Hack your commute

‘Timeboxing’ is a common practice in project management but it can also be useful for marketers looking for new ways of completing tasks beyond the traditional to-do list.

Spending 10,000 hours on anything can seem daunting but a new app can help you track achievement levels for new skills.

People like to work in different ways and the commute can help you uncover what type of person you are and therefore how to get the best out of your time at work.

There are apps that can help you plan business trips if you like to keep on top of the details or don’t have the luxury of having someone do it for you.

Getting started with a business is easier today than it has ever been and the commute can be an ideal time to do the groundwork for a new venture.

As marketers increasingly view flexible working as an important part of an employer’s offer, try taking the opportunity to use a one-off commute to get some much needed downtime.

Are you in the right profession, working in the role best suited to your skills? If you’re unsure there are a whole host of personality tests to help you figure out the right path to take.

Are you someone who prefers making handwritten notes to smartphone memos? Someone who believes the best way to read something with due consideration is to have it printed out so you can make notes in the margins? Someone who needs to make mark-ups on proofs on a regular basis? If so, on more than one […]

Avoiding rush hour by having flexible start and end times can have huge benefits on both wellbeing and productivity.

One of marketers key jobs is to understand customers, so consider joining a focus group yourself to get a more rounded view of the research subject.

People who took a stroll through an arboretum performed 20% better in a memory test than those sent for a walk down a city street, according to research by the University of Michigan, suggesting we could all do with looking out the window every now and again if we want to perform at our best.