There is something quite amazing and awe-inspiring about how talented designers and creators of new digital technology are. The box office success of the Avatar movie is a testament to this.In line with this, the creation and use of 3D Avatars as an onlin ...
A lot of us tend to purchase and use digital technology without thinking about the consequences. Once we engage with tech, we get to experience the benefits that technology provides and start engaging with it more. Until it becomes hard to distinguish bet ...
If you were self-employed or worked as a freelancer prior to March 2020, you would already have been familiar with the daily struggles with procrastination, meeting and setting (often self-imposed) deadlines and accountability to self and others. Frustra ...
Maintaining and improving employee wellbeing 9th February 2022 (In Person - Barclays Eagle Lab Bournemouth)This hybrid event looked at :How to maintain and improve employee wellbeing and productivity through challenging conditionsHow a sustainability ...
Why is regular engagement with technology important to consider when it comes to mental and physical wellbeing? From a physical and cognitive perspective, a term that has fairly recently found its way into the public domain is ‘neuro-plasticity’. When it ...
A century ago, social status was accompanied by ‘an abundance of leisure’. The wealthy and upwardly mobile demonstrated their wealth by how little they did, and how much others did for them.We’ve now flipped those expectations completely so that social st ...
There seems to be some excitement around the 4-day-work-week being trialled in the UK. However, not all 4-day work weeks are created equal.There are a few different ways that an employer could implement a shorter working week. Either employees:* work the ...
In a recent Guardian article on David Charmers new book the stance taken by David of VR in the future becoming the norm, and reality becoming the exception is a psychologically irresponsible (and a very 1st-world) one.I am a great advocate for VR / AR. We ...
'The Autonomy Paradox: The Implications of Mobile Email Devides for Knowledge Professionals' Extracts and summary of the research by: Melissa Mazmanian, Wanda J. Orlikowski and JoAnne Yates (October 2013) A note: The original qualitative research for thi ...
Those who are allowed either job control and/or autonomy within their role are more likely to experience lower levels of stress, anxiety and perceived burnout.The simple explanation of the difference between these two concepts is that:Schedule Control is ...
