Connection

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In an AI-Obsessed World, Human Connection Is Your Competitive Advantage

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If you work in a customer-facing role, in customer service, sales, account management, leadership or any role where relationships matter, one of the greatest competitive advantages you can develop is human connection. We’re living through a moment where AI is reshaping how we work, communicate and sell. Emails can be drafted in seconds. Presentations can […]

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As you accelerate, what can’t be left to chance?

Agency, Cadence Approach, Connection, Pace of work, Recovery, Resilience, Sleep, Stress, Sustain / By / 4 minutes of reading

Most of us work in fast-moving organisations. We’re trying to deliver, respond, adapt, grow and keep pace with constant change. There are goals to hit, expectations to meet and an ongoing pressure to perform. In many businesses, acceleration is the norm. We are expected to move quickly and continue moving quickly. The faster things move,

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The Isolagenic Culture Paradox

BOND, Connection, Personal Sustainability, Resilience, Sustain, Wellbeing / By / 4 minutes of reading

In my last blog, I explored the AI high-performance paradox, the reality that AI tools don’t automatically reduce human effort, especially as the pace of work keeps rising. This week, I want to build on that with another observation that’s featuring strongly in my State of Workplace Wellbeing 2026 report (coming very soon): our environments

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Build a Community, Starting With the Relationships Right In Front of You

Connection, Personal Sustainability, Sustain / By / 2 minutes of reading

I’m counting down to the launch of my fourth book, Sustain: Mastering the High-Performance Paradox, on the 23rd of September. It provides a fresh, practical approach to resilience, built on four pillars: Values, Identity, Community, and Resources. This post is focused on an idea from the Community pillar: the importance of focusing on the relationships

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It’s here! My new book ‘Sustain’ launches this September

Burnout Prevention, Connection, Personal Sustainability, Recovery, Resilience, Stress, Sustain, Wellbeing / By / 2 minutes of reading

I’m beyond excited to let you know that my fourth book, Sustain: Mastering the High-Performance Paradox, officially launches on Tuesday, 23rd September (I do say 22nd in the video above, but the official launch date is Tuesday 23rd September 2025). Join the waitlist for early access and an exclusive launch offer. This is my fourth

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Prioritising Health, Not Appearance: A Decade On, the Message Still Matters

Burnout Prevention, Connection, Nutrition, Personal Sustainability, Recovery, Resilience, Stress, Sustain, Wellbeing / By / 4 minutes of reading

Almost 10 years ago, I stood on the TEDx stage and shared a message I believe is just as relevant now as it was then: we need to stop obsessing over appearance and start focusing on what our bodies can do. Prioritising our health, not our appearance, our mental and physical wellbeing, over external “conformity”.

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Is Your Workplace Culture ‘Isolagenic’?

BOND, Connection, Wellbeing / By / 3 minutes of reading

Lately, I’ve been contemplating the role our workplace culture plays in our overall wellbeing, not just physically and emotionally, but socially too. In that thinking, I’ve coined the term: ‘isolagenic’. ‘Iso’ meaning isolation, ‘genic’ meaning producing or causing. ‘Isolagenic’ referring to something that causes or produces isolation. How isolagenic is your workplace culture? Is Your

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The Benefit of Community and Connection for Mental Health

BOND, Burnout Prevention, Connection, Nature, Personal Sustainability, Resilience, Stress, Sustain, Wellbeing / By / 3 minutes of reading

Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is connection. A simple word that carries incredible weight when it comes to our wellbeing. We’re hyper-connected-but-often-disconnected, and when mental health takes a dip, the instinct can be to retreat further into ourselves. But what if one of the most powerful tools

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