Today I had the great pleasure of speaking to two really inspiring individuals; first Nick Bennett, co-founder of Fika Mental Fitness and then Tanmoy Bari, co-founder of Greenely, and in both conversations we touched on the importance of looking after your mental well-being.

It’s interesting how much time we spend…

We often make the mistake of thinking that feedback is something to resolve conflicts, or to tell someone they didn’t do well enough.

This is all wrong of course, oh, and if you only speak to each other when something is wrong, that’s even worse btw.

Feedback is a tool…

So I keep getting annoyed when reading reviews.

People can give an app ⭐(1) star if their phone didn’t work when downloading, or if they couldn’t figure out how to sign up.

Or if one single feature doesn’t work, the app is “totally useless and a waste of time and…

I find it so interesting that we spend so much time teaching our children to fit in, not make waves, be socially acceptable, behave in school and get good grades so they can grow up and get good jobs.

Our whole society is built on conformity.

Yet we sit at…

There might be a lot of things that separate the different belief systems from each other, but there are a lot of similarities and some things that are more or less identical.

One of those things is to give thanks, saying Grace, before, and sometimes, after a meal.

I am…

oday on October 12th we are celebrating Ada Lovelace and Ada Lovelace Day.

We do it to celebrate and raise awareness of all female achievements in science, or put even more broadly, STEM.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Ada is considered to be the first computer programmer, having written the…

I had an email from a good friend who asked me to have a look at his CV. What do you think? he asked, give me your gut reaction.

My gut reaction? — it was messy and trying to do everything at the same time.

My friend has a very…