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This page contains many articles I've written over the years in pursuit of learning, reflection, and personal development.

Themes include productivity, wellbeing, teaching, defusing bullying, culture, heritage, facilitation & more.

You will find that some of these posts are originally published on LinkedIn.

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Mar 182 min read

Workplace Dynamics: Handling Gossip and Bullying

While this clip is short and I can’t find the rest to continue on to see if Hussein Wehbe shares some tips on tackling this, I always...

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Dec 28, 20232 min read

#Defusebullying - Part 5: The tiny moments

It is a tiny moment: A child takes a crayon - not the whole pack - just a crayon, from another child. (They never return it.) It is a...

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Dec 26, 20232 min read

Unveiling the Cloak: Shedding Light on Classroom Bullying

[#defusebullying] I read a powerful short piece by a talented writer, Dvora Phillip, on LinkedIn recently. She wrote of a child who was...

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May 24, 20232 min read

The Power of Authenticity and Belonging

[#quoteoftheday💬] “Belonging should never require that you reshape yourself into someone else entirely.” AmyAnn Cadwell 💭#thinkwithme:...

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Apr 26, 20232 min read

How do you stop a bully in 2023?

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKjW1OIjuw [#defusebullying toolkit 🧰] How do you stop a bully in 2023? In this video, Brooks Gibbs,...

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Apr 17, 20232 min read

#DefuseBullying - Part 4: Speaking Up

Yesterday I joined an #antiracism Session as part of our new Global strategy for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging. My favourite...

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Apr 17, 20232 min read

#DefuseBullying - Part 3: Nepotism

In the ‘Unacceptable Behaviours' section of the #KHDA's recently released #CodeofConduct, there sits a word: #Nepotism. It means...

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Apr 13, 20232 min read

#DefuseBullying - Part 2: Name-Calling

‘Sunny Jim.' This is what my late #UncleLen, who passed away at aged 97 (#mashalla! 🤲🏼), used to keep my number saved as on his old...

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Apr 13, 20232 min read

#DefuseBullying - Part 1: Spotting & Documenting

[#Defusebullying Part 1️⃣] The #KHDA in #Dubai - #UAE, recently released a document to help combat many of the behaviours that fall under...

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