The spark* blog
Thoughtful insights for socially responsible entrepreneurs who give a ****! Honest conversations about impact, wellbeing and creating sustainable change.
Three steps back
Most founder advice assumes you’ve got enough in reserve to act on it. Often you don’t. This piece follows three founders who worked out that their real task was building the conditions underneath the work - recovery time, a space of their own, people actually building something similar - the unglamorous layer everything else sits on.
The productivity paradox: what a bad back can teach us about getting things done
What happens when your biggest constraint becomes your greatest teacher? When my client's bad back forced her to work in 30-minute chunks from her living room floor, she discovered something surprising - she got more done than ever before. This productivity paradox challenges everything we think we know about working harder versus working smarter, and offers three powerful insights for busy entrepreneurs who want to achieve more by doing less.