Archive for author: Hummingbird

Cast your mind back a year to empty shelves, queues outside supermarkets and a strange, unfamiliar world where bird song replaced the hum of traffic. As we rushed to secure face masks and hand gels, sanitiser spray and disinfectant it would be easy t...

The Secret Diary of a Stationery Lover Listen carefully because I am going to say this only once; and if you tell anyone that I said this I will deny everything, particularly to my friends down the pub on a Friday night (when we are allowed back down...

How planning and note taking can be used as a tool for work, but also an escape 2020 is over, phew! But what is not likely to be over for some time is its long lasting impacts on us and the way we live. Overnight, we were forced into a completely al...

As Sir David Attenborough said on the occasion of Durrell’s 50th anniversary,  “I do assure you, the world needs Durrell.” Like all small kids I suppose I was fascinated with animals of every stripe but somewhere between ages five and ten, this ...

If you find yourself working at home after years in an office surrounded by colleagues, the change can be big. Many people see working from home as liberating, flexible and good for concentration. Others can find the experience a shock to the system,...

One day, the virus will relent. Who knows, it may disappear altogether. But even then, life is unlikely to return to how it was before covid-19; how might our workplace look going forward? It’s 2023 and David works from home four days a week, as he h...

What should be shredded in the workplace? As the nation returns to work, things are going to be different. Habits will have changed. Previously furloughed staff will be adjusting to working again; home workers may be preparing for transferring back t...

Social Media Detox Today, most of us have an online addiction. Don’t think so? Given an idle moment, do you reach for your phone or check your inbox whilst watching tv? If you check your social media timeline whilst stuck in traffic or post an update...