Week 8 #FFF

My fourth HERO: Gina Martin Gina Martin collected 111,098 signatures and spent 18 months fighting to make upskirting illegal in the UK – a nation where only 15 out of 44 police forces held records on offences related to upskirting at all. Like the HEROES I’ve chosen previously for #FeministFactFriday (Everyday Sexism Founder Laura Bates;… Continue reading →

Thinking is the hardest work there is

I was really struck by the following view from Graham Allcott (founder of Think Productive) in this week’s Squiggly Careers podcast on How to be A Productivity Ninja with Amazing If host Helen Tupper. About thirteen minutes into the episode, when talking about the need to block off focused thinking time in the office and make sure that meeting creep doesn’t… Continue reading →

Week 7 #FFF

My third HERO: Marc Benioff Marc Benioff is an American billionaire with a net worth of $6.4 billion. He’s the founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce and he paid out $6 million to correct the gender pay gap. Welcome back to Feminist Fact Friday where I’m mid-way through March’s theme of HEROES. For an explanation… Continue reading →

Week 6 #FFF

My second HERO: Karen Blackett OBE Karen Blackett OBE is Chairperson of MediaCom UK and Country Manager of WPP, cheerleader for 17,000 WPP staff and recently appointed (by the PM) Race Equality Business Champion. I am a black female. So, when I first started in the industry, the industry was led by people who essentially… Continue reading →