| Happy Weekend We’re going all nutritious on you. A friday afternoon ‘snack survey’ amongst the team revealed healthy behaviours from some, whilst rather too much chocolate for others. So we decided to throw open this weeks newsletter to look at issue of how diet can impact on leadership. Until next time, enjoy the read, healthy eating and enjoy your weekend R&R … Andrew Weaver CTO Academy [email protected] |
Article of the week : Good Diet, Great Leadership Our blog article this week looked at the direct link between diet and leadership. How maintaining good energy levels are crucial to being an effective leader and leading by example. We also provide you with a snapshot survey of our attitude to food grazing at work.Grab yourself some fruit and tuck into the article … Good Diet, Great Leadership  |
| ‘Food is getting cool’ … says Nestle CTO, Stefan Palzer This article provided me with a nice juxtaposition of ‘food’ and ‘CTO’ so I couldn’t resist adding to our nutritional newsletter …Nestle CTO claims that accelerating consumer trends such as veganism and environmental concerns are bringing complexity to the food industry but also opportunities.So what are the trends he’s spotted?1. Plant-based nutrition is exploding 2. Instagramability is making the market look for greater novelty and diversity 3. Innovation such as vegan meat is driving change 4. Big hopes for biodegradable plastics 5. Consumers much more aware of their carbon footprint (not quick enough thought?) 6. Key challenges include how to provide highly affordable nutrition for low income consumers These points are elaborated further within an article on “Top 7 Predictions On The Future Of Food”  |
| Nutritional Psychiatry : Your Brain On Food Interesting article from the Harvard Medical School, with links for you to dive deeper into the topic.“Like an expensive car, your brain functions best when it gets only premium fuel. Eating high-quality foods that contain lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants nourishes the brain and protects it from oxidative stress — the “waste” (free radicals) produced when the body uses oxygen, which can damage cells.”Nutritional Psychiatry : Your Brain On Food  |
| Book of the week : The 4 Hour Body Some of you will be familiar with Tim Ferris. Fitness, marketing guru who has released a series of “4 hour” books including this one, The 4 Hour Body. His “slow-carb” diet promises much and he also delivers a rapid weight loss plan that outlaws all fruit and dairy (except cottage cheese) and involves one “all-you-can-eat day” each week. It’s extreme in parts but as with most of what Ferris produces, fascinating in equal measure.  |
| CTO Webinars Where Mentors Have An Impact Pt .1: Management We recently recorded the latest instalment from our series of CTO Academy webinars.Part 1 of ‘Where tech mentors make a difference‘ focused on how they can help you negotiate management challenges.It’s available now for your watching pleasure. Great to get your thoughts on points raised and of course, if you’re interested in being mentored then rush straight to our mentoring section. Part 2 is due to be recorded on Tuesday 4th December, 11am (GMT) and will be looking at how mentors can help with career strategy and progression.Watch this space for more information. |
| The ‘5 Minute Tech Break’ Archive … All from the heart To those of you new to the “5 Minute Tech Break” or for those of you who just can’t get enough … our entire newsletter archive (48 episodes and counting) is available for you to peruse and spot how consistently fresh our content is.No newsletter automation going on here. We deliver content from the tech leadership coalface. Hope you enjoy.  |
| Quote of the week “My favourite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch … I call it lunch” – anonymous |
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