The New Hybrid – 7 Tips to Make it Work
Nothing to do with a car! This term “hybrid” is commonly brandished around to refer to combining working hours or days from home or some other remote location, as well as from an office. How this looks now or will look in the near future is quite clear for some companies, for others it is […]
Where is the Honesty in Modern Leadership?
Watching and listening to the various world leaders, no less my own, if “Boris” can be referred to as that, how important is it to work and lead your nation, your organisation, your department and most of all yourself with honesty and integrity? It was several days ago that “Boris” was photographed briefing his cabinet […]
Successfully Adapting To Change
I was out walking recently and heard green canaries chirping in the trees above. This led me to consider the meaning of “adaptability” and how important that is in our world today. Green canaries are not native to the UK. Coming from warmer climates, they have learned to adapt not only to the UK vegetation […]
Take Control of Your Back to Work Fears
This month’s blog is focused on the return to the office working environment and how you might be feeling about going out and about after the long period of social distancing, working from home and generally controlled contact on public transport and in crowded places. Good news – yesterday morning the prime minister, Boris Johnson […]
Suffering from stress at work? 5 steps to building resilience
According to HSE.Gov.co.uk almost one million people (976,000) in the UK are suffering from work-related stress that is making them ill, resulting in sick leave and absenteeism. It is estimated that 12 million working days are lost each year in the UK due to stress-related illness. WHAT IS STRESS? The dictionary defines stress as “ […]
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 […]