The Edit: A Poem for You
The Edit

The Edit: A Poem for You

Our weekly round up of the best articles, podcasts and videos focusing on purpose in life, work and the world.

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3rd May 2024

Understanding time, battling for attention and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

  • A poem about you, for you. A newspaper’s critic-at-large shares one of his favourite love poems for National Poetry Month – The New York Times
  • We still don’t fully understand time. We can measure time but there are all kinds of time that we still can’t really fathom – TIME Magazine
  • Is remote work good for women? Being in the office affects time devoted to giving and getting help – Financial Times
  • Waiting for the weekend. What we choose to do looks increasingly like work, and idleness has acquired a bad name. Herein, a history of leisure – The Atlantic
  • The battle for attention. Holding on to what matters in a distracted age – New Yorker
  • A career without a purpose. Shift your focus from “purpose” to “meaning” – Harvard Business Review
  • Can professional services firms transform into purpose-led organisations? Charles Wookey speaks to Vincent Clancy, CEO of Turner & Townsend – The Beautiful Truth 

“In the warm New York 4 o’clock light we are drifting back and forth / between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles…”

Frank O’Hara