Round and About Productivity: Work-Life Balance Realities, Threats and Motivators infographic
The Secret to Unlocking Team Productivity with iDoneThis
One reason I find culture-focused companies so fascinating is that they are thoughtful about how their values are expressed in the way they work. To them, building a business is not just about getting more customers in the door but about growing an engaged productive team. Working at a company like iDoneThis, which makes a [...]
Why bother? – 3 out of the box benefits to being organised
Creative, successful, fast-moving visionary type people often don’t see the benefit of getting organised. They love the happy chaos and the last minute adrenaline rush of making it all happen in the moment. As a self-confessed natural creative who once (shock horror) had a mom who posted the sign “It’s my mess and I love [...]
When To Do What In Your Busy Day: An Infographic
A Productive Day Infographic by HealthCentral.
Get Organised Guinea Pig: Throw a Party. Get Organized
To kick-start neglected house projects in the house, we did what every messy, disorganized person should do: we decided to get organized for a big party! Even though every corner of the house was piled high with boxes and papers and books and junk, we scheduled an open house party to honor our eldest daughter, [...]
Technology Addiction: 9 Ways To Overcome It
As with all things, if you can make use of something that makes your life easier while maintaining enough inner strength and freedom to avoid dependence, you are the master. If you do not cultivate this inner strength and freedom, you become the slave. Technology addiction is not just a phase. It’s real, it’s happening [...]
Technology Addiction: 3 Ways It Manifests At Work
Like it or not technology is here to stay and is constantly changing our lives, but is it always for the best? Technology has created new capabilities, as well as new demands, for many of today’s employees. For those who work in technology-enhanced environments, the pace and round-the-clock activity creates a source of stimulation that [...]
Technology Addiction: The Effects On Society
iPhones & iPads, laptops and cell phones dominate our modern world. Everywhere we look outside our homes we see people busy on their high tech devices – while driving, walking, shopping, in restaurants, doctor’s waiting rooms and more. While connected electronically, they are inattentive to and disconnected from physical reality. Technology has such a powerful hold [...]
5 Ways to Get Off Your Productivity Plateau
“Precisely when something has reached its optimal shape and size, it will begin to stop working if you keep applying the same technique,” say Sullivan and Thompson, authors of The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success. I have found this to be true, both as an author and a manager at a top poetry [...]
Technology Addiction: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
As computers have changed, so has the understanding of the human brain. Until about 15 years ago, scientists thought the brain stopped developing after childhood. Now, they understand that its neural networks continue to develop, influenced by things like learning skills. With the constant daily technology ambush “We are exposing our brains to an environment [...]
