New job, new culture, new world: making the home office work

By Fiona Imbali The last time I held a full-time office job the world was a very different place. The covid-19 pandemic had not struck; working from home was unthinkable; and work-life balance was a far-away aspiration. A month after I left that job to take on flexible consulting assignments, the pandemic struck and everything […]
Taking Action on the Climate Crisis: How WMS plans to work on the Climate Crisis

Free books! Competition! By TEAM WMS Well, we made it to February! And if the last year has taught us anything, it is that we must all play our part. The covid-19 response is all about our own personal contributions to the bigger system, our responsibility each to act for the good of others. We must work together to thrive and if we all do our part, things will get better! That applies to individual people wearing masks to protect their fellows and it applies to governments supporting Covax to protect their fellows. […]
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Meet Kenya’s Falling Walls Finalist 2020: Farida Nzilani

Every day hundreds of young entrepreneurs, both aspiring and experienced, swarm the Hustla MBA social media platform for advice and solutions to the challenges that they are facing – be it thinking about saving money, or debating between opening a vegetable stall or a chips stand. Hustla MBA offers the answers.
Reflect … lock down or no lock down

I’ve worked from home, quite happily, for the last ten years. But, now, this home is full of children home educating, and we’re juggling laptops, tablets, phones and earphones, live classes, Zoom calls, videos, assemblies and worksheet submissions. Add inconsistent wi-fi into the mix and I’ve got fairly consistent chaos and absolutely consistent noise from […]
Starting a new job on April Fool’s Day in the midst of a pandemic

I love mischief on April Fools’ Day but starting a new job on this year’s April 1st was a proper shocker.
Why the World Cup has everything to do with think tank communications

First published by onthinktanks.org: The World Cup is now in full swing and, whether you love or loathe it, football will continue to dominate the news cycle over the next few weeks.
What I learned from giving a TED Talk

Exactly a week ago, my TED Talk about Colour in Faith, a project about countering fear through social practice art was published. The talk is less than twelve minutes long but it took me a lifetime to prepare for it! Those twelve minutes were prepared over months and days of working with my colleagues at […]