Christine Gilland Robinson
Christine Gilland Robinson is a writer, coach and co-founder of HOLOS London, an ethical kombucha company created to support survivors of human trafficking.
Answering the call to leadership
4 March 2019A simple Google search of “Are millennials lazy?” yields more 4.3 million results. Author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek says that millennials don’t stick with things long enough, preferring to drift through life in pursuit of our ‘purpose’ rather than working towards becoming competent leaders. While I don’t endorse negative generational stereotypes, I have to admit to spending far too much time in cafés lately, eating avocado on toast and questioning whether there may be, at least in…
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Anti-Slavery Day 2018: time to think outside the box?
15 October 2018Creativity is a word we use a lot, but which we rarely stop to think about properly. What does creativity really look like? Is it just the preserve of a special and enlightened few? Is creativity just a nice, fuzzy concept, maybe a little insular, a little privileged, confined to esoteric artwork in galleries and the occasional weekend pottery class? And what on earth might it have to do with modern slavery? The act of creating is far more simple and yet far more profound than our society’s…
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