Posts by Darain Faraz

“The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.” These are the opening lines of the poem "Perhaps the World Ends Here" from The Woman Who Fell From the Sky by Joy Harjo. For many of us, the last two years of uncertainty have...

For most of us, the last 12 months have been the most challenging we’ve experienced in our professional lives. In the UK, the unemployment rate has increased to 4.9%** and we know that many of our members have faced redundancy. But, with spring in the air, and the end of a third round of lockdown restrictions bringing more freedom, there is a sense of looking...

2020 has arguably been one of the most challenging years in our lifetimes, and certainly the most unusual that many of us have experienced in our careers. Companies around the world switched – almost overnight – to remote working, and people have been relying on technology to stay connected to their professional network. This shift has impacted how our members...