by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 9, 2025 | Leadership
Balancing Environmental Sustainability With Market Realities in a Shifting World By: Emma Rowland Just last week, the catastrophic Guadalupe River flash flood dominated headlines and social media. This summer alone, we’ve experienced record-breaking wildfires,...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jun 23, 2025 | Strategy
Why Gen Z Doesn’t Care About Your Logo (And What They Care About Instead) By: Jessica O’Donnell Spoiler alert: it’s not your new font or that reimagined colour palette. We’re living in the age of the “de-influencer,” where trending content often involves...
by Hugh MacPhie | May 28, 2025 | Culture
Why “Bare Minimum Mondays” Are a Wake-Up Call for Workplace Well-Being By: Francesco Colosimo If you’ve been on TikTok lately, you’ve probably heard of Bare Minimum Mondays. What started as a silly trend — easing into the workweek by doing only what’s essential — has...
by Hugh MacPhie | May 16, 2025 | Culture
Work-Life Balance Gone Rogue? Severance Might Be Offering Us a Cautionary Tale By: Jessica O’Donnell If you’ve watched Severance on Apple TV+, you already know – it’s chilling, brilliant, and disturbingly relevant. The show follows employees at Lumon...
by Hugh MacPhie | Apr 22, 2025 | Culture
When “Good Vibes Only” Backfires: The Quiet Harm of Toxic Positivity at Work By: Poojani Ruwanpura There’s a moment that really sticks out to me in Netflix’s docuseries Beckham. After his infamous red card in the 1998 World Cup, David Beckham is asked how he...