Culture in Action

In this episode, Workplace Innovator and Transformation Leader Tom Kegode joins Luke Fisher to reflect on his three-year journey driving major culture shifts at Lloyd's Banking Group and the lessons he's taking into his new chapter. With experience ranging from branch cashier to designing hybrid work and leading transformation, Tom unpacks the power of human-centered change. Tom introduces the Work Lab, a 30-day sprint methodology for accelerating change, and shares how he grew a grassroots m...

In this episode, culture expert and author Colin D Ellis joins Luke Fisher to unpack why culture isn’t accidental—it’s a choice. With decades of experience transforming teams, Colin shares how real culture change begins with behaviour, not slogans. From his early career as an untrained manager to building high-performing teams across sectors, Colin’s story is rooted in lived experience. He introduces his three-part model—leaders commit, managers build, employees own—and explains why most cult...

In this episode, Dr. Jeanne Hardacre, author of The Culture Trap and founder of Be the Culture Change, joins Luke Fisher to unpack how leaders and teams can free themselves from the unspoken dynamics that make work feel toxic, tense, or simply uninspiring. Jeanne shares her deeply personal journey of transformation—how a crisis led her to rethink everything she believed about leadership, power, and organisational culture. From the dangers of "if only" thinking to letting go of shame and job t...

In this episode, Charlotte Graham, People and Change Lead at Ocado Retail, joins Luke Fisher to explore how to make culture stick in a fast-moving, digital-first business. Charlotte shares how Ocado’s “high support, high challenge” model helps build a culture that balances ambition with wellbeing and why recognition is key to keeping people connected through change. From embedding values into behaviour to turning resistance into advocacy, Charlotte offers a grounded, people-first approach to ...

In this episode, Hazel Hogben, Chief People Officer at Unilode Aviation Solutions, shares how she’s helped reshape culture across a global aviation logistics business — with teams in 36 countries, many of whom don’t sit at a desk. From stepping into a newly acquired company, to rewriting values, overhauling communication, and building recognition programs, Hazel explains how Unilode is building emotional connection across a distributed, operational workforce. She shares what’s worked, what’s ...