social change
Frequency of Success: How do you start an inner revolution?
Did you know that we have 60,000 thoughts per day? That’s a lot of conversations. It is important to me to understand which thoughts to act on and which to not. I refuse to let the voice of fear create my destiny.- Nicole Holt, Australian Women’s Day
Fabulous at 70: Dr Neslyn Watson-Druée
Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, Elizabeth Ann Warren are names who are hijacking the headlines worldwide. America is leading with women who are as fabulous at 70 and decided to make a unequivocal mark after their 70th birthday: Maxine Waters, 80, the first woman to head the Financial Services Committee, Donna Shalala, 78, Glenn Close was 71 when she won a Golden Globe for best actress in January. And at home we have Dr Neslyn Watson-Druee
Three lessons for leadership from the Brexit mess
while the government seems to lack a clear direction, and keeps its cards close to its chest, better communication on the path forward would help unite opinion around a common solution rather than division.
Inspiring Future Champions
Everyone needs to help change the negative narrative that media normally cover on this issue, this is not just an issue of poor black criminal boys.
Liveable cities rankings: how a global enterprise is influencing urban change
The rise of liveability rankings and other comparative information has generated a trove of data. Much of it is welcomed by cities confronting issues such as housing affordability, ageing populations and spikes in air pollution and congestion...but there are several common challenges
How UK journalists compare with their German counterparts – new research
How do British journalists themselves see their role in society? Do they consider themselves aggressive opponents of those in power? Do they aim to influence politics? Do the attitudes British journalists hold about their profession confirm what the ex-journalist-turned-spin-doctor Tom Baldwin wrote in his recently published book, Ctrl Alt Delete, that journalism is “no longer a ‘trade’ for some people but an attractive career for the kind of person who might otherwise have wanted to run the country”?
Extinction Rebellion: disruption and arrests can bring social change
Extinction Rebellion is keeping climate change at the forefront of the public and politicians’ lips, making the seemingly abstract problem facing all of us feel real.
‘Climate Change – The Facts’: the BBC and David Attenborough should talk about solutions
We need to revise our economic system and its dependence on growth to prevent the unnecessary consumption of the world’s resources. As the youth climate strikes leader, the 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, clearly puts it, we need “system change, not climate change”.