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Maurice Wheeler is CEO at We Are Family in London; the world's biggest and most…
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What do you do if interruptions constantly disrupt your focus on important tasks?
I'm a big fan of time windowing. For example the 25/5 'pomodoro' system works well for me. Just focus on ONE thing for 25 minutes, everything can wait 25 minutes, nothing is that urgent. Then when the 25 minutes have finished, you have a 5 min break to see whats going on, check emails, make a coffee and then get back to the 25 minutes. You need to be disciplined but it is very fruitful. You get a longer break after you're done 4 loops (so every 2 hours). There are also a million YouTube videos you can play in the back ground that play focus music for 25 mins and let you know when you're break is here.
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How can you use data to identify the most effective creative approach?
It might be strange to hear a researcher say this but data and insights are just one input. If you base your entire creative strategy on a bunch of numbers you are going to lose some of the magic that comes from human creativity. Use data to inspire, guide, and prioritise but it is just one voice of many at the table. You really do want to give creatives as much room to play as humanly possible, when you use data to reduce the playing field your creative output will suffer as a result.
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So happy to be involved with this project. As someone with a LOT of engineers in their family (including my wife) I am well aware that engineers do,…
So happy to be involved with this project. As someone with a LOT of engineers in their family (including my wife) I am well aware that engineers do,…
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🔎 “I didn’t know I could be an engineer!” In one of many short-talk sessions at the Future of Work in October, Obaloluwa Osundina will be sharing…
🔎 “I didn’t know I could be an engineer!” In one of many short-talk sessions at the Future of Work in October, Obaloluwa Osundina will be sharing…
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Just one week ago we hosted our first NFL Kickoff Festival at Bondi Pavilion to celebrate our first NFL game in Brazil between the Philadelphia…
Just one week ago we hosted our first NFL Kickoff Festival at Bondi Pavilion to celebrate our first NFL game in Brazil between the Philadelphia…
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This is not my first rodeo 🎠🎠🏇🏇 I stopped in my tracks yesterday when I realised that it would have been 10 years since owning my first…
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In California for the next week attending the Roblox Developer Conference! Loved it last year
In California for the next week attending the Roblox Developer Conference! Loved it last year
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