Are Your Meetings Spent Bikeshedding?
johndabell You’re probably guilty of bikeshedding but didn’t even realise. We are all guilty of bikeshedding. But what is it? Bikeshedding, also known as Parkinson’s law of triviality, describes our tendency…
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School Emails And The Napoleon Technique
When it comes to getting things done then sometimes it is better to not actually do anything. This might sound like a recipe for disaster but when we postpone things…
Make Wednesday Your Work Hard Day
Is there a day of the week we should focus on for getting more done? For anyone that has worked in an office then you will know that Friday’s are…
Work Smarter And Harder
The “Work smarter, not harder”, mantra is one that clogs up the pipes of education like a fatberg. Everyone is saying it in relation to wellbeing, workload and work-life balance…
Meet Off-Site For Fresh Thinking
When it comes to staff meetings then nothing can be worse than sitting in a stuffy, stale and airless room clock-watching. Actually, there might be. Staff meetings held in a…
RAFT: Time Management
Teachers never have enough time but stuff has to get done. It’s a demanding job that requires some serious time management. It’s certainly not uncommon to feel like you are…
Tomato Time And The Pomodoro Technique
How can you better manage your time?