Round 2: You Vs. Your Brain

In Round 1: You Vs. Your Brain, I wrote about research being conducted by the University of Texas' O’Donnell Brain Institute lead by senior author and neurology professor, Rong Zhang.

Russell Boon31 March 2018#fitness, #health, #exercise, #boxingComment

Round 1: You Vs. Your Brain

I have recently taken up boxing again. I have been working too much and sitting too long, too many days a week. There are also days where my brain seems too foggy without a valid explanation.

Russell Boon25 March 2018#decision-making, #Health, #Fitness, #BoxingComment

Coping When You're Out of Your Depth

You will experience a scenario at least once in your life where you feel out of your depth. And so, I've turned to a pro for advice on how to do that.

Russell Boon17 March 2018Comment

Mental Acruity - use it or lose it

With all the fuss about the Apple Homepod this past fortnight I thought I'd add my ill-conceived, uninformed and only lightly researched opinion to the mix. I'm not really focusing upon the technical ins and out of the product itself, but more upon ...

Russell Boon4 March 2018homepod, Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Home automation, Laziness, Homekit, Home Kit, Pizza, VibratorComment

Cheers Big Ears!

Ear Hoox. Nope, not a spelling mistake. Ever since Apple deigned its ear-pods with their nice slippery yet contoured shape to fire decibels directly into the ear canal I've had trouble getting them to stay in my ear.

Russell Boon25 February 2018Comment

First Hawaii, then Japan and now New York.

"Danger Will Robinson! There is an alien amongst us!" - The more warnings we get the more commonplace they tend to become. We're all familiar with the boy who cried wolf and how after getting it wrong a few times..

Russell Boon18 February 2018North Korea, Hawaii, Japan, USA, Tsunami, Bushfire, warning, alert, ballistic missileComment

Deciding that life begins at ..... well now!

For a long time now I’ve known this day was coming, the day that I was too busy to face the screen and tap out some thoughts. It arrived a little quicker than I imagined. I think being in my 50's is catching up with me.

Russell Boon10 February 2018Comment

"You Say Tomato, I Say..."

Maybe I missed the memo but when did corporate speak hijack everyday English? I’m certainly not brilliant with the English language but even I have some questions.

For years now I have had medical insurance and been happy with the cover

Russell Boon14 April 2017#resilience, #terminology, #englishComment

2017 Year of the Asshole.

If we look back a couple of years 2015 was a watershed for mindfulness. In business, it was no longer just a fashion for funky tech and media companies. Some of the world’s most recognised brands adopted mindfulness,

Russell Boon1 January 2017Trump, President, Brexit, Asshole, Mindfulness, Mindful, 2017, behaviour, meditation Comment

The Multitasking Myth

We’ve all heard it repeated perhaps for our entire life and career; women can multitask better than men. It’s a universal fact. One that has formed the basis of many discussions, arguments and even stand-up comedy routines.

Russell Boon11 December 2016brain, cognition, multitask, focus, task, mythsComment

Decision Making Under Adversity

We initially became interested in decision-making as a topic because of insights and evidence from the gender diversity debate. Organisations with both women and men on the leadership team in relatively equal

What Were You Thinking?

A couple of years ago Australia’s two major supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths decided to pursue the concept of self-service checkouts. Quite obviously, in an effort to reduce costs and to increase profit.

Emergency Management and decision-making insight, issues and reviews