ThinkingLife was set up to deal with the need to achieve balance and effectiveness for individuals and organisations. The consequences of ignoring problems in these areas can be significant for the success of individual organisations and for the happiness of individuals involved with them. However, work-life balance is a false dichotomy. It is not about work as an alternative to life; work is an integral part of life; it is just the type and mode of working that changes over time. We need to feel that we have some type of control over the work we do to ensure that we can balance the different types of work in our lives.