Investing in ourselves again
One of the many things that the pandemic has impacted is my own training and development so I have been researching courses I could take to restart investing in myself and preparing for taking up a new trusteeship in the autumn. This offering from NCVO caught my eye.
How bias against women persists in female-dominated workplaces
… simply adding women into a workplace does not change the organizational structures and systems that benefit men more than women… new research shows gender bias is still prevalent in gender-balanced and female-dominated industries….’Gender equity isn’t just about representation. We need to terminate gender bias at its root by fixing our organizations to make them inclusive, flexible, supportive, and equitable to women.
The researchers recommend five changes.
- Replace competition with cooperation
- Measure success by goals, not by time spent
- Implement equitable reward structures
- Provide remote and flexible work with autonomy
- Increase transparency in decision making
Mary Beard’s Twelve Caesars
A fabulous book on the iconography of power, past and present; about so much more than Ancient Rome.
Reinventing work
A great set of resources for anyone grappling with working differently.
A playground for # newwaysofworking
Spiralling Out
As always, a great resource from Austin Kleon. Some might find this a useful approach to helping manage anxiety. A mechanism for acknowledging our ‘inner weather’ and leaving some of it on the page. Be careful if you try it, you might feel more overwhelmed to begin with. I do a similar exercise with ‘Mess Maps’ and find that it helps acknowledge the scale of what we’re dealing with and to be mindful of blaming self-talk.
Artists supporting the Ukrainian People
There are lots of different artist initiatives helping to generate funds for Ukraine. Take a look at Artist Support Pledge (@artistsupportpledge). @photoprintday is running a popup #photoprintday today! All sorts of great work available for suggested donations.