It can be tempting to ignore the small niggles and think that the time spent fixing them just isn’t worth it. But we all know that even a grain of sand in your shoe causes problems on a long walk. And it is the same with small things in an office or out of date processes in a growing company. For me, one of the best tools I have implemented is called Timetastic – a relatively basic holiday booking tool. I was doing some freelance work (for a company that I now work for) and was asked if I could improve how holidays were booked and recorded. This was a…

Listening to a podcast from Squiggly Careers, about comfort and courage zones, I realised that there is another zone that gets forgotten – the ‘boredom zone.’ This to me is a danger zone that needs to be acknowledged and addressed. How much time people should spend in both their comfort and courage zones is something that is discussed in numerous books/ articles/ podcasts but I feel that there is a third zone that isn’t nearly as productive as the other two – the ‘boredom zone.’ This is when you are doing things on autopilot that aren’t contributing to yours (or others) growth or happiness.  Comfort zone – doing things you…