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Working online is mentally taxing. Yet I know many people sit at their laptops and work for 2-3 hours without a break. They only ever stop for a drink, snack or bathroom break (or all three if they’re lucky). Whilst it may be the norm for many knowledge workers, working for long stretches of time […]
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Phone bans in schools is a hotly debated topic, with polarising opinions between some teachers, school leaders and parents. News that NSW public high schools will implement phone bans from late 2023 has reignited this debate once again. Banning phones in schools has become an Australian and global trend, proving popular with many parents, teachers […]
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Many organisations around the globe are considering or currently trailing a four-day work week. And with good reason. Global trials have provided data showing that four-day work weeks have been a resounding success for employees and employers. For example, the recent UK 6-month trial that involved 61 companies with approximately 2900 workers from June to […]
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For many years, adults have been quick to point the finger at kids and teens and declare that they’re ‘addicted’ to their digital devices and constantly distracted. Whilst very few of us would argue against the fact that many young people are spending inordinate amounts of time plugged in to devices (for both leisure and […]
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Have you ever noticed that your kids/teens seem to always imitate your partner’s traits, mannerisms and behaviours (and it’s usually their worst traits)? Have you noticed that when you accidentally swear in front of a young child, a couple of days later they drop the exact same clanger, often in the most inopportune of times […]
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After our longest round of lockdowns yet, parents everywhere are celebrating as our kids are settling back into school to finish term four. But after a challenging few months of trying to juggle work and school, reliance on technology has increased and our kids are using screens more than ever, affecting their digital wellbeing. In […]
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‘I just need to get through to Christmas’ ‘It’s been a really long year’ ‘I’m ready for this year to end’. ‘Let’s look at that in the next quarter and focus on closing out this one’. ‘I can’t do another Zoom meeting’ If you’ve heard any of these phrases coming from your team lately, it’s […]
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Thanks to technology, our ways of working are adopting more freedoms than ever before; we can work wherever we like, when we like whilst remaining connected to our teams. But whether you realise it or not, being tech-enabled takes its toll. One of the chief costs facing distributed teams is ‘Zoom Fatigue’; getting to the […]
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The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have ushered in permanent and significant changes to how we work. We’ve seen radical shifts to how, where and when we work. These significant changes to work practices happened almost instantaneously and without a lot of guidance regarding best practice (let’s face it, many of us walked out of our […]
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Whether your kids are learning remotely, or spending a lot of time doing online homework, study or assignments (not to mention, their gaming or social media use), chances are they’re experiencing ‘digital fatigue’. Many children and teens are reporting feeling sore eyes, headaches, musculoskeletal aches and pains (such as ‘tech-neck), an inability to focus online, […]
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