And so here we are. Those who needed to be furloughed have been furloughed, and now we’re eagerly waiting news on when will we be back in the office, what that will look like, and whether we will be in a V, U or L-shaped
Your coffee is in a relay race with your wine. Your daily TV schedule is BBC news, the highlight being “Boris Hour” at 5pm. You have backache from poor laptop posture, dehydration from lack of water, total brain smush (yes I just made that up)
The process of growing a company demands compromise from Founders who are, by their very nature, uncompromising. Founders refuse to accept things for the way they are and then seek to affect that change on the world. They channel their obsession in to total commitment,
We are living in unique times. We’ve experienced an overnight, seismic shift in how and where we work… we’re still adjusting and making sense of our new reality. As many companies make very difficult decisions in the next few days about staff furloughing, pay cuts, reduced
By now you’ve all read how you should still shower and brush your teeth in the morning (wait…what?), so this article will focus on another side of sustained remote working. Specifically, my personal journey of self-knowledge gained through relative isolation from March 2016 to April
One of my favourite pieces of trivia is that the start-up chime of Windows 95 was written by composer Brian Eno. It was arguably one of the most played short sounds the world heard until the Apple Macintosh gong entered our day to day lives,
B Corporations are for-profit companies that not only have a social mission but have concrete ethical and sustainable means of conduct. The initiative started in 2007 over in the US, with brands such as Patagonia and Ben & Jerry’s becoming certified B-Corps soon after. Since
The guy who cleans my flat is called Chris. Chris turns my blankets in to swan sculptures. He leaves chocolates on my bed. He notices a dead light bulb and replaces it. He bills us for 4 hours but stays for 5. When faced with
Blanket contractor bans sent tremors through the market, but others need not follow suit. In fact, savvy companies could pluck contractor talent from their paranoid competitors if they are prepared to navigate the incoming legislative changes. Let’s just remember that this new legislation is about
Things like this… …make me really sad. On the one hand, they’re trying really hard… …on the other hand, they’re not trying at all. You see, it’s all about intent. The intent here is purely to lure eyeballs. Eyeballs that might just get someone to their “Careers” page, in