Whilst it wasn’t COVID that started the fire, it certainly poured a whole load of fuel on to companies relationships with their people. …

Investing in people doesn’t have to mean owning employees. Freelancers provide organisations some much needed flexibility and resilience during uncertain times. — COVID changed work forever — whilst remote and distributed teams existed long before the pandemic, enforced working from home during a series of lockdowns, along with furlough and the related dramatic economic impact, saw many businesses forced into rethinking their hiring strategies, and many individuals rethinking their relationship with work…

Is home-based-coworking going to make a comeback? — Jelly was a concept which gained some popularity, mostly in the US, back in the early-2000s — a community based coworking scheme where people would open their doors to others, to combat isolation. …

We recently delivered a Manual of Me workshop programme for teams at LinkedIn to help them focus on building stronger relationships and ways of working. Here’s what we did together. — Josh W. contacted us to explore how we could use a Manual of Me to support a number of teams within his department at LinkedIn, after a colleague who had previously used our platform shared the concept. “Working on a global team presents some unique challenges in terms of communication…

Freelancing sounds like an exciting alternative to full-time employment. Whilst “freelancing” doesn’t define any one way of working, it often conjures up an idea of a person working with multiple clients at once, on projects they’re a deep specialist in, often on a schedule which they define, and no shortage…

I’m seeing a number of articles on “maintaining your company culture when hybrid” recently (mostly posted by coworking businesses, but I’ll let that lack of impartiality slide). I think they’re completely wrong. Your company culture has changed. …

Why we need to get serious about investing in and supporting freelancers. — The pandemic affected us globally in many ways, and whilst its effects are both ongoing and yet to be seen, especially in the case of its impact to mental health, one of the most significant changes it forced was our relationship to work. …

Active Awareness of how you’re feeling at work and what’s influencing that is a core principle of building a more supported and sustainable freelancing practise. We look at why all you need to get started with is 15 minutes of time. — You’re busy, you’re running a business, you’re finding new work, you’re chasing overdue invoices, you’re marketing, you’re doing the accounts, you’re crushing it on tiktok [even if that’s not work related], and you’re doing the housework, paying the bills, socialising…. wow, you’ve got a lot going on.

TLDR: Manual of Me Plus supports attachments, which allows you to add images to your entries. — A picture is worth 1000 words, so they say. We designed Manual of Me specifically to allow your own form of expression — no tickboxes, no quizzes or algorithms — just your own answers in your own words. …