Posts Tagged ‘wellbeing’
Mental health and the well-being of postgraduate researchers and supervisory staff
There are many tangible benefits for institutions in providing mental health and well-being support for their doctoral community, including supervisors.
Read MorePerspectives on the impact, mission and purpose of the business school
The business school has been an important success story in the evolution of the modern university. Yet it is increasingly valued in that context “much more for its managerial expertise, cash generation ability and financial strength than its intellectual vigour and scholarship. Indeed … its legitimacy as a serious academic discipline is critically questioned by scholars in science, arts and the humanities”
Read MoreGross national wellbeing: The future of work
The real challenge for senior management in the private and public sectors will be to create wellbeing cultures which retain and support their staff during these difficult times.
Read MoreHuman ecosystems for our human crisis
Human ecosystem: A business and innovation ecosystem characterised by human values encouraged by its philosophies, actions, and ethos.
Read MoreThe RenDanHeYi Italian style. From creativity to venture incubation at Gummy Industries
Emanuele Quintarelli describes the deliberate transformation of the Italian creative agency Gummy Industries after learning about RenDanHeYi.
Read MoreLugares de trabajo tóxicos y el auge de los humanos tóxicos
Aunque el panorama real que se esconde detrás de “La gran dimisión” es polifacético, el hilo conductor es la manifestación y el impacto de una cultura tóxica.
Read MorePeople, planet and prosperity depend on the health of pollinators like the humble honey bee
The Honey Bee Initiative (HBI), housed in the Business for a Better World Center at the School of Business of George Mason University, responds to an important global food security crisis.
Read MoreHope in the time of collapse
Half of the world’s population is considered “highly vulnerable”. The emergency that so many in the rich world have felt was somewhere off in the future, is here. Now. It’s just somewhere else.
Read MoreAre we really never going back to the old ways of working?
Peter Thomson and Mark Thomas revisit the assumptions they made a year ago about the impact of the pandemic.
Read MoreScaling goodness as the foundation of the “lived experience”
Over the ages, the human race has been empowered by goodness and kindness, so how can we build this into the lived experience?
Read MoreIt’s not a great resignation, it’s a flight to quality
A recent Gallup poll suggested that only 24% of employees believed their company cared about their wellbeing. Rather than a great resignation, it’s a flight to quality; a trend accelerated by COVID-19.
Read MorePurpose: The key to personal and professional growth
What is the purpose of your life? Each of us has an individual purpose – something that will help bring true fulfilment when you live in alignment with it.
Read MoreSpaceTime is everything
SpaceTime is the physical universe inside which we and everything else exists. What is the significance of this phenomenon to the business world?
Read MoreToxic workplaces and the rise of the toxic humans
While the true picture behind “The Great Resignation” is a multi-faceted one, the common thread is the manifestation and impact of a toxic culture.
Read MoreThe lived experience model of work
The FutureWork Forum has created a model to represent work as part of a “lived experience” and not as a distinct and separate compartment of life. The FWF model articulates work and life as intertwined helixes, similar to the DNA molecule.
Read MoreThe lived experience, working life in the 21st century
In this series of articles in collaboration with EFMD, partners of the FutureWork Forum, explore the need for a cohesive approach to work and life.
Read MoreDeveloping the art of resilience
Everybody has to go through difficult times in their life; some more than others. But the way we manage these situations determines how we are going to handle similar situations in the future and what we learn from them.
Read MoreEducating for personal strength and well-being
Business schools face increasing calls to expand their focus to educating for personal strength and well-being. Jeroen Kraaijenbrink outlines a nine-step programme that helps students—and staff—deal with the stress they face in today’s society.
Read MoreDeveloping world-class students in Peru
Percy Marquina Feldman outlines the innovative approach to using artificial intelligence to enhance the student experience at CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School in Peru.
Read MoreTime to think again
Creativity needs space and time to flourish, says Dan Pontefract. Being too busy harms this. Too often, it gets lost in status quo thinking. We have to make the time to rethink how we think.
Read MoreHow will your company cope with the 100-year life?
Andrew Scott, Professor of Economics at London Business School, explains why future generations of people living to 100 will completely change how we work and live. By Rob Morris
Read MoreBenefitting from balance
Alison Lloyd describes the success of a multidiscipline approach to nurturing entrepreneurial capabilities benefitting from balance.
Read MoreMindfulness: The antidote to macho leadership?
Most students love the buzzy, busy atmosphere of an MBA programme. But is it the right way to teach them the soft skills, particularly leadership, that employees say they want? Dianne Lynne Bevelander and David Bond suggest that ‘mindfulness’ courses may be the answer.
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