Why Experience Really Is the Best Teacher for Today’s Students
By: Michael McQueen
‘Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.’[1] We have all heard the adage, so much so that it is often dismissed as a cliché. Read more
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3 Kinds of Cities You Could Be Living in Tomorrow
By: Michael McQueen
With the UN predicting that 68 percent of the world’s people will live in urban areas by 2050,[1] it is essential that spaces we are living in are viable and sustainable for years to come. The cities we are familiar with, complete with collections of grey buildings, tangled roads and traffic, are set to change and the plans for these changes are already being implemented. Read more
How Will Your New Workplace Work for You?
By: Michael McQueen
With vaccines emerging and a new year ushering in a renewed demand for some kind of back-to-normal routine, society’s return to work is front of mind for many professionals. However, having adjusted effectively to remote work, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment. Many businesses, leaders and workers are questioning whether returning to work is a viable decision and are rethinking how our new work life could look. Read more
3 Critical Keys to Combatting the ‘Infodemic’
By: Michael McQueen
In the mid-1960s, Dr Martin Luther King Jr suggested that the primary goal of education ought to be two things: teaching students to think deeply, and to think with discernment. Read more
How to Maintain Momentum by Pruning Your Practices
By: Michael McQueen
One of the most valuable lessons this year has taught us is that the life we were living pre-COVID isn’t necessarily the one we are seeking post-COVID. Though we have been longing for life to get ‘back to normal’ since the pandemic hit, there are many parts of the old normal that we would do well to leave behind. Read more
How the Past Paves New Paths to the Future
By: Michael McQueen
Britain’s first female Member of Parliament, Lady Astor, once observed: “The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change nothing – or everything.” Read more
Would Your Business Values Pass the Test?
By: Michael McQueen
In a season of intense global uncertainty, unpredictable business conditions and politics of more tension and division than ever before, a stable, predictable and trustworthy presence is of priceless value. Read more
5 Practices That Could Paralyse Your Pivot
By: Michael McQueen
As events have unfolded this year, the word ‘pivot’ has emerged as a description of the moves necessary in business, society and individual lives to adapt to uncertain times. It is an appropriate word choice to describe these movements, especially as it depicts a motion that adapts its direction, while remaining rooted in one spot. It is clear that in times of crisis, the fundamental need for businesses is the ability to pivot. Read more
How Sustainable is a Focus on Sustainability?
By: Michael McQueen
The need for environmentally sustainable moves in business has been common knowledge for years. However, while many businesses have implemented changes and strategies to address this, many others have been held back by the need to maintain profits and ROI. Read more
Why Ground-Level Workers Are The Top-level Innovators
By: Michael McQueen
‘In my experience, innovation can only come from the bottom. Those closest to the problem are in the best position to solve it. Everyone must be able to experiment, learn, and iterate. Position, obedience and tradition should hold no power.’ [1] Read more