I have always believed in the importance of having friends at work, and being aware of the impact it has on employees’ productivity and creativity. I have myself forged many meaningful and enduring friendships throughout my career. So how can managers create and maintain a friendship-friendly workplace that delivers measurable results?  The Power of Work ...

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – KEY THEMES, AMAZING TAKEAWAYS & REFLECTIONS I had a deeply moving and interesting time celebrating International Women’s Day with the Cambridge Women in Business society! We started the day with superb mutual mentoring with the world's future leaders, a LinkedIn live Q&A, with Sharena Shiv, Milly Cox, Danielle ...

Why Burnout is Hard to Avoid, and a few Top Tips from Me! Lately, as I have been reflecting on the turbulent times we are going through, marked recently by a horrific nation-state invasion, I have really tried to take as much time as I need to not let the pressures surrounding my work affect ...

The 2021 Year In Review Newsletter  A Year of Learning & Yearning  For me this year it’s been about learning as a strategy for myself, learning new skills, learning new behaviours, adapting to the unknown and learning to thrive as we emerge through the vortex of change.   There is also a deep Yearning within me ...

Travelling through the vortex of change! ✈🌍 Watch Full Video: I was honoured to speak at the BTO (Be Travel Onlife) 2021 event this November, where the big focus was ‘Frictionless Travel’. Innovation led growth, digital progression and dramatic changes to real and virtual travel were explored.  My speech was centred on many of these elements with ...

I love this simple graphic by Aletheia Délivré reminding us that we only have a finite amount of personal and professional resources. Choosing carefully how we use our time and energy is fundamental to improving our mental and physical well being. Thinking about containers or vessels is surprisingly powerful and reminds us of Henry ...

I am a proud Black Woman... In case you were wondering - this is not Harriet talking, it is me Abigail Maburutse - I am Harriet’s new marketing Ninja🐱‍👤, but she prefers to call me her Chief Marketing Officer 🙌 An honestly slightly scary 'title' to be frank - as I have never been one ...

10 Tech Trends With Momentum Which of these 10 skills are you currently working on? So we have these incredible 10 Tech Trends With Momentum as identified by McKinsey - Do We Have the Skills the World Needs to Harness Them? That’s the $64 Billion question I love the WeForum work on the Top Skills the World Needs ...

I shared my monthly newsletter with a focus on Purpose - This topic was upfront and central to my conversation with Danny Attias on the Sondership podcast where I shared a slither of my life and a few of the significant events that contributed to me becoming the woman I am today.  From protesting against ...

Hi, It’s Harriet here. I hope you have all staying resilient, safe and well throughout the July vortex of huge change. The theme of my newsletter today is ‘respect’. That feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements and I have been filled by respect by so ...