Let’s start by asking yourself whether complacency shows up anywhere in your life? In your work? At home? In the car? Does it affect your health? Your wealth? Relationships? Why is that? The bulk of these will be important to you yet we let complacency dictate how much energy we put into them. The answers … Continue reading Switching Off Complacency

Nada Wentzel Presents the 2° Shift Concept

My family have been watching a few movies over the holiday season and I was particularly keen to see, for about the 100th time, one of my most favourite movies ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. An oldie but a goodie! Now, I won’t give away too much of the plot etc. but there is a scene … Continue reading Influencing like Clarence

2° (Two degree) shifts are based on the principles of neuroscience. We understand our brains are comprised of billions of specialised cells called neurons and that neurons are connected by neural pathways. We learn new behaviours by forming new neural pathways in response to associations we make every day from sensory data (values, attitudes, beliefs). … Continue reading The Neuroscience of 2 Degree Shifts

My son, Cooper, recently took on my challenge of completing the Rubik’s Cube puzzle. This was something I have never achieved myself despite spending many many hours when I was younger (and again recently) to get beyond completing only 1 side! There is a certain logical process to follow apparently (it can all be found … Continue reading The Sad Story of Safety Cultures and Rubik’s Cubes

Following an incident, you’ll often hear people say, “what were they thinking?”. This comment implies that the individual was consciously thinking and making logical choices. Based on neuroscience, we know that the majority of behaviour is driven by the emotional brain and not the logical brain. For this reason, we need to understand the brain … Continue reading What were they thinking? – The Emotional Brain in Safety

So, I’ve got some spare time. Well, technically, it’s not really spare time but more like time that has just been reallocated to me without notice. I’m stuck at my sons football training session. Stuck? Yep thanks to a flat battery. As it was raining, upon arrival outside the training ground, I decided to stay … Continue reading Jump Starting

We hear this saying quite a lot. “Slow down and drive to the conditions.” Over the last few weeks we have had our active storm season of dark thunderous clouds, pelting rain and high winds to contend with. I’ve noticed, on my regular highway drive to and from the office, that the weather reports on … Continue reading Drive to the Conditions

Do your leaders have the skills required to lead a high performance safety culture? What behaviours differentiate high performing companies from low performing? We recently completed a global study of 15,000 people who participated in our Safety Leadership ScorecardTM since 2003. We compared the top 10% and bottom 10% and here’s what we discovered about … Continue reading Top 5 Safety Leadership Behaviours

Yesterday, I read an article in the Dutch newspaper about traffic related fatalities in Holland. In 2015, there were 621 traffic related fatalities compared to 570 in 2014 (+9%) and it was suggested that the use of mobile phones including texting and using other applications whilst driving has contributed strongly to the increase. In Australia, … Continue reading I can handle this….

As a Gold Coast local, the news this week of a 3 year old Dolphin being trapped for 5 hours in an inflatable swimming enclosure whilst the mother looked on anxiously got a lot of coverage in these parts. The cheeky calf took advantage of the higher than normal tides, thanks to the ‘supermoon’, to … Continue reading Do you have a ‘trapped dolphin’?

My grandmother was my friend, mentor and disciplinary angel. She was a phenomenal listener. She would often sit and listen sometimes for hours on end. However when I started to bitch, whine or complain, she would allow me a few minutes of ‘air time’ and then gently interrupt, ‘Nada, Stop. Rather than spend your time … Continue reading Got a complaint? Take it to the source, otherwise take it to the toilet

I was in Sydney last week and heading back to the airport in my hire car. The peak hour traffic was heavy but I’d planned out a reasonable amount of time to drop it off and check in. So, I was under control and feeling good despite the rain. As I approached the airport I … Continue reading $5 Decisions

I have a confession. I feel flat, uninspired, unmotivated. There, I said it. I dared to say it even whilst sitting here at an airport on my way to speak at a conference to inspire and rock people’s world. I’m busy. So Damn busy. When I’m not speaking at conferences, inspiring, motivating, influencing, facilitating, I’m … Continue reading Life is Now. Press Play … but first hit delete.

Interview with Dr. Craig Hassed on Mindfulness and Wellbeing Last week we received a visit from Craig Hassed, Associate Professor at Monash University, and internationally acclaimed expert in Mindfulness. During this visit, Craig delivered an incredible three hour presentation on Mindfulness and Wellbeing to our team. Robert also hosted a short recorded interview with Craig, … Continue reading Great Minds Think Alike

Australians take their coffee very seriously. Over the last decade the coffee culture in Australia has thrived. In 2016, studies have shown that we will spend around $6 billion on our obsession. That’s a lot of dollars spent on a lot of beans! So, I’m sure you will find it strange to be asked to … Continue reading The $6 Billion Cost of Culture

Have you ever felt like things are a constant struggle? Whether it is at work or at home, sometimes you just feel like you are constantly being placed in arm locks by the people around you. Literally, you say to people that they have your arm up your back! Or perhaps you are the one … Continue reading Locked In Combat