Sep 30, 2022Member-onlyF is for FlexetariatThere is a new kind of professional worker in town. The kind of worker who:Work1 min readWork1 min read
Jul 19, 2022Member-onlyThe Great Re-Evaluation is HereLondon. 19 July 2022 Hello from a blisteringly sunny London Living Room (mine). It’s a heatwave, and even the managers most resistant to WFH are suggesting people do not travel but instead take advantage of the billions spent on tech to enable exactly this. …Work Life Balance6 min readWork Life Balance6 min read
Feb 9, 2021Member-onlyThe Spreading RateWhat disease tells us about how humans connect for good and ill It is six years since I first began to write and talk about Social Health: how we connect in the digital age of complexity, and how we can stay human in the machine age. I wanted to show…Pandemic6 min readPandemic6 min read
Oct 7, 2020Member-onlyWHY SIMPLICITY IS A GAME-CHANGING STRATEGY FOR LIFEUse 6-sided Hexagon Action Simplicity Principle for greater focus and productivity and to overcome the enormous anxiety of the Covid era. If you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed by the rising uncertainty around the months ahead, I’m there with you. It took me into my sixth decade before I found…Optimism7 min readOptimism7 min read
Oct 4, 2020Member-onlyHow *Not* To Network During a PandemicDonald Trump networking in The White House last week HOW NOT TO NETWORK DURING A PANDEMIC Published on October 4, 2020 Julia Hobsbawm Founder of Editorial Intelligence and The Simplicity Principle 3 articles It’s simple and not complicated. And it’s a pity that the President of the United States did not realise or remember. …Networking2 min readNetworking2 min read
Aug 1, 2020Member-onlyWhy I’m an optimistic pessimist:6 Reasons to be Cheerful Right NowIn this time of trouble, fifty years after the Beatles wrote “Let It Be” I’m inspired by the six-legged honeybee, living in its six-sided hexagonal hive. …Workplace6 min readWorkplace6 min read
Apr 12, 2020Why We Need Simplicity not Complexity During a PandemicRight now, in the middle of a pandemic, things could not get more complex. Our normal lives are suspended, in lockdown. Human social contact is reduced to anything technology can provide by proxy, because the real thing is out of the question. Medics and politicians alike are grapple with having…Social Health11 min readSocial Health11 min read