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Welcome to the Inspiring Change Blog.

Thoughts on communications, change, engagement, leadership or pretty much anything else of interest or note that I pick up around the place. A place to relax, think, write and muse a little...

The Top Three Things Brilliant Leaders Do When Communicating With Teams

Sarah Cameron

Nov 25
3 min

The Top Three Things Brilliant Leaders Do When Communicating With Teams

Leaders are rarely engrossed in handling day-to-day tasks and do not get involved in technical aspects of the origination. Instead, a...

3 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Listener Today

Scott McInnes

Oct 26
3 min

3 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Listener Today

Let’s begin with the bad news; Perfect listening ability is as unobtainable as Kryptonite. A critical part of communication, your...

Top Ways Leaders Can Bring Organisational Values to Life.

Scott McInnes

Oct 15
5 min

Top Ways Leaders Can Bring Organisational Values to Life.

Organisational values are the lifeblood of your enterprise. They add colour, context and, most importantly of all, meaning to what you...

Scott McInnes

Sep 30
2 min

Values are Irrelevant Without Strategy

Values are irrelevant without a well communicated strategy. I was running some client workshops last week and a participant said...

Using Internal Podcasts For Effective Employee Comms

Scott McInnes

Sep 23
1 min

Using Internal Podcasts For Effective Employee Comms

In this episode, Scott talks about why podcasting isn't just an entertainment medium for millions of people around the world....

Scott McInnes

Sep 16
2 min

How To Be Courageous In The Workplace

I recently saw the below poster (blue and yellow) on the bathroom wall, and it got me thinking about courage and what it means to be...

Scott McInnes

Jul 30
1 min

95 | Connecting people to strategy

Strategy is boring. Or, more specifically, strategy can be exciting but how we communicate it - in 50 page strategy documents - is...

Scott McInnes

Apr 7
1 min

94 | Writing better emails

Along with Zoom, email usage has grown exponentially as billions of people globally have been forced to work remotely. Sadly, it's not...

Scott McInnes

Mar 23
1 min

93 | If you're using Zoom, use it well!

Zoom, Teams, Webex or whatever your vidconf poison is, have become synonymous with Covid lockdowns and remote working. So much so, that...

Scott McInnes

Mar 8
4 min

92 | Weeding out bad behaviour

We've got a nice garden, But there's been one patch (where I tried and failed to sow a wildflower garden last summer) that's been...

91 | Three building blocks for successful hybrid working

Scott McInnes

Feb 23
1 min

91 | Three building blocks for successful hybrid working

Future of work? Next Normal? Hybrid working? Whatever you're calling it, you've got a great opportunity to build on what we've all...

Scott McInnes

Feb 8
5 min

90 | Staying Connected during Covid

So hands up - a bit of a cheat this week. Back in March (yep, nearly 11 months ago) I ran a free webinar for leaders on practical things...

Scott McInnes

Dec 18, 2020
2 min

MEDIA - EX walks the talk for CX

In the current tough market conditions, companies need to differentiate themselves in an increasingly commoditised world, writes Scott...

89 | Our '12 Days of Christmas' 2020 lookback

Scott McInnes

Dec 14, 2020
2 min

89 | Our '12 Days of Christmas' 2020 lookback

The end of a year is always a great time to pause, take stock and look back on what we’ve achieved. So, to round out this year, we...

Scott McInnes

Nov 23, 2020
3 min

88 | Missing moments that matter.

Last Friday I was interviewing Denis Doolan, one of the guests on our Covid Christmas Cracker Podcast special (more on that in December)....

Scott McInnes

Nov 19, 2020
4 min

GUEST POST - Connecting during Covid

Scott was asked to write a guest blog for Poppulo so we thought we'd republish it here in case you missed it there :-)...

Scott McInnes

Oct 7, 2020
1 min

MEDIA - Scott McInnes on LMFM with Gerry Kelly

On the back of his recent article in the Sunday Times, Scott was invited on to Gerry Kelly's 'The Late Lunch' show on LMFM. In a...

MEDIA - COVID-19 Remote Working Opportunity

Sarah Cameron

Oct 7, 2020
4 min

MEDIA - COVID-19 Remote Working Opportunity

Strengthening Connections through Communication As a leader, when did you last walk the floor? Talk to a member of your team? Ask them...

Scott McInnes

Sep 15, 2020
2 min

87 | 15,000 different perspectives

Learn why employee perspective affects your internal communications strategy & how leaders can convey messages effectively.

Scott McInnes

Aug 31, 2020
3 min

86 | Don't think, just _______.

Taking time to rest your brain, to quieten your thoughts is key to your health and wellbeing. So this week some thoughts on open water swim