Mindfulness over matter Artist and psychologist Ellen Langer gives this great YouTube presentation on mindfulness over matter. Mindfulness is often thought of as some kind

The New Statesman argues that meetings are a waste of time. It looks at research on the effects of ‘no meetings’ policies and finds: Across

We loved this article from the New Scientist on how making mistakes can boost your performance (paywall). It’s by David Robson, author of The Intelligence

We’re fans of Oliver Burkeman’s newsletter, not least for its title, The Imperfectionist. In his latest, the writes about the challenge of the Inconceivable, inspired

When we train facilitators, one of the subjects that always comes up is: how do we deal with difficult people? For instance: the person who

Under sustained stress – which many of us have experienced in the last couple of years – it’s easy to tell ourselves we’re exhausted and

We’ve noticed a couple of interesting articles recently on how the forced experiment in working from home has impacted creativity. This article in Scientific American: Remote

Johnnie recently wrote a piece for Startups Magazine: Using the wisdom of theatre to give better performances at work. “If we think our work has to

We’ve always advocated using small breakout groups a lot during events. We’ve found it even more important when hosting on zoom. Generally speaking, if a