It’s National Clean your Desk day Time to tidy up the digital and analogue desktop and give it a clean. Fire up your video call software and check your background there too. Here’s why: Visual clutter makes it harder to focus (and it gets worse with age!) – Differential effects of mind-wandering and visual distraction on age-related […]
Carrots and sticks Citi’s move to dock bonuses from executives who don’t show up at the office at least three times per week hit the headlines – Citi to Track UK Office Attendance. But they’re not alone. 50% of employers want their teams back in the office full time – ‘It’s just not worth it’: why employers still can’t
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Groundhog Day? Things are not what they seem! As we put our shoes back on and get ready for the new season, it can seem as though nothing has changed since you last logged into the world of lighting. And yet, there has been a quiet revolution going on and even some rowdy disagreement in the normally
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As the days get shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, demand for SAD lamps goes up. We all know that our mood seems to mirror the weather – and it’s true that living in a Northern latitude increases your risk of depression. But that link may not all be down to shifting day length after all.
As the evenings draw in and the seas get a bit rough (it’s still warm though!) I’ve put together some papers about managing that shift back to school after the summer break … Setting them up for success Going back to class is daunting enough – especially if it’s a new school. But walking back
Jet-lag – in the eye of the beholder? Watching the flight attendants waiting at passport control, wondered – as I often do – what this constant jet lag must do to their body clocks. The vast majority of research says messing up your natural day-night cycle is bad by every possible measure. But the impact
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I don’t know about you but I always find that showing visitors around my home town reminds me why I love it so much – and the questions people ask always make me think again about the things I take for granted. It’s the same when I am invited to speak about light and health –
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