Now that we’ve shed the personal armour of business attire and embraced greater authenticity through more comfortable clothing, it begs the question: In removing the physical boundary between who we are at work and outside of it, have we also erased a psychological one - making it harder to ever truly be “off the clock”? … Continue reading Comfortable at Work: Our New Attitude and Uniform (“Business Pyjama Casual” Is Still Not A Thing)
Fall’s An Opportunity To Rebalance Yourself: The Indoor Epidemic & Workplace Anxiety
Note: If you'd rather listen than read, you can also check out the accompanying The Middle Slice podcast episode for this article. How’s Your Mental Health Hygiene? How have you been taking care of yourself lately? If it feels like work has become your life, it might be time for a rebalance. And perhaps there’s … Continue reading Fall’s An Opportunity To Rebalance Yourself: The Indoor Epidemic & Workplace Anxiety
Priority Management & The Myth of Time Management: Daily Decisions That Build Us Up
“Time management is a fallacy in the strict sense. Time doesn’t need you to “manage” it; it’s been moving along just fine without you for billions of years. What we can’t manage is time itself. What we can manage is what we do with that time. And yet, the overwhelming evidence is that many professionals and managers … Continue reading Priority Management & The Myth of Time Management: Daily Decisions That Build Us Up
Rethinking “Nice” at Work
February is Black History and Black Futures Month, a reminder that honouring Black history is not only about reflection, but also about engaging with the ideas, leadership, and work actively shaping our present and future. With that in mind, I am intentionally centering one Black author this month, Amira Barger, and her book, The Price of Nice (or, … Continue reading Rethinking “Nice” at Work
Stop Waiting for the Weekend: The Art of Making the Most of Your Workday and Evenings at Home
There is a quiet habit many of us fall into without noticing. We begin to treat the workweek as something to get through rather than something to live. Days are measured by their distance from Friday. Evenings become recovery time. Life, it seems, resumes later. But most of our lives do not happen on weekends. … Continue reading Stop Waiting for the Weekend: The Art of Making the Most of Your Workday and Evenings at Home
Embracing A New World of Online Creativity
“Maybe artificial intelligence is not all doom and gloom. For me, it has re-sparked creativity. It has reminded me that tools, no matter how new or intimidating, can bring freedom, not just obligation. In this new era, creativity feels alive again, playful, generous, and unexpectedly friendly (at least for now, it is).” It’s Not Always Easy … Continue reading Embracing A New World of Online Creativity
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