Insights

Perpetua Neo4 August 2022

Free up time – it doesn’t need to be a meeting

We talk alot about the ROI known as Return On Energy, but I also find it equally important to honour time. After all, I love the concept of being a Time Billionaire – people who have a richness of time at their disposal, and who love what they do with this time.

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Vanessa Bennett23 June 2022

Trying to focus for long time periods is not necessarily the key to productivity

Lack of focus is one of the biggest post-pandemic issues we are now facing according to Lynda Gratton at London Business School. At NEP we would argue this has always been a problem, and we agree it has definitely been exacerbated during the pandemic.

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Perpetua Neo16 June 2022

How to take an awe walk

Awe takes you out of your own head – like one of those high beam lights switching on, your vision goes from tunnel to wide-field. But you don’t need to travel to the ends of the earth, climb a mountain, or seek out novelty to evoke that feeling.

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Alex Davids9 June 2022

Intentional breathing – can it change your life, and your work?

Many shy away from the idea of meditation, no matter how mainstream it may be becoming. It sounds a bit scary and perhaps to some it sounds soft, especially when we discuss it in relation to work and impacting the way we operate.

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Vanessa Bennett2 June 2022

Have you clearly defined your hybrid culture?

Culture can be very broadly defined as “the way we do things around here”. Some companies have this really well defined. Most, less so.

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Perpetua Neo26 May 2022

The rule of one

Clogged up to-do lists. Bursting diaries. Chaotic headspaces. Getting better at life isn’t always about adding more things. If we take a leaf from nature, evolution isn’t about increasing complexity, it’s sometimes also about making things sleeker.

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Vanessa Bennett19 May 2022

Forget COVID, this is the real pandemic draining our energy

Before the pandemic, there is no doubt that internal meeting fatigue was already a thing. But as more people switched to meeting online, meetings that were already fatiguing unfortunately became even more so.

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Perpetua Neo12 May 2022

The “3Cs” to mastering your fast-paced (ADHD) brain – Part two

If you’ve read Part One of this piece, then I must tell you the reason I broke it into two is because I’ve learnt to take my own advice.

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Perpetua Neo5 May 2022

The “3Cs” to mastering your fast-paced (ADHD) brain – Part one

If you’ve ever taken our personal pace indicator, what’s your score? Mine’s 99. It came as no shock to me.

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Vanessa Bennett28 April 2022

Beware of this cancer eating away at your team’s productivity

It’s ironic that many people are trying to work in a way that makes them more productive, and yet those very actions are actually reducing productivity.

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Free up time – it doesn’t need to be a meeting

Trying to focus for long time periods is not necessarily the key to productivity

How to take an awe walk

Intentional breathing – can it change your life, and your work?

Have you clearly defined your hybrid culture?

The rule of one

Forget COVID, this is the real pandemic draining our energy

The “3Cs” to mastering your fast-paced (ADHD) brain – Part two

The “3Cs” to mastering your fast-paced (ADHD) brain – Part one

Beware of this cancer eating away at your team’s productivity

Sustainable high-performance without the burnout

Uncertain about your leadership skills? Some quick ways to grow them properly

Stuck in the construct of an industry