Caster and the absurdity of putting people in boxes

A leader I work with recently told me a story about a conversation that took place while he was doing his MBA. The lecturer asked the students to come up with a creative question involving cardboard boxes (yes, I know). One particular student said he had one. “Go on” said…
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Brand introduction – PlanetK2

I was listening to an interview with Jeff Bridges the other day and he said “cynics are usually crushed romantics”. I think that’s gorgeous and I like the idea. It suggests hope and a way forward. Because if there’s one thing that we know from all our work at PlanetK2…
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Pause for leadership

As I’ve written many times over recent years, one of the privileges of doing this job is that I get to sit down and chat with leaders from different businesses, in different sectors and with different challenges and opportunities ahead of them. There’s nothing new there. As an inevitable part…
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Health and wellbeing at work

We’ve all heard the stats. Poor wellbeing is costing the economy billions each year and millions of work days are being lost due to mental health problems. Health and wellbeing isn’t about stats. It’s about people. And unless there is a firm foundation of good health and wellbeing - sustainable &…
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Collaboration culture helps bring transparency to advertising

Bountiful Cow co-founder Henry Daglish shares the journey of founding a fully-transparent challenger media agency. Learn about what they're working on with us at PlanetK2 to ensure everyone at Bountiful Cow are performing at their optimum and the impact its having. The beginning From the moment we set up Bountiful…
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Introducing Helen Glover MBE – our newest PlanetK2 ambassador

We’re delighted and excited to announce our newest PlanetK2 ambassador – Helen Glover MBE. As a professional rower and a member of the Great Britain rowing team, Helen is a truly inspiring high performer from the elite sport arena. Helen is ranked the number one female rower in the world…
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Highlights from PerformanceFest Lounge 2018

What do an acclaimed actor, a bomb disposal expert, two globally successful musicians and an outstanding emergency medicine consultant have in common?  When it comes to high performance, we discovered its quite a lot! If you’ve been following us on social media, you might have seen excited coverage of our…
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Team LifeReady – Aids Lifecycle

In our quest to share our human performance expertise and do some good in the world where we can, this year we're supporting Team LifeReady, sponsoring and coaching the team as they prepare for Aids LifeCycle 2018 - our very own Keith Hatter is even off to be their roadie…
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The sideways route to success!

Chris Voller, formerly AXA Insurance UK Claims Director and a PlanetK2 Hall of Famer. He’s always been committed to helping his people grow. People don’t normally associate ‘sideways moves’ with success. It’s usually seen more as an interruption on the pathway to greater things. Sometimes a sideways move might even…
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