Conversing well, what clutter does for a home and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

• Beware the rise of the competitive packed lunch. Norway’s national workplace repast, the ‘matpakke’, is a model for us all to follow –  Financial Times
• To converse well. A good conversation bridges the distances between people and imbues life with pleasure and a sense of discovery – Aeon
• The Great Resignation is over. Over the past two years, tens of millions of Americans have quit their jobs. Now, that seems to be ending – The New York Times
• Does clutter make a home? Mess satisfies a deeper emotional need – The Atlantic
• The simple power of communicating with kindness. It’s easy to let daily civilities go by the wayside, but leaders should double down on kindness – Harvard Business Review
• Is big business really getting too big? In a few sectors, corporate concentration is a problem. In most, it needn’t be – The Economist 
• What to do with climate emotions. To insure that the planet remains habitable, there is a right degree of panic, and a way to bear it – New Yorker
• Judith Green: my life on purpose. We talk to Judith Green, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Communications Officer at Eversheds Sutherland, about her life on purpose – The Beautiful Truth