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The Rocky effect, and why productivity training fades over time
Listen to audio version I’m currently working with an organisation on creating a healthier meeting culture. It is exciting work that can move the need...
Do new email features help or hinder?
Listen to audio version Microsoft continually introduces new features to tools like Outlook designed to make us more productive. Many of these additio...
Emails have a use-by date
Listen to audio version Open your fridge and you’re almost sure to find a jar of something out of date at the back. You bought it with good intentio...
A deep focus hack from my Uncle
Listen to audio version I lost my uncle Patrick McCarville last month. He was a great man and had a great life – a life most would not believe. He w...
Meetings: The protein of the business world
Listen to audio version As a child growing up in Dublin in the 1970s, I knew nothing other than ‘meat and two veg’ for dinner. My mother was a cap...
Identify your value
Listen to audio version What makes you valuable at work? It sounds like a simple question, but most people struggle to answer it clearly. They can list thei...