I had a "digital detox" over the weekend. Why you should consider doing the same and some of the benefits.

Kia ora koutou, fellow workplace enthusiasts! Today, let's talk about a magical ingredient that can turn a group of employees into a cohesive team, transform coworkers into trusted collaborators, and make the daily grind feel like a breeze. I'm talking about trust! Trust is like the secret sauce that makes everything in the workplace gel better.

There was some sympathy for our telecoms operators in February when cyclone Gabrielle slashed fibre optic cables and cut power to cell sites across the North Island. not so for Optus following its cascading network failure.

An occasional digital detox is a great way to reconnect with the real world, slow down and enjoy analogue life. But what would be the impact of the world losing the internet for a day?

In 1993, Marc Andreessen was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he also worked at the US-government funded National Center for Supercomputing Applications.