Learn about trauma and how career change can be traumatic but can also be positive.
Bouncing back from career trauma
Sadness and managing your meerkat
Sadness comes to us all. Learn how to manage your recovery from sad events and to look after your mental Meerkat.
Festive fun and a brain break
It's the season to be merry, but there are other things to consider at this time of year. Like rest. Holidays are a time for family, but don't forget they are also valuable downtime in the darkest time of the year. (At least - that's true in the Northern hemisphere.) It's been cold, damp and … Continue reading Festive fun and a brain break
Give it up! make a healthy swap
Giving up is often a really hard thing to do. It's hard to admit defeat and give up on a task or project that you've been working on for a while and heavily invested in it. But, is it still right for you to keep on? Or is it time to stop and move on? … Continue reading Give it up! make a healthy swap
Mind the gap! (Managing the space between jobs)
I've recently begun the process of changing jobs again, due to the changing nature of my work at Ordnance Survey. I will, ofcourse, be sad to leave....but.... I have 5 weeks where I'm pretty much free to be at home, having worked really hard on a year of drastic transition and change, including a large … Continue reading Mind the gap! (Managing the space between jobs)
Innovation play time
An opportunity to learn and see Innovation in action at IBM Hursley
And what are the positives of Social media?
This week we're taking a look at the upsides of #socialmedia after last week's look at the pitfalls of this increasingly prevalent channel. Social media can also be a force for good and positive action. In recent times we've seen the rise of the #metoo movement shine a light on terrible misuses of power in … Continue reading And what are the positives of Social media?
What are the downsides of social media?
I recently had a bit of an epiphany about social media and the pitfalls of perception that come from digital personalities. Here are my thoughts. If you have an average day and nothing great happens, do you post on Facebook? If you have a bad meeting, your project gets cancelled or your interview goes badly … Continue reading What are the downsides of social media?
Job craft
Just a quick post on your job around this podcast. Here are some questions to ask yourself: How can I enhance my current role? How can I shape my job, the roles around me, overstep the prescribed boundaries? AndWhatElse can I do with my skills? (current job, new job or outside of work) How can … Continue reading Job craft
Re-eval-U-ation (time)
Sometimes you need to re-evaluate yourself and make some different selections from life's menu. It's important to start this from a position of choice and possibilities. We all have a choice, what to do, where to work, what to subscribe to, who we spend our disposable free time with. Which books we read. Where we … Continue reading Re-eval-U-ation (time)