In my experience we either label ourselves as an Ideas Person, or Not An Ideas Person – and never the twain shall meet. But I would say that this division is unnecessarily binary.

What a few weeks it has been. I am of course talking about the Black Lives Matter movement, which was so overdue, but still hit me for six. First, it took time and energy for me to process everything around George Floyd’s murder, seeing the unfolding scenes in the America. And then trying to get my head around my own biases, those of my business and how to articulate all of this on social media, where I felt that women were waiting for me to speak.

If you want to make one professional advancement during lockdown, make it your adaptability. Because if you can improve your ability to adapt (don’t worry, keep reading and I’ll tell you how) you can turn plenty of this pandemic stress into personal success.