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 …
The “Human” Skills You Need for the Future of Work
By Silvia Damiano on 27 September 2018
The Jobs Landscape in 2022 clearly outlines that “human” skills such as creativity, initiative, critical thinking, persuasion, resilience, leadership and social influence will retain or increase their value.1 Fitting in this new world of work requires us to retrain and up skill oursel …
The ‘Make Me A Leader’ Documentary: Developing The Human Behind The Leader
By Silvia Damiano on 1 August 2018
I am one of those people who has always chosen the road less traveled. I always wondered why because I know this type of road is not generally the easiest. I think I understand the answer now. By choosing the less traveled road, I came to realise that the obstacles I found along the w …
Life Is Richer When We Embrace The Leader Within
By Silvia Damiano on 5 June 2018
If I think about my leadership journey as a sequence of events to experience, I rarely envision a straight line. Rather, I picture a flowing river that travels down a mountain, bending and adapting to the surface of a rugged terrain. Maybe you prefer to think about yours as a hand-dra …
Equipping Ourselves For Adversity
By Mark Hodgson on 16 May 2017
In our crazy world, it’s easy to become over-stretched. The gravity of ‘busy’ drags us away from nurturing vital parts of our lives. We need to regain balance. It’s about building strengths in five areas – Physical, Family, Social, Emotional and Spiritual – and developing the perspect …
Moving More Benefits Your Body & Mind
By Gus Rickard on 9 May 2017
The human body is truly a marvel of engineering. The elegant, complex mechanisms that make us who we are adapt continually to ensure survival. We have the ability to dream about wondrous creations and the desire to go out and make those dreams come true.
A Resilient Brain In A Digital Economy
By Silvia Damiano on 2 May 2017
I still remember how sad I felt when my father told me many years ago that the local cinema was closing its doors. The appearance of home videos drastically affected the movie theatre business around the world. For a while at least.
Shining Bright
By Joanne Keen on 25 April 2017
There is a wonderful phrase in Zulu “Sawubona” meaning “I see you, the true you.” Far too often, the first things that we see in the mirror are all the things that we aren’t as to all the things that we are, all the things that we haven’t achieved as to all the things that we have, al …
A Journey From The Classroom To Cambodia
By Silvia Damiano on 20 April 2017
I became a teacher because I want to share my passion and love for science with children. I want to pass on the spark of inspiration that my teachers from childhood had given me. I hope that my kids feel a sense of wonder and ask a million questions. I also want my students to be kind …
Stronger After The Storm
By Katie Hancock on 18 April 2017
My name is Katie Hancock I am a 40 year old mother of two beautiful, crazy boys, I have two degrees, in Science and Psychology, and I am part way through a Masters of Neuroscience. I have over 15 years experience in strategic HR, 7 years at management level, and in October 2015 I suff …
The Advantages Of Adversity
By Alison Pate on 11 April 2017
I can guarantee that everyone of you and everyone you know has, is, or will face adversity at some point in their lives. When this happens to us, we have an opportunity to choose how we approach this. Do we view this as a challenge to help us learn and grow, or do we allow this to har …
The Heart Of Co-Creation
By Kaushik Ram on 4 April 2017
What are our hopes, dreams, visions and intentions? Perhaps more generically, what are our thoughts and where do they come form? Our thought forms can take the shape of daydreaming, imagination or visualization.