by Zena Everett | Nov 2, 2021 | Zena Everett's Blog
Many organisations over-collaborate in a well-meaning desire to be inclusive: to hear every voice around the table. It’s a noble cause but not every voice has something meaningful or different to add. At a time when businesses need to be at their most nimble, are...
by Zena Everett | Jul 7, 2020 | Zena Everett's Blog
The way we use emails is chocking our productivity. Email has become an invasive intrusion, binding us to our screens: the japanese knotweed of work. Researchers say we spend about 28 percent of our time actively managing email, that’s over a quarter of...
by Zena Everett | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
How are you doing in lockdown? Do you have more time on your hands and if so, are you getting more done?I expect not. Remember Parkinson’s law? Work expands to fill the time available If you are juggling full-time employment with entertaining, caring...
by Zena Everett | Feb 28, 2020 | Zena Everett's Blog
What did you really want to do this week and what’s got in the way so far? Has your time been hijacked by corridor kidnappers, distractions, meetings, routine admin, curveballs and (the bane of most...
by Zena Everett | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
Like me, you probably learnt of the term snowplough (plow) parent when news of the US college admission scandals broke last spring. Snowplough parents clear the path in front of their children, removing obstacles that could impede their success. They...
