A message from Katy Stolliday about resilience

As a business owner it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking only about your team and how they are coping, and not take time to consider your own mental health. But since becoming part of the PR Week Mental Health Charter Committee I’ve reflected a lot on the mental health issues in our industry, and taken a good hard look at myself and in particular how my resilience has been tested over this last year…

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Stuart Lambert
Do Not Adjust Your Focus Bonus Episode: Justin Featherstone (MC) - a decorated officer’s take on leading from the front and decision-making under pressure

In episode 11 of Do Not Adjust Your Focus, Stuart talks to Justin Featherstone MC, a former Major in The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment who was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in Iraq. In a year defined by Covid-19, they discuss leadership in a crisis, the invisible enemies of ‘cabin fever’, isolation from family, and depression, as well as what creativity means in the military.

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Do Not Adjust Your Focus Episode 10: Dhruti Shah, award-winning writer, on journalism, the art of listening and the language of animals in business

In Episode 10 of Do Not Adjust Your Focus, the podcast from strategic and creative advisory firm Blurred, Stuart talks to BBC journalist Dhruti Shah about journalism as a profession today - from mental health and the difficult art of listening, to the quest for balance and the double-edged sword of social media.

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Blurred sets diversity and net-zero carbon targets
  • Diversity and inclusion targets: people from BME backgrounds to hold 40% of all core team roles by 2023; at least 20% of core team senior roles to be held by BME colleagues by 2023, rising to 30% by 2026

  • Climate crisis target: net-zero carbon impact by October 2021 including ban on all non-essential business-related flights

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Stuart Lambert