Friday Selection Box: Friday 26th March 2021

Three great pieces of research came out this week on what the pandemic is teaching us and its longer term impacts.  Great material for anyone looking at their longer term plans.

Post Pandemic Places

New research from Demos looks at the place based opportunities of remote working and flexible

The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID – 19

Research from the British Academy looking at the possible long term effects of the pandemic through the lenses of

  • health and well-being
  • communities, culture and belonging
  • Knowledge, employment, and skills

Inequalities in education, skills, and income in the UK: the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

This report seeks to set out the potential effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on inequalities in the UK. The pandemic has affected inequalities in education, training, wages, employment and health, including how these vary by gender, ethnicity, and across generations.

Use Art to Reignite your Team’s Motivation

And for some light relief a recent article from HBR on creativity and motivation

How can generosity help with managing a team?

This is an older article but it still has some relevant points and actions for attending to generosity in teams.

Cybersickness

If you feel queasy after staring at the screen for periods of time you are not imagining it, you could be suffering cybersickness. Listen to what your body is telling you.

Rhizomatiks: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

A teaser for a Rhizomatiks online show starting from the 30th March 2021.

Rhizomatiks’ artistic practice transcends the realm of so-called “media art”: it has the power to influence society as well as businesses such as architecture, design, advertising, and entertainment, through research and development elements such as the visual design of data, for example.