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The Hamster Wheel and the Training Regime

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere. Do you...

Don Draper in Hawaii

By David Werdiger | 2 min read

There’s a scene in “Mad Men” where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of...

The Mexico Passover and Thailand Holidays

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

I recently took one of the best holidays of my life, and I never left the resort. Turns out the destination is...

Pre-Course Launch Announcement

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We have strategies for our careers, our finance, our help. Pleased to announce a program to help answer an importan...

Desocialisation leads to even further polarisation

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Every frictionless transaction is a missed encounter. We built apps that let us skip the shopkeeper, the drive...

An Ancient Solution to a New Problem

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Rest used to mean restriction. Now technology has captured almost every waking hour, engineered to keep you th...

The definition of crazy

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When your audience went from the room you’re in to billions of people, the rational response was to rais...

Boundaries between rest and busyness

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

The boundary between work and rest doesn’t enforce itself. What rituals do you use to mark the transition?

Running

By David Werdiger | 2 min read

Running isn’t for everyone. It’s definitely not for me. But I’ve been thinking about whether everyo...

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My favorite pause of the year. Wishing an easy fast to those observing!

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A friend who observes the Sabbath said something to me recently that hasn't left my head:

"A day without the phone is better than a holiday with it."

No notifications. No scrolling. No half-presence while your mind is somewhere else. Just one day, fully here.

We spend so much

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15 Sep

The biggest mistake in succession planning?

Assuming the baton can be handed off when the time comes.

Great transitions happen long before the handoff.