Better questions. More human workplaces.

What if the question is not “How do we get employees to care more?” but “What is happening at work that makes caring difficult?” That question sits at the heart of our work on employee engagement, leadership, and organizational culture.

Through research, books, and essays, Danielle Lord, PhD, examines the relationship between the conditions organizations create and the experiences people carry through their working lives. This work challenges familiar assumptions about motivation, resilience, and commitment, while asking what managers and organizations can do differently.

The purpose is not to offer another explanation for why employees need to change. It is to help us look more closely at the work itself: how people are led, how concerns are heard, how growth is supported, and whose contributions are noticed. These questions also inform EYE Culture by Design, connecting the thinking behind engagement with practices managers can use.

Explore the research, follow a question, or begin with a book. The invitation is to see work differently, then consider what you might do differently.