Be inspired
You don’t tend to act unless you’re inspired. And time is precious. So here are ideas and thoughts worth making a little time for.


Understanding and overcoming procrastination
Fuschia Sirois is a professor at Durham University’s Department of Psychology. She is particularly interested in how procrastination, perfectionism, loneliness and traits linked to negative mood adversely affect health, and the qualities that play a role in improving well-being.
Estimates suggest that anywhere between 15% and 25% of the adult population procrastinate regularly. So what this means is that about one in five members of your team are going to be prone to procrastination.
Fuschia Sirois, Professor at Durham University’s Department of Psychology
My role is to develop the next generation of leaders and get out of their ways so they can have success.
Jennifer Nuckles, Chairperson & CEO at R-Zero

Jennifer Nuckles, CEO at R-Zero
Jennifer Nuckles is Chairperson & CEO at R-Zero, the biosafety technology company dedicated to making indoor spaces safer, healthier and more productive.

How well are you harnessing complexity?
Now more than ever, firms need agility to navigate challenges. Tim Sullivan, former editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press, talks about complex adaptive systems, which are characterised by the relationship between heterogeneous agents making decisions, interaction between these agents, and the emergence of a global system. Organisations are examples of this.
Our problem-solving skills improve when there is a high level of intellectual curiosity and a combination of different skills and experiences...

Luca Schnettler, CEO of Qumata
In this episode of Manageable Conversations, Luca Schnettler, CEO of Qumata, the Insurtech scaleup, talks about:
If you don't believe in yourself, you should not be a leader. You should be led if you don't believe.
Luca Schnettler, CEO of Qumata

The benefits of being a connector within organisations
Martin Kilduff is a professor at UCL School of Management. In his research, he focusses on the importance of social network connections between people and the ways those connections help or hinder in their job performance, career, and their lives more generally.
Social network brokerage means connecting across people who are otherwise disconnected and looking for those ideas that are important in organisational life as well as in everyday life.
Martin Kilduff, Professor of Organisational Behavior at University College London