I was chatting to a client last week and explaining that one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned working alongside the good people at Culture Partners is that a lack of personal accountability can throttle even the most beautifully planned change programme. “Ah,” she said. “Let me show you…

This graphic, or others like it, gets trotted out online every now and again and something about it has always bothered me. I thought at first it was the endless comments from hustle culture dudes taking it as an endorsement of that culture — that you’re not learning and growing unless you’re scared and uncomfortable. I saw one that said “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 2023 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.”