Twice in the last month, members of my team have said to me, some version of, “I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed - can we talk about it, please?” Why am I writing a blog about this? Because I think it’s amazing. Not that people feel overwhelmed
1 July 2023 marked 10 years since we started Pomegranite. It’s surreal. When Liz and I sat down a decade ago to write our business plan, we decided to pepper it with ways we would celebrate big milestones. For our 10th birthday, we thought, we’d have
At its core, DE&I is about being able to identify when or if discriminatory barriers are compromising equity.
Sometimes it really does feel like the right people cross paths with you at the perfect time. With Melissa’s promotion to Operations Manager at Pomegranite (the best thing to happen since Taylor Swift rerecorded her music for herself), we needed more project management capacity within the
It’s been so interesting seeing the different evolutions of Pomegranite over the years, as the business has grown, as the team has expanded, and as our lives have changed along with it all. This year has felt, more than any before, like a new era for
Do you feel most alive in the company of others and the excitement of bustling social events? Or do you enjoy the peaceful serenity of a cosy night spent indoors?
The two responses I get most often from Callie, either on Slack or in Zoom meetings, are: “Got it.” and “I’m on it!” You know when you look into someone’s eyes as they’re talking to you and you can almost see the mental spreadsheets their brain
Every time we go through the hiring process (which, luckily, isn’t very often as our staff turnover is quite low), we get asked new and sometimes surprising questions. One question that’s as reliable as Eskom se Push, though, is, “What perks do you get if
As a remote working team, it had been some time since we worked together in person. Things that I used to take for granted in the office, like eye contact, in-the-moment brainstorms and jokes, feel extra special, and in some ways more meaningful than they
Accountability is the foundation of trust within our team. It means that we can rely on each other, we can build upwards from a solid foundation and our energy flows in the same direction, towards the same goals.
A few days ago I was with someone during quite a big moment in their life, and they were really emotional. “I’ve been finding that I’m so much more maudlin this year,” they said, smiling through a real fruit salad of feelings. I’ve been thinking about
Last month, we took a company poll on what we’d like to do for our next inspiration day. There was an interesting range of suggestions.