One of the best ways you can foster a love of reading and writing in children is to offer lots of low-stakes opportunities to practice. These writing prompts can be used with any group of kids you’re working with: elementary school, middle school, or high school writers. Prompts can help kids break through creative writing […]

“It’s not perfect, I can tell you that now,” says Rebecca Bezzina, senior vice president and managing director of the London branch of R/GA. Since the pandemic, the creative agency has moved to a fully flexible working environment, meaning employees can decide when and how they work. This means some are on remote contracts, and […]

You know that today’s market demands every advantage you can get for your organization to succeed. So what can you do to gain an edge? Dive into the world of influencer marketing. Influencer marketing for small business is one of the most powerful marketing methods available for small companies. With more than 4.26 billion social […]

Increasing diversity in the workplace has well-documented benefits – from accessing new pools of creative talent, to gaining new perspectives that draw upon different life experience and backgrounds. This is something that Accumulate: The Art School for the Homeless has long been passionate about harnessing. The school was created in 2013 and funded its first […]

It feels like social media channels are jostling for position of late. As Instagram attempts to steal some of TikTok’s roaring success with its new focus on reels, and BeReal pops up to offer a different vibe, it suddenly seems like some of these mega brands that have dominated our lives for the past decade […]

Today’s tech innovation landscape is a mash-up of emerging and existing technologies, Eastern spirituality and indigenous belief systems. This is most visible when big tech companies co-opt spiritual practices to enhance ­innovation, optimise staff productivity, and boost profitability. Lesser seen, but perhaps just as impactful, is the work of designers, space explorers, researchers and environmentalists, […]

If you want to be a writer, one of the most important steps you need to take (besides writing a great book) is building an author website. Here’s the complete guide to building your online presence. If you’re like most writers I know, you probably dream of getting published. But as I’ve worked with writers […]

“Our starting point is that people hate advertising,” says Pancho Cassis, partner and global chief creative officer of the lauded international agency David. “We wake up every day to come to the agency to try to do something that most people will hate, so we need to break that.” At David, that approach looks like […]

I love music. I’ve been teaching myself to play guitar, and I can stumble my way through four or five songs without wanting to poke holes in my eardrums, but my main appreciation for music is when other people play it. I’m an avid Spotify user, and I take a lot of pride in my […]

“Shame and fear for me is all about secrecy and hiding. That’s how it warps and grows, and so I’ve been trying to do the opposite,” says Oliver Sim, who rose to the spotlight as singer, songwriter and bassist in The xx alongside bandmates Jamie xx and Romy Madley Croft. His newly released debut solo […]