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Courage
5 stories about courage - what is happening, and what to do about it.
ITV News Anglia · 6 October 2026
Medics allege 'toxic culture' at under-fire Addenbrooke's Hospital
The trust asked its own senior doctors, published what they said, then took the report down. Three in four described one pattern: raise a concern and you become the subject of one. The line that should worry a board is not the angry one - it is the doctor who has simply given up because nothing changes.
Mirage News · 25 August 2026
Independent Cultural Review Into Western Power
A new chief executive asked for it, the minister and board agreed the same week, and two of the country's most credible reviewers were appointed. This is what taking it seriously looks like - and 3,000 people still wait until early 2027.
HRreview · 21 August 2026
Just 6% of employers see lasting change after tackling toxic behaviour, survey finds
This is the whole argument in one number. Forty-five per cent got the improvement and then watched it decay - which is not a finding about bad interventions, it is a finding about interventions. Anything that happens once decays.
Microsoft · 5 May 2026
2026 Work Trend Index Annual Report: Agents, Human Agency, and the Opportunity for Every Organization
The largest AI study of the year went looking for what decides whether the investment lands, and it was not the model, the licence or the training budget. It was the culture around the person using it.
Mental Health First Aid England · 2 February 2026
The cost of workplace silence: Nearly half of employees feel unsafe speaking up at work, new research reveals
The last figure is the one for a board: 15% made a preventable mistake because raising it felt more dangerous than letting it happen. Silence is not a wellbeing line item here, it is an operational risk with a defect rate attached.