Act more like a Sherpa, less like an expert
"You don’t learn how to climb Mount Everest by sitting in a classroom listening to abstract theory, or even studying cases of other...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Aug 31
- 1 min
A 3-minute evening routine for a productive tomorrow
Short and to the point, Teddy Mitrosilis on Twitter @TMitrosilis shares a three-step evening routine that is simple, playful and...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Why it might be your body and not your mind
The thoughts we have and the moods we are in can have little to do with our minds. Much of what we think about stems from the complicated...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Aug 5
- 1 min
The value of small kindnesses
Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Why people are quitting work - and what they really want...
People keep resigning at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. People are...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Find ways to bounce back with Action For Happiness
Action for Happiness is a movement of people taking action to create a happier and kinder world, together. Their work is underpinned by...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jun 29
- 1 min
A framework to better understand emotions and their purpose
Millions of years of evolution resulted in human minds having a very clear focus. Keep me safe from harm and likely to perpetuate as a...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jun 1
- 1 min
What you wish you'd known when you were young?
"Don’t wait for the storm to pass, dance in the rain." "Don't ever work for someone you don't want to become." "Don't bother fighting the...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- May 26
- 1 min
What if you stop trying to do everything?
Guardian columnist and author of "Four Thousand Weeks: Time management for mortals", Oliver Burkeman joins Action for Happiness for a...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- May 1
- 2 min
Take time for a mindful moment
Action For Happiness provides so many sources of inspiration and information when it comes to living a life that is rich, full and...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Apr 18
- 1 min
What language of love are you speaking?
How do you know you are cherished and valued? How do you know you are loved? Is it through the gifts you are given, the words spoken to...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Key principles for collective creativity
‘How do people get new ideas?’ is by taking a shower or walking the dog or doing the dishes. Insights occur most often when we’re alone,...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Mar 1
- 1 min
The problem with bring over-friendly
"Horrible bosses" may be the stuff of legend, but in my work I tend to find an awful lot of leaders and managers struggle with being too...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Humans now have shorter attention spans than goldfish...
If the attention span of the average human has shrunk over the past 15 years to less than goldfish and we're becoming increasingly...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Where to start with employee engagement? X marks the spot!
Many of my clients are struggling with "employee engagement" right now... What it means and what on earth to do about improving it -...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Jan 1
- 1 min
It's nice to be nice
"Manners maketh man" as the saying goes, whether a smoothly-delivered one-liner by Colin Firth in Kingsman or the motto of a 13 Century...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
Get closer to someone with 36 questions
To build trust in a relationship, we want to develop genuine rapport with that other person. Moving past simple broadcasting of...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Change stubborn behaviours through little challenges
"In ten years of curating the DO Lectures, I have been lucky enough to watch over 300 talks. I can honestly say this: Katie’s was one of...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
How your body is a score-sheet of your emotional experiences
Bessel van der Kolk is a Boston based psychiatrist noted for his research in the area of post-traumatic stress since the 1970s. His...
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Kim Newton-Woof
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
The surprising truth about what motivates us
A larger reward leads to poorer performance? How can that be? At a talk for the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, Dan...
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