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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
How to conquer the enemy lurking within your workplace culture
Think of an organisation you admire. Inspiring. Innovative. Inclusive. Maybe you fell in love with it as a customer. Perhaps their cause resonates with...
Stop thinking about people as minorities or women. We’re 360 individuals.
Katz Kiely is an organisational change expert (and a truly brilliant human being). She kindly gave me an hour of her time to have...
The stupidity of crowds
They say that two heads are better than one. But you tell that to someone caught in two minds! And while many hands make...