At 2am on Sunday 25 October, the clocks go back an hour. For a week or so it feels like a gift. Then you notice you’re driving home in the dark, and by December it’s dark before half past four. If you start early, finish late or spend the day under strip lights, you can [Read more…]
Here’s the part of holiday season nobody puts on a postcard: the quiet check of the work inbox on day three, standing slightly away from everyone else, telling yourself “it’s only to see whether anything’s on fire”. YouGov found that 60% of UK workers who use email check their work inbox on holiday. The interesting [Read more…]
January gets all the attention. New year, fresh start, a flurry of resolutions – most of which have quietly evaporated by February. So here’s a gentle suggestion: the middle of the year is actually the better moment for a check-in. The pressure’s off, nobody’s watching, and – crucially – you now have six months of [Read more…]
In our regular series where we look at well-known books and pull out the practical lessons our alumni can use at work, this month we’re picking up Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. If you read March’s piece on Cal Newport’s Deep Work and found yourself nodding along, this is the natural [Read more…]
What Can I Learn From: Deep Work by Cal Newport In our regular series where we look at well-known books and pull out the practical lessons for your working life, this month we’re exploring Cal Newport’s Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. If last month’s dive into Susan Cain’s Quiet got [Read more…]
You’ve had a busy morning. Your brain feels foggy. You step away from your desk, pick up your phone, scroll through social media for ten minutes, and go back to work feeling… pretty much exactly the same. Maybe even worse. If that sounds familiar, you’re not doing anything wrong – but you might be doing [Read more…]
Spring Clean Your Career: Small Changes That Create Big Momentum There’s something about the end of winter that makes you want to clear the decks and start fresh. And while most people associate spring cleaning with wardrobes and kitchen cupboards, the same principle works brilliantly for your career. This isn’t about dramatic overhauls or five-year [Read more…]
The work that matters isn’t supposed to feel easy. Ever ended a busy day feeling like you were constantly on the go but didn’t actually accomplish anything important? You’re not alone. Surveys like this one show that 80%+ of employees believe technology distractions are killing their productivity at work. In response, many of us chase [Read more…]
Ever noticed how your best ideas come in the shower? Or how you suddenly solve that tricky problem while walking the dog? There’s a reason for that. When our brains get a break from the constant ping of notifications, they finally have space to actually think. Yet most of us spend our workdays bouncing between [Read more…]
Let’s be honest – when that meeting invite pops up, your first thought probably isn’t “fantastic!” Most of us see meetings as time thieves, creativity killers, and the reason we’re doing actual work at 7pm. But what if the problem isn’t meetings themselves, but how we approach them? Think about it this way. Meetings are [Read more…]
