The journal
Rediscovering connection.
Articles and conversations accompanying the Rediscovering Connection podcast and Shelley's guest appearances, exploring Social Wealth, Social Health, relational design and the future of work.
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Belonging Is Being Accepted as Your Authentic Self
Teams invest in culture decks and onboarding programmes and still watch new people quietly withdraw. The missing piece is rarely process. It is whether people can be themselves and still feel supported.
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Say the Assumption Out Loud and Ask If It Is True
Most workplace friction is not caused by what people say. It is caused by what they assume the other person meant, and by the trail of conclusions they follow without ever checking.
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The S in ESG Is People, and People Need Social Health
ESG frameworks are fluent in carbon and compliance, and strangely quiet on people. The S pillar gets a paragraph, while the daily experience of connection and belonging inside the organisation goes unmeasured.
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Your Tribe Changes as You Grow, and That Is Healthy
A spiritual journey can quietly rearrange your friendships. Practices change, values sharpen, and one day you notice the people around you are living in a world you no longer quite inhabit.
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Technology Can Facilitate Connection, Humans Must Create It
AI companions are marketed as an answer to isolation. The promise is seductive, an always-available presence that never tires of you. The question worth asking is whether what they offer is connection at all.
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Date Yourself First, Then Map Your People
Founders in the messy middle often discover their network is broad and their support is thin. They know how to build an audience and cannot name who would sit with them through a hard quarter.
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