On concentration and distraction - five reminders from a week of unpredictable change

If there’s one thing that has been consistent this week with me and pretty much everyone I have spoken to (even those who are hugely busy) it’s a dip in concentration. In conversation, people are losing words mid-sentence, we’ve struggled to keep conference calls on topic and it’s taken me twice as long as usual to write this post. My attention span seems to have shrunk in less than ten days. In the words of one person I chatted with, “this just isn’t like me – it’s really out of character.”

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Overcoming the overwhelm that change can bring

Our constantly changing world of work – with more technology, people being asked to more with less and an ‘always on’ culture, can lead to overwhelm and stress for many people. When change hits an organisation, it can make overwhelm even worse. Here's my view of what that looks like in change and some ideas on how to deal with it and help prevent it in the first place

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