One of the activities I began during isolation when the world was cooped up in their homes was a daily morning walk – a long one at that for a full hour and many times, an hour and a half. Throughout this time, I continued to work three days a week so remote work was […]
Is 2020 over yet?
I feel it’s been ages since I have written here and I think it’s partly because I can’t wait until 2020 is finally over. We’re only in June and already I feel that it’s been a long drawn out year that has left me – and many others – feeling worse for wear. I keep […]
Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights – Book Notes
Why did I read this book? Gifted book Saw people talking about it on my Twitter timeline People rave about this book and wanted to see what the fuss was about. Initial Thoughts Entirely all story based from current and historical stories of advances in different fields from politics, history, medicine, police, finance. First story […]
Discover 2 Learn
In the early days of COVID when countries all around the world were going into lockdown, I was approached by Jane Hart (@C4LPT) who I have long since admired and respected in the field of learning to be part of her idea to create a website of curated learning activities for people in lockdown. This […]
Reflections on Personal Learning – Week of 10 May 2020
Beside my desk at home, I have a list of questions that were created by Kenneth Mikkelsen who wrote the post on The Best Leaders are Constant Learners. Every week, I glance over to it and make a mental note to use it as a means of self reflection for the week. After all, I […]
Reflections About Personal Learning This Week – 3 May 2020
Beside my desk at home, I have a list of questions that were created by Kenneth Mikkelsen who wrote the post on The Best Leaders are Constant Learners. Every week, I glance over to it and make a mental note to use it as a means of self reflection for the week. After all, I […]
Reflections about Personal Learning This Week – 26 April 2020
Beside my desk at home, I have a list of questions that were created by Kenneth Mikkelsen who wrote the post on The Best Leaders are the Best Learners. Every week, I glance over to it and make a mental note to use it as a means of self reflection for the week. After all, […]
Frequently Asked Questions I Get About Microsoft Teams
I was being asked similar questions about the use of Microsoft Teams for collaboration and remote working so I decided to collect all the questions and create a resource for answers in the Wakelet. I’m blown away with the massive response to this collection. Thank YOU! Sometimes you just never know if what you share […]
Creativity During Isolation
Despite this time being difficult for many, one of the things I have loved to watch online is the explosion of new people who are now sharing more than ever. Both on LinkedIn and Twitter, my timeline now is abundant with different voices with content that is being shared and retweeted of not just […]
Learning Microsoft Power Automate
One of the Microsoft products I wanted to learn more about was Power Automate which used to be called “Microsoft Flow”. It’s the equivalent of If This Then That or Zapier that allows for workflows to be automated. Sometimes I found myself doing repeated tasks online and I figured, why shouldn’t I just automate them […]
Microsoft Cortex Resources
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Answers to Questions about Microsoft Teams
Reflection on Isolation
Three weeks into isolation, I haven’t been outside the house except for a daily morning walk around the park. My husband is still working in an area deemed essential services so he’s the one battling public transport (shouldn’t say ‘battling’ because at peak hour, he tells me there could be up to 4 people on […]
Daily Story Making
I’ve been working out loud since 2016 using daily video stories to show and share the in-moment work and learning I’m doing and in recent times, I’ve just realised how valuable these have been not only to record my daily existence but also for my mental health and well being. You can see them all […]
Flip The Way You Think About Work
One of the things that has been surprising to me during this period of isolation with COVID19 and working with companies who are moving their operations and teamwork to an online format into MS Teams and other collaboration software is this MYTH that you can easily move what was delivered face-to-face BC (Before Corona) automatically […]
Skills After Corona: Advanced Facilitation Skills
I’ve been an early riser for a while but at this time of home isolation, I’ve been getting up earlier than usual around 3:30 am to 4:30 am and feeling as if I’ve had my fill of sleep. I don’t feel tired during the day but if I do, I have a little cat nap […]
Create Your Own Personal Learning Plan for Isolation
I know that many of us are now self-isolating and working from home. Many are not used to this situation at all as they grapple with a new world order, the kids at home from school and working from home. If there was a time for planning, co-ordination and communication with family members it would […]
Don’t Be Forgotten AC (After Corona)
I decided to record my own thoughts and actions on video as part of a vlog series on my YouTube channel called the COVID19 collection. As you know, I’ve been using Snapchat and Instagram Stories feature to capture my daily life since 2014 and have over 600 videos of my life to date. They’re great […]
LinkedIn Stories is Coming!
By now you would have heard that LinkedIn will be adding Stories to its functionality. For those uninitiated to the Stories feature which is ephemeral content that allows users to capture content through the day in a chronological way and share to their followers, you may be thinking, what’s the big deal? Over the years, […]