It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room

One of Talkpoint’s Guiding Principles is to ‘name the elephants’ and, as Sarah Silverman so eloquently says in her video breaking her silence about her good friend Louis CK, it’s time to talk about “the elephant masturbating in the room“.

Humanising Work: What’s the point?

Watching the news is despairing, especially as the Trump administration announces cuts to the EPA, after school programs and meals on wheels. “What on earth is he thinking?” we ask ourselves. Well really the answer is obvious – and has been spelled out – in the eyes of Trump (and many business people) if something […]

Good leadership is the daily practice of putting others first… it’s being human

I’m feeling so inspired after having experienced Simon Sinek and Peter Docker first hand in Sydney yesterday. What I was most struck by was Simon’s conviction that a good leader needs to focus on the human elements of work.

Let’s Talk… It’s the Human Way

This year Talkpoint began an explicit mission to “humanise work” and the response has been resounding. For a while, we have been noticing that the way we are working is not working, and we believe it’s time to reprioritise and contemplate some pointy questions.