The global (and national) events of 2022 have fueled the fires of complexity, anxiety and uncertainty still lingering from the Covid pandemic and the subsequent economic and social shutdown. Through the tragedy, the year has presented an intense learning journey for many individuals, teams and...
Resilience fatigue has hit. Global economic upheaval, the climate crisis and social turmoil — to say nothing of our local experiences of load shedding, water cuts and political instability — has made the expectation and experience of being resilient exhausting. And yet there’s no doubting its...
Anxiety, fear, uncertainty and unrealistic pressure. Toxic environments, difficult managers, verbal abuse and sexual harassment. The mental health issues that people face in the workplace today are numerous and various. They range from extreme stress to extreme boredom, and are punctuated by all of the...
Imagine a workplace, possibly a world of workplaces, where employees turn up for work, mentally and emotionally ‘checked out’, completely disengaged from their role and do the bare minimum to get by. This is the Urban Dictionary’s explanation of Quiet Quitting – the latest corporate catch...
A look into refreshing, innovative ways of working in a postmodern world We live in a world that is still largely dominated by hierarchical constructs from the Industrial Age that birthed the large corporations still operating in today’s world. These companies crave independence and have an obsession...
Our children don’t need perfect parents – they need conscious parents, aware of their influence. A lifetime’s worth of experiences are stored in our subconscious mind. And, whether we like it or not, these experiences have conditioned us to respond and react in specific ways. This...
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. Author, Isaac Asimov, had a very good point. When we view the world through outdated or tainted lenses, the assumptions we make, could be, largely,...
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings, having a human experience. - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. We spend much of our life focusing on the Physical and Intellectual Quotients of life. Yes, we have to live; it is a basic...
Leadership competencies are a fallacy. It is the more subtle meta-competencies that leaders need to take stock off. The Oxford Dictionary defines meta-competencies as the overarching competencies which facilitate agility and flexibility. They include interpersonal skills that include learning, anticipating, creating change. Great leaders are highly...
‘A dizzying disorientation brought upon by the rapid arrival of the future.’ Alvin Toffler, in his book, Future Shock, used these words when describing a psychological condition brought on by the accelerating pace of technological changes. It is a perfect description of what many of us...