Where is the Blue Ocean Strategy to “Beat COVID”?
The current national and international lockdown is impacting individuals in ways that may not yet be obvious. Most organisations with the exception of those that are classed as “essential” are either working from home or closed, such as the hospitality sector including hotels, pubs, clubs, restaurants and sports centres as well as many small businesses […]
Leadership – Living Your Truth
“No magic bullet, not even the Internet, can save us from population explosion, deforestations, climate disruption, poison by pollution, and wholesale extinctions of plant and animal species. We are going to have to want different things, seek different pleasures, pursue different goals than those that have been driving us and our global economy.” Joanna Macy […]
6 Reasons Why it is Important to Include Game-Based Learning in Your Content
A Guest Post by Shaheen Sajan Can gamification make learning more meaningful or should we brace ourselves for a new wave of e-Learning courses diluted of any substance? Here are 6 reasons why Gamification is not just a passing fad or trend and why it is here to stay. 1. A CARROT INSTEAD OF A […]
Transitioning to a Remote Classroom
A Guest Post by Shaheen Sajan Transitioning to a remote classroom could sound as intense as learning to land a plane while reading the pilot’s manual. To add to the helplessness of the situation, it’s as if our children are the passengers of this flight of fancy and nobody knows how this thing’s going to […]
What We Can Learn About E-Learning, From A 5-Year Old
A guest blog post by Shaheen Sajan Interface, home screens and gamification truly enrich the learning environment and entice the learner to learn more and more. I recently purchased Osmo Genious kit for IPad which is bundled with activities that teach children reading, mathematics and problem-solving skills. While I specialize in adult learning theory, every […]
Nurturing Leadership – The New Norm?
COVID19 has replaced Brexit as the trigger for urgent and critical business change. Organizations have become decentralised as teams and individuals are made to work remotely from home. Or they are temporarily disbanded where staff are furloughed. Most companies will have now completed all the actions necessary to decrease costs, meet the government directive to […]
The Connection Between Leadership, Relationships & Burnout
This blog was born from a conversation held recently with a new client. This client came for a herbal medicine and naturopathy consultation. Through asking several questions, it became clear that this client was very close to or was already suffering adrenal “burn out” due to stress. In our conversation she mentioned that she works […]
Leadership – Can You Stomach It?
“As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables It is my gut feeling that this is the right time to address the topic of digestion, the stomach and the gut and how they relate to leadership. The saying in the English language “I can’t stomach it”, can […]
How Can You Lead Others If You Are Running On Empty?
How many business leaders do you know who miss lunch breaks, work at the weekends, work well into the evenings and have vacation days stacking up? Or is this you? If it is you, you are probably well aware of what you are doing, and have perhaps made some New Year resolutions for yourself to […]
What is Intuitive Leadership?
In day-to-day operations when things go wrong and there is a problem to solve, the first place that we all invariably go is to the facts surrounding the situation. Through understanding and analysing those facts, we make a decision. Are decisions based solely on facts combined with previous experience of a similar situation, or do […]