unpacked why we’re such creatures of habit and highlighted how these automatic behaviours can define the emotional climate of a workplace. We also examined Charles Duhigg’s…
Crises as catalysts for change The global pandemic threw organisations into chaos, disrupting routines and straining resources. While this period has tested our limits, it also offers a powerful opportunity: crises can act as springboards for positive, lasting change. Rahm Emanuel, then Chief of Staff to President Obama during…
‘All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits.’ – William James, 1892 Habits shape our lives – often more than we realise. In uncertain or fast-changing times, understanding these automatic behaviours becomes even more important. Charles Duhigg, in The Power of…
During the first coronavirus lockdown last year, the government spent millions urging people to avoid public bus transport. Unsurprisingly, people stayed home and stopped travelling on our buses and trains. Now, as we emerge from the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, how do we reverse that message? How do we…
Long before we understood what a “lockdown” meant, loneliness had already taken hold. In 2019, before the global pandemic disrupted our lives, experts had already identified a loneliness epidemic due to a lack of connection. A YouGov survey revealed that nearly half of UK adults felt lonely at least…
