“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them,” Albert Einstein said. 

Recognising the challenges and obstacles we face is the first step to overcoming them and creating a better future. This week, we reflect on the process of improvement: a continual and infinite act that is the foundation of changing the world for the better. Innovation requires acceptance of the problem, and an awareness that the road to a new future is often slow and paved with setbacks, potholes and wrong turns – but that doesn’t make it any less important. 

Here’s what you might have missed this week:

• Can you repair a toxic workplace culture? – Eat Sleep Work Repeat Podcast
• Women in the workplace: how the construction industry has seen a rise in female workers – The New York Times
• Innovating for the future: how to incorporate diversity and inclusion into product design – Fast Company
• The effect of Russia’s invasion on global commodities – The Economist
• Are sabbaticals the answer to finding a good work/life balance? – Raconteur
• Understanding the implications and disruptions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – McKinsey
• We have the technology to ditch fossil fuels, so why is the world still on fire? – The New Yorker
• Why self-care is not the solution to burnout – The Beautiful Truth