Buy A World Without Email I’ve talked a lot about Cal Newport’s provocations about abolishing email (and Zoom calls) [find them here and here]. And in fact, I had someone last week astonished when I suggested we should try to limit video calls to eight hours a week. They thought I’d lost my mind. How…
Pre-order Conflicted now Ian’s post on Paul McCartney – follow him on Twitter here. What’s the route to better decision making at work? What can any of us do to ensure we resolve our disputes in a more productive way. A brilliant discussion with Ian Leslie about his forthcoming new book, Conflicted.
First published at HRD Connect During the summer of 2020, I found myself in Lebanon. My partner is from Beirut so we were delighted to escape from the COVID-stricken shores of Britain to make a trip back to the city for a week’s holiday. Little did I know, we’d be leaping out of the frying…
What’s going to happen with our workplaces. Today the theme is how if we’re not careful the way that we’re using our workplaces is going redefine our work culture. At the start there is discussion about some of the themes in the most recent newsletter and then go on to chat to Nick LiVigne from…
Sign up for the Make Work Better newsletter There is no better guest to kick off 2021 than Amy Gallo. Amy Gallo is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review writing about workplace dynamics and emotional intelligence. She is co-host of the wonderful Women at Work podcast She’s is the author of the HBR Guide…
Go deep with the happiness playlist Buy Humour, Seriously Sign up for the Make Work Better newsletter. How the heck did we end up thinking that humour and serious work are in opposition to each other? Today’s guests, Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas, run a tremendously successful course at Stanford Business School on how we…
Seth Godin has cracked the secret of how to make you more creative. And the good news is that everyone can do it. He was so dogged by his need to share this that he has turned it into a book, The Practice. We talk about the simple way to unlock creativity and ask why…
There was an incredible response to the episode with Chris hayward last week. I know that Chris was really touched with the response. He’s not on Twitter but I know he was responding to some people on Linkedin last week. Today’s episode is much lighter in tone but it’s fascinating rare opportunity to get a…
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