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Thank you all for your readership, we hope our thoughts and insights this year have added value to your 2017 and look forward to continued interest, guest publications and first-hand feedback from our lovely Connectwellians! If you’d like to us explore a topic or perhaps guest write an article in the new year, then leave us a comment or get …
1.Which Christmas film is listed as the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time? Home Alone/ The Muppet Christmas Carol / The Grinch / It’s a Wonderful Life 2.The romantic associations with Mistletoe are believed to have originated with which people? Dutch Elves /Celtic Druids / Salem Witches 3. Which country has a dedicated postcode set up to receive letters …
Unplugged Part 3: Inspiration is all around us In our third instalment of our ‘Unplugged’ series, we explore some of the benefits of making sure you’ve taken that time to step away from your emails, smartphone and other technological distractions, and the benefits that this can bring. When anyone talks of ‘thinking creatively’, we might picture a group of executives …
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer – An Example of Good Leadership? Rudolph Arthur Marcus (b.1923) was a chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems”. Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (b.1938) was a Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer. He was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 …
A central theme at Christmas time is belief – from our favourite festive movies (Elf, anyone?) to Christian faith in the coming of Jesus. When we feel a sense of purpose and hold on to a belief in something bigger than ourselves or a better future, we can achieve great things. As Daniel Pink recognised in his book Drive, purpose …
Unplugged Part 2: Using Cool Thinking In today’s always connected world, so many of our interactions appear to demand an immediate response, with an implied suggestion that if you cannot respond immediately, you are simply not up to the challenge! In our second ‘Unplugged’ article, we pose the question: is this environment overwhelming us and starting to degrade our decision-making …
The Importance of Storytelling “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…” “Marley was dead, to begin with. There was no doubt whatever about that.” “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport.” We all love a good story. A tale that tugs on the heartstrings and …
Living with the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future Christmas time is often one of reflection and consideration, as we look back at the year gone by and look forward to the year ahead, as was so masterfully captured in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and as Scrooge discovered, there is value in considering each part of our lives… The …
A friend of my mum’s used to have a ‘one in, one out’ approach to her wardrobe, which meant if she bought anything new, she had to throw something else out. An impressive piece of discipline that allowed her to constantly be aware of what she had, what she needed, and what no longer made the cut. Each Christmas, when …
