20% of people admit to falling asleep at meetings In a recent survey of over 2,000 people, 20% admitted to having fallen asleep at a meeting, with men apparently slightly more likely to nod off than women. When you consider that middle managers spend around 35%...

  If you’re looking to buy something and you don’t know what you want, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll get something you don’t want. That’s why it’s so important to know what you want before talking to a supplier. However there is a class of requirements...

  We all experience project failures.  It's part of the learning process that turns promising project managers into very good ones.  But here's a chance to get ahead of the curve!  8 actions that you can take to minimise the chance of failure.   1. Don't...

    1. Every dollar spent on video conferencing is money well-spent The proliferation of employees working at home combined with headsets and webcams appearing at nearly every desk gives the management of most companies the belief that they are set up for video...

    Is the UK different to the rest of Europe? There would seem to be very little difference in the way that people across most of Europe are living their lives under COVID.  Several countries are more insistent on the use of face masks outdoors as well as indoors but...

    Is encouraging employees back to their offices another error of judgement? There is a very good chance that the UK government are about to embark on another huge mistake by trying to persuade employees back to work in what may be a futile attempt to revive...

    Are things being done differently in other European countries? A French friend who lives in the UK has just returned from a holiday in Italy and I was interested to hear her views on why infections in Europe were rising at a far faster rate than in the UK. ...

  Surveys clearly show that employees want to continue working remotely A recent study by Cardiff University and the University of Southampton, said 88% of employees who worked at home during lockdown would like to continue doing so in some capacity, with 47%...

 A number of people have told me that remote working is the enemy of creativity and that it just isn’t a practical way of working in the creative industries.  I strongly disagree.Creativity and problem solving tend to be more effective in groups where...

 While for many years now it’s been no secret that lots of office based jobs could be carried out remotely, the COVID-19 crisis has turned that potential into reality for many businesses worldwide.  Offices full of endless rows of desks and packed contact...