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When Ya Got A Job To Do…Ya Got To Do It Well

A Classic Case of ‘Find What You Love Doing…And Just Do That’ Frank Foster (1923 – 2016) Legendary shirt maker to the stars Frank Foster, born Lionel Frank in East London in 1923, has passed away at the age of 93. Frank Foster had the honour of creating costumes for

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Happy Birthday, Chuck Yeager!

This is the first in what will be a series of Driftwood Group heroes. People who don’t stop to think about work-life-balance, but rather mix the two together, and have some fun along the way. Tomorrow, February 13th, Brigadier General (retired) Chuck Elwood Yeager turns 93. His name may be

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An Open Letter to the World Economic Forum

    Dear World Economic Forum, Thank you for your achievements over the course of the last 45 years. Thanks especially for the Water Resources Group initiative, helping to ensure everyone on Earth can have access to sustainable water. Thanks for giving us interesting news during the quiet month of

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How Do You Choose Between Two Candidates?

How do you choose between two excellent candidates? Much has been written about this topic – it’s a more common situation than you might think. And there are loads of ideas for how to go about it: Toss a Coin? – Believe me, I’ve seen it. There’s the Second Interview

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The Work-Life See-Saw

  Where do you sit on this 21st Century debate of Work Life Balance? I spoke to a male friend of mine recently; For about 10 days he had been working ‘virtually’ (read – ‘from home’). This was because his wife had ducked off on a holiday to visit relatives

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Recruitment in the World of Atlassian

Started by two uni guys with a $10k credit card limit in 2002. With a dream to earn more than PwC could offer as a salary, Little bit of help along the way…and a lot of fun! Over 50,000 customers and counting, with many millions more users; A 2015 valuation

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Sticky Inspiration

Sticky Inspiration you say? “Our goal is to change the world with a Sharpie & Post-it Notes.” That’s the mission of this collaboration of artist Reggie Black and ex-Napster specialist Stephanie Norton. When I heard about them and their idea it got me thinking…. The humble Post-it Note was created

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