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Practical thinking on employee voice, survey analysis, and organisational intelligence.
CEO
How CEOs Use Organisational Intelligence During a Leadership Transition
New CEOs get a filtered version of the organisation for months by default. Here's how the CEOs who avoid that actually do it.
24 July 2026
Private Equity
Pre-Acquisition Culture Due Diligence: What PE Teams Should Look For
Financial due diligence is thorough. Culture due diligence is usually a handful of management interviews and a glance at Glassdoor. Here's what a structured version looks like.
21 July 2026
Boards
What Should Go in a Board Risk Report on Culture?
Most board culture reports are three engagement scores and a sentence about morale. Here's what a structured version actually looks like.
17 July 2026
Internal Audit
Building an Audit Trail for Culture and Conduct Risk
Internal audit can test a control. Testing culture requires a different kind of evidence trail — here's what that actually looks like in practice.
14 July 2026
Risk Intelligence
The Whistleblowing Gap: Why Internal Hotlines Miss What Public Reviews Catch
Whistleblowing hotlines catch what employees are willing to formally report. Most employees never get there — and that's exactly what shows up on public review sites instead.
10 July 2026
Compliance
Conduct Risk: Why Culture Is the Metric Regulators Actually Care About
Conduct failures rarely start as conduct failures. They start as culture problems that went unmeasured until a regulator measured them instead.
7 July 2026
Employee Listening
What's the Ideal Number of Questions for an Employee Survey?
Research suggests 30-40 questions for a comprehensive survey and 5-10 for a pulse check. The number matters less than whether each question earns its place.
5 July 2026
Governance
What Boards Need to Evidence Culture Oversight
Board oversight of culture is now an explicit governance expectation, not a values statement. Here's what "evidence" actually needs to look like.
3 July 2026
CEO
Day One Ready: How CEOs Use Data to Make an Instant Impact
Why External CEOs Need AI-Powered Organizational Insights The transition period for an external CEO is critical. Research from Harvard Business School shows tha…
21 May 2025
Employee Experience
Survey Comment Avalanche? Our AI-Human Solution Delivers
The Hidden Treasure in Your Survey Data "I've got all these survey comments but no time to analyze them." Sound familiar? If you're nodding your head, you're no…
21 May 2025
Boards
Trust Crisis 2025: Why Employee Voice Is Critical
The latest Edelman Trust Barometer has revealed a disturbing trend that should concern every organizational leader: 40% of respondents, with a notable concentra…
20 March 2025
Employee Experience
Transform Employee Surveys: How an SMB Cut Analysis Time 90%
How a Mid-Sized Business Cut Survey Analysis Time by 90% and Turned Employee Feedback into Action By Nicole Vaughan | March 4, 2025 | Employee Experience, Emplo…
4 March 2025
Boards
Delivering Messages and Feedback for Impactful Leadership
Effective communication is at the heart of leadership success, particularly for CEOs, C-suite executives and HR leaders. Whether you're rallying your team aroun…
22 January 2025
Employee Experience
Why Open-Door CEO Policies Aren't Always the Solution
CEO open-door or open-email policies are often touted as a way to foster transparency and encourage employees to share ideas, concerns or challenges directly wi…
27 June 2024
Employee Experience
Empowering Employees: Human-Centric AI for Better Insights
Introduction In today's fast-paced business world, organizations are constantly seeking ways to stay ahead of the curve and maintain their competitive edge. One…
20 June 2024
Employee Experience
Building a Great Organization: Fostering a Culture of Growth and Empowerment
At the heart of every successful organization lies a vision—an aspiration that guides its actions, shapes its culture, and fuels its growth. For us at myCandr, …
23 May 2024
Employee Experience
Life After Layoffs: Effective Communication Strategies to Motivate and Engage Remaining Employees
After a layoff, the employees who remain need more than reassurance. Discover communication strategies proven to rebuild trust, tackle survivor guilt, and re-engage your workforce when it matters most.
25 April 2024
Employee Experience
Curiosity, Candor, Courage: 3 Core Values Drive myCandr's Mission to Amplify Employee Voice
The Importance of Employee Voice and Feedback Employee's want than just a paycheck and gym membership. They want to be heard, valued and engaged in their work. …
21 March 2024
Employee Experience
Lost in Translation: How to Strengthen Connection Between Frontline and Executives
'Susan' was a customer success manager at a mid size tech company. Despite her daily interactions with customers, she felt like the executives were out of touch…
22 February 2024
Employee Experience
Employee Voice is Crucial During Offboarding
Offboarding is the process of transitioning a departing employee when they leave a company. It involves a series of steps to ensure that they leave on good term…
25 January 2024
Risk Intelligence
Glassdoor Reviews: The Risk Signal Hiding in Plain Sight
Glassdoor reviews reveal safety, compliance, and culture risk hiding in plain sight. Here's how boards and compliance teams turn them into risk intelligence.
21 December 2023
Employee Experience
Fear is a common barrier for employees not speaking up
Fear is a common barrier for employees not speaking up Organisations and CEOs are missing out on ideas and valuable feedback. One of the most common challenges …
23 November 2023
Boards
Curiosity in the Boardroom: Why it Matters
Introduction Curiosity is the key to innovation. It's not just curiosity that makes a company great, but curiosity as part of an ongoing culture of learning and…
14 September 2023
Employee Experience
Employee Experience Drives Customer Experience
Employee experience (EX) is the sum of all the interactions and perceptions that employees have with their employer. It encompasses everything from the physical…
17 August 2023
Boards
Why Board Members Should Monitor Glassdoor Reviews
Board members who ignore Glassdoor are missing critical employee intelligence. Learn how to use anonymous reviews to identify cultural risks, governance gaps, and take action before problems escalate.
20 July 2023
Employee Experience
Employee Listening: A Key to Innovation and Growth
Employee Listening: A Key to Innovation and Growth Employee experience (EX) is a holistic matter. It’s the collection of experiences that an employee has with t…
22 June 2023
Quiet Quitting
Boardroom Challenges: Why Listening to Employees Matters
Employee voice is a valuable source of information for any company that wants to improve its performance, culture and reputation. Employee voice is used to desc…
25 May 2023
Great Resignation
Understanding Modern Company Changes: Are You Prepared?
The world of business is undergoing a series of unprecedented shifts that are reshaping the way organizations operate, compete and create value. From the COVID-…
28 April 2023
Great Resignation
The Power of Employee Voice: A Guide for Board Members
Employee voice is the ability of employees to express their opinions, ideas, and concerns to their employers. It is a key factor for organizational success, as …
30 March 2023
Employee Experience
The War for Talent
Start thinking of your employees as your first customers. Your people are your biggest opportunity as well as your greatest risk . The war for talent is a term …
31 January 2023