Gestalt is a German word. The closest translation is ‘whole’, ‘pattern’ or ‘form’. It has the sense that meaning cannot be found from breaking things down into parts but rather from the appreciation of the whole. In other words, Gestalt is a holistic process. It...
Is remote working damaging our adaptability to change? Anyone who has studied neuroscience will quickly tell you that multiple studies have shown that loneliness and social isolation can harm our ability to learn and adapt. In humans, our cognitive function becomes...
If I'm honest, I'm making a massive assumption here, so if a vet or other qualified animal healthcare professional reads this and wants to set me straight, please do. Zebras may be massively prone to ulcers, but I seriously doubt they get them for the same reasons...
Given everything happening in the world today, finding opportunity in uncertainty has never been more important. Our economies rely heavily on our ability to predict the future. Organisations by their very nature aim to impose order on the complexity of the world to...
Over 90% of all the world’s data was created in the last three years. Only two months ago, Apple’s market capitalisation surpassed the $2tn mark, just two years after it became the world’s first trillion-dollar company. These two distinctions, like so many others...
The phrase team building has a warm, inclusive feel about it. It conjures up images of victorious World Cup winners or athletes celebrating a record haul of gold medals at the Olympics. The archetypal pictures of hijinks in the locker room and sports stars carrying...
