Over the last few weeks dozens of people have got in touch with me. ‘I know that you’re saying that the world has changed its views and home-working is here to stay, but my boss doesn’t agree and we’re going back 5 days a week when the vaccines drop’. They normally sign off with…
First published at HRD Connect During the summer of 2020, I found myself in Lebanon. My partner is from Beirut so we were delighted to escape from the COVID-stricken shores of Britain to make a trip back to the city for a week’s holiday. Little did I know, we’d be leaping out of the frying…
Today’s guest is Dr Damian Scarf, he teaches at the University of Otago in New Zealand. I saw him do a short and impactful TED talk: Dr Damian Scarf’s TEDx Talk Very much like Dr Jill Bolte Taylor who did that wonderful lecture about having a stroke, Damian uses his psychology to diagnose what went…
Over the last week we’ve all watched far too much footage of the horrific scenes of the US Capitol being stormed. A mob of thousands of people charged in to the seat of American democracy intent – depending on how forgiving you intend to be -with either staging a coup or forcefully registering their disapproval….
Go deep with the happiness playlist Buy Humour, Seriously Sign up for the Make Work Better newsletter. How the heck did we end up thinking that humour and serious work are in opposition to each other? Today’s guests, Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas, run a tremendously successful course at Stanford Business School on how we…
Today’s episode is for anyone who is curious about how human’s tick. Work ultimately is a practice of the brain and how our brain processes and reacts to things is a fascination to me. I have a friend who is studying neuroscience and a couple of years ago at someone’s wedding I was chatting to…
Sign up for the Eat Sleep Work Repeat newsletter here. This is a new series of the podcast about the growth of community managers in firms – scroll down for all 4 episodes. Episode 1 looks at why community managers are a topic to watch. That’s a key question, what’s next with work – specifically…
TL;DR key findings of Leesman home working report: people unequivocally feel way more productive at home biggest differentiator between firms is the amount that workers feel connected every age group is happier, some are much happier the least happy are those who use to have private offices the average firm is going to need considerably…
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