Testing your focus, the Paris Olympics and more in #TheEdit.

• Test your focus: Can you spend 10 minutes with one painting? Focus is a skill. We’ll help you practice – NY Times
• All that we are. The philosophy of personalism inspired Martin Luther King’s dream of a better world. We still need its hopeful ideas today – Aeon
• The unexpectedly hopeful Paris Olympics. This year’s iteration, for all its flaws, has already inspired some positive change – New Yorker
• A short history of AI. How AI overcame decades of underdelivering – The Economist
• The world of work is changing. Is Canary Wharf ready? A host of buildings will require renovations to attract new tenants as major occupants depart – Financial Times
• How passion can backfire at work. And how we can reap the benefits of passion without falling prey to its downsides – Harvard Business Review
• Team GB: The Everyday Resilience of an Olympian. How Team GB are inspiring the next generation to be healthy in body and mind – The Beautiful Truth