It has been a while since I committed time to sit down and write. I could pretend perhaps that I have been busy, or that life had gotten in the way, but to be honest, that would be a stretch. …

If your company’s return to office policy is an announcement, not a consultation, you have already failed the first post-covid culture test. Because the senior executive team that make the return to work decisions will not be the team most impacted by these decisions. Returning to the office is different…

If you’re reading this, raise a glass. To yourself. You made it. Not even a pandemic could stop you. Not even a recession could stop you. A year without your friends. Without school. Without travel. Christmas was cancelled. And birthdays. Weddings. Anniversaries. They were cancelled too. No gym. No routines…

I’ve never been a fan of paradise. The very idea of being stuck on an island, with nothing to do but sit by the pool and drink cocktails frightens me. I think it’s the lack of culture, the artificial environments that frighten me the most. …

Admittedly, I hadn’t heard of Brno either. Located in the south of the Czech Republic, somewhere between Prague and Austria’s capital, Vienna, Brno is a place you probably won’t wind up unless you’re either determined to go there, or — more likely — you just happen to be passing through…

At some collective point in history, hybrid crossover stores became all the rage. Hardware stores started slinging cappuccinos, the local pub got themselves a ping-pong table, and ordering a side of Swedish meatballs at a furniture depot started to make sense. Coffee shops caught the bug too. And the industry’s…

When Melissa and I travelled to Vietnam in 2019, we both agreed we’ve never visited a place quite like Hoi An. The history, the town’s impressive preservation, the blend of world-class street food from the north and the south (banh mi, bun cha, pho, cau lau, cha ca). The old…

Visiting the northern Portuguese city of Porto in the middle of summer is quite the treat. …

As an Australian living abroad, there are two experiences in life that give me the wonderful, unrivalled and instantaneous sense of being home. The first experience won’t surprise a lot of people. It’s that moment when you touch down on a Qantas flight in Melbourne. Climbing out of the seat…