This Christmas I’m giving myself an unusual gift: a screen free holiday season. It may seem hypocritical as a strategist with an interest in makes people behave in different ways to take a sudden interest in screen dodging, but hear me out: Oh no! Not another digital detox post! I’veContinue Reading
Last weekend, it seemed that social media feeds were awash with people celebrating their experience at an event hosted by motivational speaker and businessman Tony Robbins called Unleash the Power Within. Looking at this year’s event from the outside, most of the images looked like this: What was interesting aboutContinue Reading
I first came across this idea at an educational event by OpenStrategy – a learning community for planners based in London. I was speaking to the brilliant Mark Pollard, founder of US creative agency Mighty Jungle after this presentation on how to become more insightful – essentially becoming great atContinue Reading
I’m a huge fan of General Assembly – the business, which started in 2011 is now a pioneer in education and career transformation – it specialises in today’s most in-demand tech and creative skills. Last week, it began publicising a great initiative that they are conducting in partnership with co-workingContinue Reading
I’m going to Toastmasters again this week; I’ve been a member of Bloomsbury Speakers (which strangely enough, is based in Clerkenwell) for just over a year and it has been brilliant as a place to practice different kinds of public speaking. My work involves a lot of presenting, whether that beContinue Reading
An Economist article that I mentioned in a previous post really confirmed a growing belief within me that lifelong learning will become a permanent fixture in our working lives – put simply: instead of relying on formal education to provide today’s knowledge workers with the bulk of their skill acquisition,Continue Reading