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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

🧘‍♀️❤️📘Taking time, post timeout to read some more newsletters

So much of this from Ann-Marie Barlow resonates so much from the batch-cook to the difficult convos, this newsletter is a delight

#learning #organisationaldevelopment #leadership

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Let's talk about hobbies.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

📢Back from vacation to some lovely inbox reads including this from @liammoorecoach.bsky.social

So much to love about this one......the postcards from metaphorical journeys is just one of them

#coaching

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Newsletter #11: On Coaching: Know Thy Limits

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

💡📣Back from silence and being on holiday.....too present for social media posts and discovering some great learning session finds lurking in my inbox like this one

@millerknoll.com Insights series always full of wisdom and learning

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

Designing for connection: A sociotechnical approach

with Caitlin Begg - founder, Authentic Social & sociologist

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

📢I was away for The Hack? Still, I've read enough to know that signing this petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation is important to do.

Want to join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

you.38degrees.org.uk

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

Totally frustrating.....I know I'm late to reply on this thread but better than the non-existent reply I had from Yodel

Not a great Customer Experience

I will avoid them if at all possible in future

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

🧠🎨👩‍🎨Back from vacation to an inbox of interesting emails to go through

Really looking forward to attending this webinar on 24 October

#Creativity #workplace

www.blackmetric.com/event/unlock...

Unlocking the Creative Mind: Lessons from a Business Poet with Kate Jenkinson | Blackmetric Business Solutions

What makes us human? More than our ability to reason, it’s our unique capacity to think both logically and poetically. In this session, you’ll hear about the

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 3d

My pleasure, slowly spreading the word on social....very slowly 🐌😆

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 8

☹️Cutting customer services by half on the promise of AI efficiency....seen that before

Tom Fishburne nails it with this

"AI alone won’t fix sludge. #AI may make sludge harder to escape."

Marketoonist: "How to Navigate Customer Service" cartoon marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

Marketoonist: "How to Navigate Customer Service" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

marketoonist.beehiiv.com

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 8

Gosh has Tom Fishnburne on the Monday #marketoon been reading my mind

This was exactly my recent customer service experience with Yodel

Totally inaccessible from the outside despite their 'high tech' approach

AI risks being another barrier to entry

marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

Marketoonist: "How to Navigate Customer Service" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

marketoonist.beehiiv.com

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · Sep 8

BillyChip tokens give people an opportunity to help the homeless in a safe, easy, quick and effective way.

BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors

www.bigissue.com

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 8

Art as protest

#Banksy #London 🎯

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice

The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.

www.bbc.co.uk

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great piece on Nish Kumar's podcast with Dr Zach Seidler

Connect with men, across life transitions, positive, strategic, systemic and holistic

We need more of this

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We need to help men find purpose if we want them to exit the manosphere

YouTube video by Pod Save the UK

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 7

Another super Sunday share

Loving this positivity vibe

Coming from Iran as a child and enjoying showcasing the world via places in #London

Go Sama Ansari Pour

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

'I'm visiting every country without leaving London'

Sama Ansari Pour is on a mission to experience culture, cuisine and history from around the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 7

Super Sunday share

This is lovely to see
I'm not on TikTok so I missed Bus Aunty spreading the joy about London, buses and positivity

Makes a lovely change

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

The TikTok ‘Bus Aunty' who celebrates London’s buses

Bemi Orojuogun was shocked that her videos celebrating London's buses got such a large following.

www.bbc.co.uk

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 6

📣🦉Saturday share & some stats

"Between 2023-2024, the backlog of claims waiting to be heard by an employment tribunal increased ...450,000 people are awaiting some form of resolution"

#HR www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1929... @cipd.bsky.social @peoplemanagement.bsky.social

How can HR ease the burden on the tribunal system?

A lack of resources and an ever-lengthening queue of open cases has left the employment tribunal service close to breaking point. So it’s more important than ever for people teams to steer clear of cl...

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢My bluesky review of the week
🔚handover complete & managed another interim gig exit
🎁feedback conversations & learning
🗺️planning #TheHangouts #HRInterimNetworking dates & hoping for no tube strikes
👩‍💻interviewing with a client
🍻networking drinks to say thanks
☎️new client call
🧘‍♀️🚶📷🎶🇨🇦😎

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢My bluesky review of the week
🎢ups & downs of work especially towards handover
⚖️successes & stresses
🥰writing comms, love it
🎁preparing for endings, presents & goodbyes
🤗offering support
🤓tech woes Microsoft business & poor CX
🕵️solved the mystery of the missing spring bulbs parcel #winning😂
🤸‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚴🧘‍♀️🍷

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢My bluesky review of the week
📲meeting great HR folks
🧑‍🏭tiring work week as I head to another handover
⚖️feeling stressed
🎁ending presents
🕸️website review & getting creative
🌐 preparing for networking
🌷missing packages & life admin
💤time to catch up on some sleep
🚴🧘‍♀️🤸📷🚶‍♀️😎

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 18

🗨️Can't have a Tom Fishburne Monday #marketoon without a quote

And it's from Dave Trott pre AI,

"Content is seen as just stuff. The stuff that goes into the space that’s there to be filled…"

which is impacting the perception of content
&
Trust 📉

marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

Marketoonist: "Content, Content, Content" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

marketoonist.beehiiv.com

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚒🧯Yep, it's never a Monday without a Tom Fishburne
#marketoon

Always creative and resonates beyond the marketing function

Marketoonist: "Content, Content, Content" cartoon

marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

Marketoonist: "Content, Content, Content" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

marketoonist.beehiiv.com

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 18

It's always good to get the low down.
👇I read this after seeing the faux outrage on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿flags across Twitter

Despite what the papers say, 'Operation Raise the Colours' is far from organic @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

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Despite what the papers say, 'Operation Raise the Colours' is far from organic

Newspapers and broadcasters are playing dumb about the latest 'patriotic' movement.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 18

🍬Sharing a mid morning snack of learning

Thanks to @millerknoll.com Insights series

Psy. safety and designing safe spaces for people at work

#safety #workplace #learning

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-h3...

Safe Spaces: Unlocking the Power of Psychological Safety - Rebecca Greier Horton

YouTube video by MillerKnoll

www.youtube.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Let's say it again, "the economy" is entirely dependent on the environment.

No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Rachel Reeves to cut ‘bats and newts’ in boost to developers

Chancellor considers making it harder for concerns about nature to stand in the way of infrastructure projects, in an effort to boost the economy

www.thetimes.com

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 17

📸What I value so much about @bigissue.com is the wide range and diverse organisations it showcases like Global 5050

Art and photography showing & representing people who are usuallu marginalised, not seen or disempowered

thisisgender.global5050.org/stories/2025...

2025: Cripping the lens | This Is Gender

From intimate reflections on chronic illness and expressions of queer kinship, to confronting systemic neglect and declaring joy, Cripping the Lens delves into the vital and often overlooked intersect...

thisisgender.global5050.org

SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · Aug 17

📽️ I can't believe that there's a name for folks " to dismiss any shift in focus toward female leads – calling it another example of the MCU “emasculating” its male heroes." - Sophia Alexandra Hall @bigissue.com

How fragile must you be when you can't share the lead
www.bigissue.com/culture/film...

Yes, Sue Storm is a leader in the Fantastic Four – just as she should be

For the first time in The Fantastic Four’s film history, Sue Storm isn’t just a member of Marvel’s first family. She’s a competent leader.

www.bigissue.com