Cultivating Everyday Joy
When was the last time you laughed? Really, belly-laughed? When was the last time you reflected on what gives you joy? Bliss? Happiness?...
OUR ARTICLES
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Include Me! (Team Gathering 101)
A casual drink here, a networking event with like-minded colleagues there isn’t that bad, right? Think again! These seemingly innocuous...
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Humble Confidence with Sobiya Jawaid
To be confident or not to be confident, that is the question. Confidence and humility are often perceived as opposites and even as...
- Sep 12
- 6 min
The Four Seasons of Us
Emotional Intelligence, empathy, self-awareness… Just of the words that are being thrown around righ-left-and-centre these days,...
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Healing Leadership
This is not a story about corporate leaders becoming healers, shamans, or fortune tellers. This story is about making the mission of...
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Am I a Feminist, a Black Feminist or just a Bad Feminist? By Melanie Jacob
A few weeks ago, I attended an online workshop with a group of white French feminist women. Kathy Caprino in a Forbes article explains,...
- Sep 12
- 5 min
Thriving in different cultures
In the history many leaders have been looked up to for their intellect and sinciere and engaging charm, which have been associated with...
- Sep 12
- 5 min
Embarking on Therapy
I have always prided myself on having a strong network of mentors and sponsors, who have been there for me to give me career advice,...
- Sep 12
- 6 min
(Performative) Allyship
Performative allyship has become the order of the day, with many occupying leadership positions quick to lend rhetorical support to...
- Sep 12
- 2 min
Say My Name
I have always refused to adapt or anglicise my name to make it easier for English speaking people to pronounce. I have heard it all, from...
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Why Unconscious Bias Training Doesn’t Work
Inequality exists and is rising all over the world. Even in organizations striving to lead their industries on diversity and inclusion,...
- Sep 12
- 4 min
How ‘micro’ are Microaggressions?
An Asian student is complimented by a professor for speaking perfect English, but it's actually his first language. A black man notices...
- Sep 12
- 5 min
The burnout experience
Mental health in the UK is more prevalent today than ever before. Heavy workloads and deadline pressures are a fact of working life. We...
- Sep 12
- 4 min
With great culture comes great responsibility or the Basecamp story
On 26th April 2021 Basecamp’s, a productivity software company, CEO Jason Fried wrote a blog post in which he announced “some company...
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Be the change!
As the world is unfolding over diversity and inclusion (D&I) talks, solidarity is being shown and some actions are being taken...
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
Are we witnessing another witch hunt?
I am furious, I am sad, I am disappointed and many other things... This morning was one of the mornings when I decided to make rounds...
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
Battling skills gaps
Recently I have seen various articles being shared across social media, on one hand, expressing the urgency in addressing the rising...
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Where are all the white allies at?!
I am getting a track record of writing blogs out of frustration… so here is another one. Today I joined a room on Clubhouse talking about...
- Nov 11, 2020
- 6 min
Hiring Distributed Talent: How To Make Working For You NOT Suck
My previous article “Hiring Distributed Talent: STOP Missing Out” was written out of frustration of the many fundamentally bad practices...
- Oct 27, 2020
- 5 min
Hiring Distributed Talent: STOP Missing Out!
This blog post has been born out of pure frustration of some of the recent observations and conversations I have had regarding recruiting...
- Oct 6, 2020
- 5 min
The Future Is Here!
We have all just been put through the biggest work-life experiment in decades, which has affected governments, organisations and families...