The Thrive Guide to Staying Focused, Even When We’re Not Feeling It It starts with acknowledging that pandemic fatigue is real. by Jen Fisher, Chief Well-being Officer at Deloitte It’s a new year, in the U.S. there’s a new administration, and coronavirus vaccines are...
Distraction busting for the easily distracted
Distraction-busting for the easily distracted How to Escape the Vicious Cycle of Distraction by Nir Eyal “You have time for everything, even if it doesn’t feel that way.” One of the drawbacks of working from home is easily the amount of distractions at your...
Undercover or in the Spotlight
UNDERCOVER OR IN SPOTLIGHT Even I'm beginning to realise that there are times when it pays to go "undercover", to fade into the background rather than step forward into the spotlight. Really hard for a natural spotlight-er. Here are three moments to consider: When you...
Pooh and Piglet
To the women – book of poems by Donna Ashworth
You’re not imagining it, nobody seems to want to talk right now. Messages are brief and replies late. Talk of catch ups on zoom are perpetually put on hold. Group chats are no longer pinging all night long. It’s not you. It’s everyone. We are spent. We have nothing...
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
The Creative Habit – Learn it and use it for life by Twyla Tharp What makes someone creative? How does someone face the empty page, the empty stage and making something where nothing existed before? Not just a dilemma for the artist, it is something everyone faces...
How we measure and a better measure of success
Diagram by Liz Fosslien
I’m a fighter – WTO apoints first woman first African chief
WTO appoints first woman, first African chief 'I'm a fighter': first female, first African head of WTO is ready for battle writes Jason Burke & Emmanuel Akinwotu in The Guardian. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, set to be named director general, joins as global trading system...








