Learning How to Lead Ourselves in a Pandemic
by Silvia Damiano on 31 March 2020
As I receive all kinds of newsletters with webinar offers and strategies of how to remain calm and work remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic (thanks to everyone who is helping with their knowledge), I thought it would be a good idea to contribute by making our 2018 award-winning docu …
Respect Is A Cornerstone Of Leadership
by Silvia Damiano on 26 March 2020
When you think of the word ‘respect’, what pops into your mind first? Do you think of being a child again, and showing respect to your elders? Or being kind and inviting someone to share their troubles? Or perhaps letting someone walk through a door you have opened? Respect may mean s …
The Funding Crisis of Mental Health
by Relmi Damiano on 19 March 2020
The history of brain disorders stretches back thousands of years. People have attempted to diagnose and treat mental conditions in various manners many times in written records of the past. Unfortunately, many of these treatments, at best, did next to nothing, and at worst, resulting …
The Virus That Has Reset Capitalism
by Juan Carlos Cubeiro on 17 March 2020
Let's do a science fiction exercise. Imagine that we are at the 51st World Economic Forum in Davos, from Tuesday to Friday of the third week of January 2021. The previous year, January 21-24, 2020, the topic was Stakeholders Capitalism. It was about moving from maximizing shareholder …
Is It Mental Health Or Brain Health We Should Be Talking About?
by Relmi Damiano on 12 March 2020
The state of mental health, and how we treat it, is alarming in much of the world. Stress, genetics, environment--all of these factors can affect mental health. However, the term “mental health” is in itself somewhat vague. Instead, we should talk about brain health & how having a …
The Science of Why You Should Get Off The Couch And Dance
by Relmi Damiano on 5 March 2020
A lot of us live sedentary lives, too connected to technology and obsessed with long working hours. We collect so much stress and unhealthy tension in our bodies and minds. When we are done with work for the day, many of us sit again in front of the TV, our phones and laptops watching …
The Personal Power of Challenging Ourselves
by Garry Mills on 27 February 2020
We all experience multiple challenges during our life. Some are out of our control, some are within our control, while the rest are somewhere in between. Here, I am focusing on the challenges where you have a choice. You can say yes or no! You can choose to go for it or not. It’s your …
Want To Learn To Deal With Complexity? Practise Krav Maga
by Relmi Damiano on 20 February 2020
I was recently invited to participate in a Krav Maga session by expert Saar Markovitch at his gym X Fighting in Bondi. Krav Maga originated in the Israeli Defense Force, and it is a hybrid martial art building on simple movements and techniques. This style has proven itself to be extr …
Davos 2020: Model And Measure Leadership To Build Trust
by Juan Carlos Cubeiro on 13 February 2020
The Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from January 21 to 24 has been quite different to the one held in 2019. It has been much more inspiring and also a call to action. Search for Responsible Leadership for a Multidimensional Capitalism (which serves not only shareho …
How Dancing Changed My Mental And Physical Health
by Relmi Damiano on 6 February 2020
Humans have engaged in dance for thousands of years across the entire world to tell stories, show their cultural heritage or religious beliefs and explore emotions. There is no doubt that dance helps us express creative expression and an entire range of feelings from sadness and grief …
Your Imagination Is A Powerful Tool - Are You Using It Effectively?
by Silvia Damiano on 30 January 2020
Without imagination, the world is colourless and flat. It’s like a garden with no flowers or a room with no windows. Imagination allows us to see things which may not exist in reality, and imagination flavours the world around us. Even though scientists do not have an exact understand …
If Your Staff Is Not Talking About Creativity, You Are Falling Behind
by Silvia Damiano on 9 January 2020
Creativity often gets lost when we focus on all the tasks we need to accomplish each day. In this rush to “do” things, we are losing out on so much, including imagination and creativity. Without fostering these abilities, how could we have soaring cathedrals and beautiful art? How cou …