Friday Selection box: 15th May 2020

Thinking about how to get back to work

A serious look at how to think about re-opening a business after lockdown.

For most executives, the task at hand will be less like restarting a business than like starting a business.

How to face an existential crisis

Fascinating and insightful interview with Paul Stanway, co-founder of XYZ, a creative brand experience agency about what you can do when your core business is live events and lockdown happens. It reflects a lot of the themes we are seeing in our work with clients.

It’s going to be an incremental crawl back to something different…we’ve got to be flexible about what better looks like.

Daily art fix

Regular reminder of female creativity that keeps me going, makes me laugh and inspires.

@womensart1 on twitter and on their blog: womensartblog 

The Living Declaration

Graeae highlights the Living Declaration, an important new intitative. The Living Declaration aims to raise awareness about the challenges facing disabled people under Covid-19 and beyond. An international community of disability activists, artists, doctors, scientists and citizens are behind the initiative, which aims to raise awareness and points to solutions for disabled people who experience a lack of equal rights under the Covid-19 crisis. Get Involved:

Please read the full declaration, sign the petition and find out how else you can get involved, by visiting thelivingdeclaration.org

Leading with the Proper Use of Scientific Evidence Is Better Than Hiding Behind It

… science should be based on a willingness to be proved wrong and an openness to new evidence. It is never a set of final answers and always an exploration of uncertainty. Tom Ling

A thoughtful piece at a time when we hear so much about ‘we’ll be led by the science.’ I particularly like the point that different scientific disciplines will have different insights and explanations, so it depends who you consult for guidance.

The historical roots of your lockdown sourdough obsession

Deliciously irresistible, this article is full of hidden gems.

When we think about socialising and community, we think of breaking bread together; even the history of this term reveals the central role of bread in our conceptions of community.

Recommended watching

Some interesting recommended viewing from Kate Wood, cinema programme at Towner Eastbourne

Susan & Dawn