The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. Daniel J. Levitin. New York: Random House. “Our brains are busier than ever before. We’re assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you [...]
We support organisations that are implementing strategies to reduce mental illness at work and to support employees who suffer from mental ill-health. In our view, however, such initiatives are simply the starting point. Rather than a focus on risks, promoting positive mental health at work by implementing strategies to strengthen [...]
How do organisations best provide targeted training, appropriate nudges and effective frameworks to strengthen resilience in teams? And ensure that resilience habits and skills are integrated into business-as-usual activities? In part 1 of this series, we highlighted the importance of assessing individual and team resilience before embarking on any resilience [...]
The idea of managing energy rather than time isn’t a new one. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz highlighted the importance of energy management in their seminal paper, “The Making of a Corporate Athlete”. More recently Flip Brown, author of Balanced Effectiveness at Work: How to enjoy the fruits of your [...]