How inclusive is your workplace culture when supporting mental health? As the aftermath of the pandemic continues to affect the mental wellbeing of people in workplaces and organisations, it’s vital to consider what you could - and should - be doing to help. In this post, Laughologist, Laura Drury encourages you to look at mental health from a different perspective. She...
Truly inclusive leadership starts with you. Only then can you expect it to trickle down into your organisation in an authentic and sustainable way. But what does it actually mean, to be an inclusive leader? And if you feel like you could be doing more, what does that even look like? Here’s Stephanie Davies with her tips to help you. My...
If you’ve always been skeptical about people who call themselves ‘life-long learners’, we hear you. Maybe they’re too similar to people who wear kaftans made from hemp and walk around the supermarket in bare feet. But, dare we say it, we don’t agree with you. In our humble opinion, learning at work can do wonders for your mindset and also for...
Here at Laughology, we’re feeling a bit giddy. No, we’ve not overdone the Curly Wurlys, we’re getting ready to celebrate Learning at Work Week - running from the 16th-22nd May. Not only that, but it’s also Mental Health Awareness Week from the 9th-15th. So that’s two weeks where you can exercise your brain, feel good and maybe learn a thing or...
Remember the good old days when people used phones to talk to each other? Or sat around a table, in the flesh? Now it’s the era of virtual communication and Stephanie Davies is pining for the time when she could sit around in her undercrackers and stick two fingers up at Ian from IT. Virtual communication - when did it get...
Smile. We’re living in the happiness renaissance after all, where happiness is being taken seriously and wellbeing is the trend de jour. In the years since Laughology whelped, happiness and wellbeing have gone from being fringe interests viewed with suspicion and sometimes derision, to the gold standard that individuals and organisations hanker after. Everyone’s getting in on the act, from the...
The modern-day comedy club is what I imagine Roman gladiatorial games were like. Brave combatants step out into the public arena and live or die depending on skill and how much they can endear themselves to the audience. They can be cruel, brutal places. Lessons learned in them are often painful, but never forgotten. Every comedian remembers the first time they died...
Why vulnerability makes you a great leader Two months ago, my dad came to visit. It was the first time I’d seen him in a year and the first time I’d been able to hug him in 19 months. He’s 76 and lives in the Isle of Man. Which isn’t far geographically but might as well have been on the moon...
Why are some leaders loved while others are loathed? What made Tony Blair popular and Gordon Brown a ballot-box turn off? Why did Boris succeed where May floundered? Policy, strategy, and ideas can take a person so far, but to be a successful leader, you need personality and the ability to connect with those you aspire to lead. One of the...
