Her personal journey from high flying fashion designer to resilience and self-care guru. 15 years ago the concept of self care and mental health care simply didn’t exist. If you suffered from mental health issues, you kept quiet in the workplace for fear of it being viewed as a weakness, one that could very easily… [Read More]
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Brand is kind of dead.
Simon Middleton joins us to discuss branding, messaging and the future. Do you like a volvo? Of course you do. But why do so many of our favourite TV detectives drive them? Because as a brand Volvo is safe, secure and reliable. And that’s what we want from our detectives. In this way, it’s the… [Read More]
My vision is to change education.
Developing Experts’ CEO Sarah Mintey joined Norfolk Network to tell us how she went from classroom teacher to educational disrupter. Developing Experts provides an online learning tool that helps generically trained primary school teachers deliver complete science lessons to their pupils in detail and with confidence. But it’s more than an online Tech tool, it… [Read More]
A coffee. A pillar. And a chat.
You never know where you are going to find new friends and business connections. Just this month, the pillar in John Lewis Cafe became my old-school LinkedIn. Owning a rather clunky laptop with a battery life that hovers around the 5 minute mark, means that I spend lots of my working life hunting down power… [Read More]
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Rolling with the punches when it comes to change in your business.
I saw this quote for the first time today and it made me smile and feel a little shocked by it too. After a sharp intake of breath, it made me think that Mike Tyson may have a very good point here and that this quote applies to life and to businesses too.
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This is a story about a dream. And a light bulb.
Emma Watson was on holiday in Portugal with her family. It wasn’t going well. It was hot. Mosquitos were plaguing the family, stress levels were rising, and all the sun hats Emma had for her little girl were too small and too pink. It wasn’t quite the dream holiday they had hoped it would be…. [Read More]