Midlife Transition Featured

Midlife crisis: Transition starts with introspection

Rather than viewing midlife as a crisis to be feared, it can be seen as a valuable phase of life—an opportunity to refine what truly matters and to embrace a future shaped by deeper self-knowledge and renewed purpose. Turn these transitional years into a time of rejuvenation and new beginnings.

Midlife Career Featured

Navigating midlife: Rediscovering purpose & boosting career

The transformation wasn't overnight, but each small step helped Joe gain a clearer understanding of what he truly valued. His relationship with Ellie strengthened as they started planning small, local travel excursions with the kids, focusing on creating memories rather than acquiring possessions.

Midlife Crisis Featured

What is midlife crisis and how to turn it into an opportunity

If done methodically, you will be able to motivate self, explore what you always wanted deep within, while getting into a better shape mentally and physically, and this will lead to building drive in life. A new and more optimistic life! Here's why it's not a crisis but a lifetime opportunity.

Midlife Crisis Featured

Finding love after divorce: Navigating dating in midlife

Before jumping back into the dating scene, it's crucial to assess your emotional readiness. Have you fully processed the grief and anger from your divorce? Are you open to being vulnerable and starting afresh? Taking time for self-reflection can be key. Here are some practical tips. Read on!

Life Beyond Work Featured

Facing midlife crisis? Unlock your identity beyond work

For many, the shift away from a work-defined identity is turbulent. Feelings of worthlessness or aimlessness can surface, often compounded by societal stigma around aging and productivity. The path to self-discovery post-career is as unique as each individual, but certain steps can universally help.

Midlife MEND

What is Midlife MEND

I’m your ally and guide through midlife. My journey and the lessons from my book, Real Conversations in the Digital Age, have shown me that while digital connections are ubiquitous, it’s the personal, internal conversations that truly shape our paths.

Sustainability

Leveraging sustainability storytelling to build reputation

Sustainability storytelling emerges as a powerful strategy, enabling organisations to amplify their corporate reputation by embracing honest and transparent communication around their ESG initiatives and achievements.

Artificial Intelligence

AI's paradox: Climate solutions and its ecological cost

According to the US Department of Energy, data centres are incredibly energy-intensive, using up to 50 times the energy per floor space compared to a typical commercial office building. This accounts for nearly...

Green Transition

New seat, bold vision: Africa’s rise and green ambition

With the spectre of poverty looming large and two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor grappling with the rigours of life in Africa, the continent faces intricate issues.

Real Conversations

Harness the power of childlike curiosity and empathetic listening

Rekindling our childlike curiosity and mastering active listening skills is a necessity in today's professional world.

Sustainability

Sustainability: The new black in the holiday cruise industry

Actively keeping guests informed, educated and involved in sustainability efforts and sensitising tourists to contribute towards reducing their carbon footprint could be immediate interventions.

Climate Finance

Africa’s green financing challenges and private sector advantage

Africa is currently going through a phase of increasing FDI inflow which will eventually circulate throughout the economy and ultimately encourage more private sector investment...

TED Select

How changing your story can change your life: Lori Gottlieb

In an actionable talk, psychotherapist and advice columnist Lori Gottlieb shows how to break free from the stories you've been telling yourself by becoming your own editor and rewriting your narrative from a different point of view.

Work-Life

Navigating the complexity of mixed feelings in relationships and work

Conversations serve as a useful, but often ignored, tool, providing space to process complex emotions, nurture connections, and foster personal and professional growth. Embracing open dialogue cultivates a fulfilling life, both when dealing with loved ones or office colleagues.

Real Conversations

Work-from-home and missing perspectives on life

Imagine if all conversations happen just through our smartphones and laptops, will we ever build meaningful relationships? So, what do you miss most about these face-to-face customer interactions?

Real Conversations

How to lead a conversation between people who disagree: Eve Pearlman

See what happened when a group that would have never otherwise met – 25 liberals from California and 25 conservatives from Alabama – gathered to talk about contentious issues. "Real connection across difference: this is a salve that our democracy sorely needs," Pearlman says.

TED Select

What fear can teach us: Karen Thompson Walker

(Courtesy: TED.com) Imagine you're a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates – but each choice comes with a fearful consequence too. How do you choose? In telling the story of the whaleship Essex, novelist

Real Conversations

Inner conversations and being positive post-Covid

In the next two weeks of solitude, I had hundreds of conversations with myself. By the end of my isolation, I took several decisions

Mutual Funds

Who was Abraham van Ketwich and why modern mutual fund managers both admire and envy him

Fund Managers globally, look at Abraham van Ketwich with both admiration and envy. Admiration out-of-respect for his financial innovation.

FinTech Trends

A look at the power shift from FinTech to TechFin

Financial services is a sector with high entry barriers and traditionally meant for players with deeper pockets given the cost of compliance, physical distribution costs and issues of data-security.

Marketing Tips

Customer Care – It all starts here, and ends here too

With improving customer-care across sectors and functions, the expectations of the buyers are on the rise.

Art of Sales

How to manage your ego to sell better

If you are into business development, whether you are a BD manager or a CEO, you are likely to bump into prospects who would test your patience and kind-of bully you. Not only because they come from a position of power, but also because they might want to vent out