Stress, Rest & Productivity
Think of an imaginary line. On the one extreme of this line, picture a time when you were in your most stressed state. Being in deep sleep (i.e. the polar opposite of that) can be situated on the other extreme of this imaginary line.
To have or not to have (meetings)?
Recently, I had a day of back-to-back meetings that lasted for hours. At the start of the day, I was pumped up to have so many different interactions, on distinct projects, with people across several parts of the globe – all while sitting in the comfort of my home.
Let’s talk about the corporate responsibility towards anti-racism
In the year post-2020, how have we furthered anti-racism? How much responsibility and action has actually taken place? How much are companies and corporations working towards anti-racism? Performative allyship is not enough, yet the cognitive dissonance organisations have accumulated has made companies absolve themselves of all moral and human responsibility
Post 2020, where is the representation & progression of Black people in corporations?
On May 25th, 2020, video footage circulated around the world showing the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. Floyd could be heard pleading “I can’t breathe” a total of 28 times. These were the same three words Eric Garner had shouted six years earlier when he was killed by police officers.
The anti-racism journey doesn’t end with training, it just begins there
In recent years, a growing number of organisations have begun to take steps to drive racial inclusion. This process was of course hastened, and its need made more widespread in the wake of George Floyd’s death and protests that followed
Keeping up the momentum: Representation and Inclusion of South African women in business
On the 14th of September, our consultant, Ora Rammala hosted an event, Keeping up the momentum: representation and inclusion of South African women in business. The conversation was an open and vulnerable reflection on South Africa Women’s Month and the manifestations of discrimination women face within the corporate world. We were joined by the innovative Diversity and Inclusion Manager Mashudu Ndadza, from Standardbank South Africa, and the progressive Managing Director of Nomato Consulting, Samkelo Blom. The two speakers explored questions around women’s equality, representation, and inclusion within corporate South Africa.
Collective Responsibility… in our fight against racism
Racism’s systemic nature means that, as Audre Lorde writes, “we have all been programmed to respond to the human differences between us with fear and loathing to handle those differences in one of three ways: ignore it… copy it if we think it’s dominant or destroy it if we think it is subordinate.” (Audre 2007:115)
Building a truly inclusive workplace: beyond boardroom diversity
In 2021, the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) report highlighted a crucial point: “In Diverse Company’s work with private and public sector firms has revealed that, despite an increased ethnic diversity at the board level, other employees in the organisation still face marginalisation.”
Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
“I am not good enough”, “I don’t belong here”, “Soon they will find out that I don’t deserve this”, “My luck is going to run out”, “My abilities have been overestimated” – Have you heard any of these before or ever thought these to yourself? If you have, then you are not alone. More than two-thirds of the world’s population has been estimated to have experienced this at least once in their lifetime (International Journal of Behavioural Science, 2011).
Female soldiers make the military stronger
In recent weeks, the US senate has seen a growing momentum to expand the military draft to include women, especially after Pentagon opened all combat roles to women in 2015.[1] A congressionally authorised commission also backed this change in March last year. The change in terminology to “All Americans” is expected to be considered during a committee markup[2] this week; while the bill is expected to be floored later this year.[3] While in Saudi Arabia, in a first, more than 12 female soldiers have become part of the security services, guarding pilgrims during the Mecca Haj.[4]