Go to any corporate seminar or look at any modern wellness trend, and you will hear a lot about “resilience.” It is usually framed as an intellectual exercise, a matter of mindset, or a habit of grinning through burnout. But if you have ever had to survive a genuinely high-pressure situation, you know that this […]
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I looked in the mirror recently and realized I am older. I’ve found myself in a place I never quite imagined, which is odd because if I carried on living, I was always going to end up middle-aged, brown, and a woman. The point is that I am still here, and my cells are aging.
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I recently took a walk around the Victorian park near my home in Kings Heath, Birmingham—a place I have walked in for decades. As I passed various couples, families, and groups, I realized how much of a window I had into the lives of strangers. Moving close enough to catch a few words, I found
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It has become increasingly difficult to leave the world at the door when you walk into work. In an era defined by global conflict and constant digital noise, the expectation to compartmentalise our lives is hitting a wall. Senior leaders, in particular, are grappling with a quiet tension: how to honor their deeply held human
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Big organisations are built on layers of hierarchy, and hierarchy naturally creates a gap between truth and power. Today, it is common for individuals to reach the upper echelons of management without ever spending a day on the frontline, the shop floor, or the chalk-face. Instead, they are funneled through graduate schemes or recruited sideways
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Recently, I went on a walk around the Victorian-era park near to my home, a place that I love and have walked in for decades. I realised, as I passed each couple or family or group, the window I had into the lives of strangers. Through the window, I could hear a few words as
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Dealing with being middle-aged, brown and a woman I’ve found myself in a place where I never imagined myself, which, in itself, is odd because of course, if I carried on being alive, I was going to be middle-aged and still brown and (probably) still a woman. Yes, I know that I could identify as
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