A tessera is a single piece of a mosaic. On its own, each piece has value. But the real picture comes from how the pieces fit together.

In many organisations, HR operations, employee relations, talent acquisition, reward, benefits, HR business partnering, compliance, governance and organisation design sit in one lane, while leadership development, learning and development, organisation development, skills, capability, values and culture, EDI, employee listening and engagement, talent, succession and performance sit in another. They are part of the same People ecosystem, but they require different expertise, different ways of working and different priorities.

When leadership bandwidth, capacity and attention are stretched across all of these areas, cohesion can easily get lost. Priorities compete, ownership becomes blurred, activity becomes fragmented and the connections between disciplines weaken. The result is not just inefficiency — it can materially affect the employee experience, leadership capability, organisational performance and ultimately the people at the heart of the organisation.