Exploring the world of work and wealth, fighting for change in 'business as usual'
What’s your work target this year? Is it growth? Growth of the top line, the profit margin, maybe the client list? If you work in business, it’s not a shot in the dark to guess its growth: growth has been the key measure of economic success since John F Kennedy won his 1960 election bid…
It was in Kate Raworth’s Donut Economics that I learned John Maynard Keynes had predicted that by 2030 we would have championed technological advances and shared the benefits amongst us to reduce our working week to 15 hours. We’ve got 6 years and a LONG way to go…. The idea was that technological advances would…
By now I don’t need to tell you that we’re in a cost-of-living crisis. I saw a Facebook reel the other day, in which the creator stated her belief that we are seeing the last generation of great estate sales with beautiful, quality furniture. She wrote that young people do not value quality, high-end pieces…
First things first: what is an Influencer? Oxford Languages define an influencer as “a person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media”. Up to 72% of Gen Zers and Millennials likely follow at least 1 such influencer on social media. ‘Opiate…
It’s been reported that last week a 26 year old South African woman died whilst working as a stewardess on board a superyacht that was docked in Nice. The young woman is alleged to have fallen down some stairs and fatally injured her spine. I found out about this because somebody posted a JustGiving page…
A few weeks ago I was on the phone with my friend RG, setting the world to rights and energetically discussing the sorry state of the UK economy and our growing apathy towards politics and government management of the economy. We haven’t seen each other in person in over a year, and she remarked that…
During ‘chrimbo limbo’ week – which in Australia felt less like limbo and more like a week’s summer holiday spent reading by the pool – I noticed a cutout on my girlfriend’s wall. She has hundreds of beautiful quotes and affirmations all over her walls, and it feels as though each time I am in…
Journal entry 23/06/2023: ‘The end of something is also the start of something new. Sometimes I worry about leaving London, at a time when so many people I know are there. I worry that I’ll never be so young, fun and surrounded by friends again in my life. However I have to recognise that despite…
Stage set The set-up for my most transformative year in 2022 was this: having been at my company for 2.5 years, 3 role changes and 1 promotion, I was already feeling disengaged. The sentiment had started to set in after my two week holiday in late summer 2021 when, rather than feeling energised and renewed…
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