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ON REVERIE

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

17.09.2020.

The troughs and troughs of 2020 have made the pleasantries of daydreaming as distant a memory as most other aspects of life. Followers of this blog and the other online content which the good ship Make Me A Plan is fond of sharing with the rest of our United Plandom will...

UNDERSTANDING KAIZEN: LESSONS LEARNED FROM JAPAN’S JUMP FROM WORST TO FIRST

The Make Me A Guest Blogger Series, with thanks to Sam Baynham, Founder of Dynamic Edge Innovation and Conex Portal

15.09.2020.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was the champion of global manufacturing. Electronics and automobile products coming out of Japanese plants left manufacturers around the world in the dust, at least in terms of quality and reliability. As the decades progressed an entire...

SCROLL FREE WORKING

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Aria Robbins

09.09.2020.

This month all of the team at Make Me A Plan are working on helpful tips and tricks to align with Scroll Free September. Throughout my own daily life, I wouldn’t have enough fingers to count how many times I pick my phone up and aimlessly scroll and this...

SIMPLE STEPS TO REDUCE YOUR SCREENTIME

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

08.09.2020.

Screens have become such a big part of our lives in one way or another. We watch television, have game consoles, laptops, desktop pc’s, tablets, phones and even smart watches. We’ve welcomed these changes with open arms as we were initially led to believe that these...

ON SCREENS

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series from Make Me A Plan's Principal Planner, Anna Pascoe

28.08.2020.

There’s little that we planners like better than the satisfaction of planning ahead, and duly, this fortnight’s edition planned to focus on screens (geddit) to tie in with the Scroll Free September campaign that the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) usually...

TAKE IT OUTSIDE

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Aria Robbins

26.08.2020.

The outside is a current commodity. After the strict restrictions of lockdown, fresh air became the only relief from days staring at four walls. Now that restrictions are beginning to ease, it is time to look at how we can bring that sense of freedom we get from being...

A LITTLE ABOUT LEARNING

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

25.08.2020.

Most people associate learning as formal education achieved in School, College or Education. Personally, I don’t see learning as something that stops as soon as we leave education. In fact, I believe a lot of learning is unavoidable and continues throughout our...

ON ALARM

The Philosopher-in-Residence Blog Series, from Principal Planner Anna Pascoe

20.08.2020.

Whilst a pseud at heart, this Philosopher-In-Residence clings on to the notion that she is in some way Down With The Kids. Recently, this has manifested via sort-of-knowing-a-bit-about-Snapchat-but-not-being-interested-in-using-myself. Said deep and broad knowledge of the...

GENDER AND PRONOUNS IN THE WORKPLACE

The Working Well Series from Make Me A Plan Productivity Expert, Aria Robbins

12.08.2020.

Something that has been brought into a significantly brighter light as of late is the topic of gender and which are the appropriate pronouns to use for someone. With gender fluidity becoming a more open and talked about topic, people are feeling more confident and...

THE MASKS WE WEAR

The Relationship with Self Series from Make Me A Plan's Wellbeing Expert, Tamsin Cain

11.08.2020.

Well, we have had the period of lockdown, have all felt the pain of the pandemic in one way or another and now it seems the world is back to normal (almost). How do you feel about that? Some people are thrilled to be back out there, dashing in and out of shops,...