Author: timaldiss

Leadership

How to Make Diverse Teams Function Well

There's plenty of research to argue that diversity in the workplace is beneficial to businesses: heightening innovation, increasing revenue and dramatically improving the ability of businesses to capture new markets. But diversity can also bring well-documented problems: notably an increase in workplace tension. Differences in age; gender; culture; language and […]

Politics

Falling Off the Election Band Wagon

It’s a truism in politics that the older you are, the more likely it is that you will vote. For the youngest voters (those in the 18-30 category), levels of disengagement are much higher than among their older peers. Over half of those polled in this age group couldn’t name […]

Social media

Which Social Media Platform?

The impact of social media upon the world around us is undeniable. Although it can be argued that these platforms were originally designed as casual meeting places, they have quickly evolved into an effective means by which information can be disseminated at record speeds. This can be evidenced by such […]