The value of play At the beginning of the week, I made the fatal mistake of being too organised, yes, there is such a thing. Despite my religious belief that a good list can conquer the world, when you’re faced with a week of ‘urgent jobs’ and ‘must-do tasks’ you tend to lose your motivation, and other more appealing jobs on that list become a priority. Like lunch, for example. … Continued
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Save the date for Anywhere Working Ignite Creativity!
Hold on to your hats. We’re celebrating Anywhere Working Creativity Month with an Ignite event. If you haven’t heard of Ignite before, the format is based on a series of high-speed presentations by speakers who are leaders in their fields. 5 minutes per presentation. 20 slides. 15 seconds each. As the name suggests, Ignite is guaranteed to set your mind alight with inspiring ideas. It’s also a huge amount of … Continued
Pets in the office
We’re not barking mad honestly…it’s been months now that we’ve been campaigning for an office pet and we guess that this blog post is a public attempt to convince our Anywhere Working boss that having a pet in the office infact brings many positive and valuable qualities with it. Pros: Creativity Well Creativity Month is the whole reason we got thinking about pets in the office but infact having a … Continued
Introducing Creativity Month
“Creativity is contagious, pass it on” Albert Einstein In short, Anywhere Working oozes productivity and inspiration, it’s what we’re about. We love sharing our ideas of how to make work more flexible, productive and most importantly, enjoyable - no matter how weird or wonderful, right or wrong those ideas might be. Recently we took to the streets of London in our mobile office to inspire Londoners to think outside the … Continued
The 4 best productivity wallpapers
Re-organising your workspace to encourage productivity can be simple. All it takes is a new wallpaper. It’s easy to overcomplicate productivity with new systems and processes. The fact is, making small, incremental changes can have a dramatic and lasting effect. We experimented with this theory and refreshed our devices with a variety of colours, patterns and tables (even the odd utopian holiday destination). We settled on four favourites that had … Continued