Burnout or boreout?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s two weeks to Christmas and everyone I know is looking a bit stressed. If you’ve got kids, then you’re probably juggling all of the concerts, prize-givings, valedictories and performances …
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Lights, camera, action!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s funny how some things that were once familiar have now become novelties. Working in an office and wearing a suit seem quaint and slightly eccentric. Last week we hosted …
Question Time
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Can poodles breathe underwater? Why don’t crabs have eyebrows? What does a rainbow taste like? Kids ask the best questions. My 5 year-old neighbour asked his mum, “where do I …
Balancing risk and opportunity
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What’s your appetite for risk? Sharon always teases me that I’m risk averse, and my haircut hasn’t changed substantially for 10 years. Until a few weeks ago. After 80 days …
Time to rethink volunteering
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What’s the first thing you did after lockdown ended? Some people headed straight to the pub. But it wasn’t the lack of booze during lockdown that drove people to queue …
Great resignation or great opportunity?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Borders are opening and airlines are dusting the desert sand off their planes. People are starting to plan trips and my inbox is full of ads for overseas holidays. We’re …
Conscious consumer, hidden audience
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As vaccination rates climb, we’re heading into the Spring sunshine like bears out of hibernation. We’ve all made adjustments and, like my waistline, things are not likely to bounce back …
Balancing the head and heart in partnerships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Thinking is to humans as swimming is to cats; they can do it, but they’d prefer not to” Daniel Kahneman When you head to your favourite restaurant, you survey the …
Making your case
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Children are the evil geniuses of persuasion. They’re able to make their case in a way that hits all of our hot spots and pain points to get the outcome …
Time to spring clean your partnerships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Spring sunshine has arrived and it’s shining a light into the dusty corners of my house. I’ve got a spider family that has not so much taken up residence but …