“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” Simon Sinek

Dancing and singing and group fun reduce stress hormone cortisol and release happy hormones: endorphins (painkiller) and dopamine (mood-booster) and oxytocin (‘love drug’). The more we create positive, habitual pathways and imprint a route to joy, the easier good habits become.

You read 23 Ways To Feel In Control On Zoom – now here’s 26 more Zoom ‘light bulb’ moments. Hopefully they’ll support you to feel more confident and in control of your calls.

Even high-pressure global Zoom calls can feel oddly cosy at times, I find, since they’re only a couple of clicks away and take place in your WFH office.

“It was thrilling to improvise with people in Nigeria and India in the same session. To open up creativity across borders with V.I. people on continents we haven’t engaged with before was awesome.”

Whether you’re on your first (clueless) or your zillionth (jaded) call this year, you’ll miss basics that give yourself and others a better experience.

Presentations are tricky and there’s no magic pill. Storms are inevitable. Get comfortable with failure: the process is part of the process. Embrace it!

Give a team space to think imaginatively and they’ll be stronger, braver, more creative and more resilient.