Creativity craves variety. It’s time to turn off your auto-pilot.
Exposing yourself to new experiences and ideas boost creativity. Science says so. Even better, building teams from an eclectic mix of knowledge and perspectives drives constructive debate and innovation....
Neurodiversity: the key to corporate creativity
Last week I wrote an article about my own brush with bipolarism and how mental illness can actually be a positive experience. It seemed to strike a nerve. It...
The Mental Health Survival Toolkit for Employers (by an Employee)
Following the article I wrote on my own brush with bipolarism, I received the most amazing email from a reader. An anonymous reader. They sent me an article but...
Losing my mental health was the best thing to happen to me
This week is Mental Health Awareness week, so I’d like to tell you a story that may make you feel a bit uncomfortable. It’s about my journey through bipolarism...
It’s time men got into the gender equality conversation
It has been over two years since I co-founded Token Man, an initiative to get men to understand the challenges women face and to inspire real behaviour change in...
I’m different. I’m strange. I may not agree with you. Hire me!
Growing up in Tower Hamlets was… let’s say it was interesting. We had strong communities around us and the people were friendly. However, the neighborhood had its highs and...
Diversity Dischmersity!
“And now, the end is near, and so we face, the final curtain.” – Paul Anka This week marks the end of our first deep dive focus; Diversity &...
Mental health desperately needs a less archaic approach
When we talk about creating a work environment that accepts people as they are, we have to tackle the murky area of mental health. Statistics show that around 1...
It is not hard to manage difference if you have an open mind to ways of working
I wanted to hear about diversity and divergency from a creative business leader’s point of view. So I asked Paul Frampton, CEO of Havas Media Group, to tell us...
The invisible hand of creativity: adding value to crowdsourcing
Last week I had a bit of a go at various forms of supposedly collaborative idea generation and creativity. Much of the piece was focused on the various awful...