Head Space

Calm productivity for academics

Tag: leadership

  • Fostering a culture of guilt-free time off

    Feeling guilty about taking time off work is common in academia. This guilt often stems from organisational culture where everyone is expected to work during leave. To break free from this guilt trap, we need a strong culture that values time off, starting with leadership and permeating the entire organisation.

  • Tony Fadell: Build

    Build, by Tony Fadell, combines career insights and product innovation advice from the creator of the iPod and Nest thermostat. His book provides a blueprint for high-impact career choices, iterative development, and leadership, making it valuable for anyone interested in innovative design or who is looking for a radical perspective on academic career development.

  • Navigate uncertain career decisions with small experiments

    When facing uncertain career decisions in academia, many scholars get stuck in analysis-paralysis. Discover how small, strategic experiments can help you gather real-world information to make more confident choices about research directions, institutional moves, and leadership roles.