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Amanda Powell

@common_curious

Researcher + Strategist | Social Impact Specialist 🌍 Tweets about meta-skills like empathy, creativity + mindfulness for 21st-century work and wellbeing

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"Gen Z are network natives" + "Individual career success depends on both our personal capabilities and our networks’ ability to magnify them" – I'm wondering, what does the digitalization of professional networks mean for social mobility? on.wsj.com/3t40cCN Reid Hoffman

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Cal Newport's "Digital Minimalism" getting me ready for a silent meditation retreat nxt week: "When you avoid solitude, you miss out on the positive things it brings: the ability to clarify hard problems, regulate emotions, to build moral courage & to strengthen relationships" 🕜

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The kids are not alright - new study reports 59% of students are currently experiencing a mental health problem #studentwellbeing Student Minds whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/slow-reco…

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Fresh perspectives from @metalearn_ on the attention economy that I haven't heard before... Also off to check if I have ADD and close some loops (!) #attentioneconomy podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ml1…

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Not surprising that younger people want to go into an office when you think about the state of the London rental scene. But we must ensure when they go into the office there are senior people there to learn from #futureofwork businessinsider.com/gen-z-hates-re…

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Navigating the future of futures w/ 👩🏼‍💻 ... "1.2 million— the number of times the term "trends" was searched on Google in May 2022, double the number five years ago" maried.substack.com/p/the-future-o…

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"Full spectrum thinking" (and resisting the simplicity of certainty) is a key meta-skill for navigating the future of work nice explanation here by Bob Johansen Institute For The Future #futureofwork #leadership #wellbeing youtube.com/watch?v=ZHHyR4…

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This... but add mindfulness and 'reflexivity' - aka: socially-oriented self-reflection. It's the ability to step outside of your own singular perspective to reflect, with a birds-eye view, on the role you can play within the bigger picture #softskillsrevolution #attentioneconomy

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Quote of the day: The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder - G.K. Chesterton #staycurious 👀

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Daydreaming is good for you, and more enjoyable than people anticipate - "losing yourself in your thoughts can aid problem-solving, increase creativity, enhance the imagination and contribute to a sense of self-worth" theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

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No. 2 - don't turn away from or avoid negative feelings, this is not an effective long-term coping mechanism (I saw this a lot in the study I did on gaming and mental wellbeing) #scienceofwellbeing #mentalhealth forbes.com/sites/rasmusho…

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A lot of hate and intolerance in the world stems from the belief that it’s everyone else’s job not to make us feel uncomfortable, rather than it being our job to understand and manage our own discomfort. Let people exist.

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bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Super interesting interviews with people who don't have an inner monologue/dialogue! What peace... or is it? #reflexivity #chatter (thanks Emma Gannon via the Hyphen substack 🙌)

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At 92 this is the ultimate example of lifelong learning! Love to see it 👏 #growthmindset theguardian.com/education/2022…

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Thrilled to be a finalist in TWO categories for the MRS Awards: "Mind Gaming", a report & campaign about gaming & mental wellbeing with Mental Health Foundation has been nominated for Public Policy / Social Research & MRSpride Inclusive Research Design!⭐️ mrs.org.uk/awards/mrs-awa…

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"Gen Z respondents report alarming levels of negativity about themselves, their confidence in the future, and their ability to find contentment in American life" mckinsey.com/featured-insig…

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All the solutions for managing ‘tiktok’ brain in kids are things that lower income families struggle to provide #attentioneconomy #attentioninequality

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10 global health insights that aim to reframe how we're thinking about health at the macro level (McKinsey & Company) - I think the UK media also exacerbates this 'health matrix' effect, with careless flip-flop reporting on #healthresearch mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insigh…

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Love to see it! Wish we would find a better way to study meditation other than using monks though - not because it's invalid (they controlled & matched variables with population living nearby), but because people dismiss it because monks are unrelatable... theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…