Simesco

Almost without fail, when I mention to people that one of the things we do is help individuals and organisations to achieve a better work life balance through new ways of working, the response I get is “I could do with some of that.” Work life balance can sometimes seem like an elusive ideal. When [...]

I have a habit of saying that Change Management is one of the most highly valued skills in business today.  The ability to drive change through an organisation, and even more importantly, make it stick, is certainly a rare ability and one that our DELTA™ Change Agents get handsomely rewarded for.  However, it would be [...]

I experienced some amazing synchronicity this morning.  I managed to finish an important project in the very last minutes of the available time and then read an email that said; “Never forget the power of the 11th hour- in all you do! Stay willing, stay open and jump on the opportunity when it shows up!” [...]

I was listening to a webinar by Bernadette Doyle last night when I was reminded of something that underpins every successful project.  In business, it is well known that people don’t like change, but not because they wish to resist it. Everyone deals with change every day of their lives.  But, in business, the first [...]

  This great diagram illustrates the speed with which social networks are growing.  It includes almost 30% more sites than the last image I saw just a few months ago. What’s great about this is the opportunity for individuals to connect and collaborate on projects dear to their heart with people in their community, in [...]

In these time starved days when everything is required yesterday and life seems to be constantly being put off until tomorrow, I am often asked, “What’s the best use of 1 hour?” and, until recently, my answer was always the one favoured by politicians, namely, “It depends on the circumstances.” For example, if you have [...]

“Mastering Time 24/7″ (Simesco 2011) has now been published on Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Y0XUOK “Amazon’s Kindle is the natural home for the new book,” said Simon Phillips, “the lightweight, slimline, digital format makes reading both a pleasure and something you can do anywhere.  Also, because you can now download Kindle software you can read the book on [...]

Email was far and away the number one time challenge reported in our survey.  It accounted for at least one in every two responses!  The reasons why it was a challenge varied but most were overwhelmed by the sheer volume for emails they received or needed to send each day.  It is fair to say [...]

I’m going to keep this short and to the point, people are struggling with social media! Here’s a short list of the issues that emerged from my survey of over 1000 people on LinkedIn, Ecademy and Facebook (and a few people offline -see if you can spot the sample quote): “My social media addiction is taking [...]

When I started researching my new book, I was not expecting to see the phrase “Work Life Balance” amongst the list of top challenges that people were experiencing. Work Life Balance was a term that first started gaining traction at the end of the 1990′s and by the turn of the century, governments began to [...]