It’s official. Research has confirmed what many of us already experience, that gardening is good for our wellbeing. Spring is springing, trees are taking on that beautiful green tinge, bulbs are starting to emerge from hibernation and, of course, so are the weeds. If you are already an avid [...]
In our rapidly changing economic, political and social environment, organisations need to be more agile and innovative than ever before. We know that when employees are both engaged and thriving, they are more likely to be agile and resilient, able to navigate major organisational changes as well as disruptions in [...]
(Title taken from New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman’s book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations.) Have you heard of VUCA? Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity? It’s the in-vogue catchphrase used to describe our rapidly changing world and lives. In our [...]
I am back from a working tour of Europe. My muscles ache, my jaw is clenched tight, shoulders are pinched and my arms feel weighted down. You might ask, “Jacqui, has this got anything to do with the exorbitant load of your luggage, which you heaved lopsided through cobbled streets [...]