The recent antics of prime minister, Boris Johnson, has got Dave Keeling wondering about the leadership lessons we can learn from the debacle, as well as the qualities all good leaders should ideally possess. Blurred leadership lines ‘Partygate’ has fast become the most recent go-to example of how ridiculous British politics has become since the shaggy-headed, whiff-waffy prevaricator took the reins...
How much is your organisation doing to support men’s mental health in the workplace? Does the culture promote open, honest conversations or is it still a taboo subject? In this blog post, Dave Keeling gives his tips to get the conversation started and help you develop a supportive environment both at home and at work. Men’s mental health - the stats...
Last week, the BBC reported that businesses are increasingly using comedy, humour and laughter as development skills in the workplace. The power of humour, laughter, fun and happiness is nothing new to us at Laughology. We first realised the potential of humour and laughter as an effective tool for development in organisations over 10 years ago. Occasionally, in the past when companies...
With shocking news recently that a quarter of girls and 1 in 10 boys are showing signs of depression at the age of 14 it is imperative that young people understand about cognitive function and emotions (I was 25 when I started to find out). Understanding how the brain works allows us to re-set, re-frame, re-think and reflect when it is...
“The world economy no longer pays you for what you know; Google knows everything. The world economy pays you for what you can do with what you know.” – Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills for the OECD. We are, it appears living in a world of unprecedented change, which is giving rise to a severe skills gap. According to inaugural...
In fact, I love laughing probably more than most. I dedicated my life to the pursuit of giggling like a schoolboy at anything and everything. If too much time has passed in a meeting or during a dinner my brain will be working a hundred miles an hour to look for the possibility of a guffaw, titter, cackle, call it what...
Since the Paralympics has finished and I am still awash with feelings (team GB’s most successful ever), of inspiration, motivation and euphoria at having witnessed event after event full of athletes pushing the boundaries of what mind and body can do. Day after day I heard incredible stories of individuals who either through illness, accidents, or birth had battled through the...
Last week the BBC reported on how parents struggle to get children off digital devices. Carol Iddon Managing Director of Operations at Action for Children said: “technology is often a necessary part of the lives of children and parents alike, but it’s important to maintain a balance with other activities and quality family time”. Now while this article points out that parents are...
In this blog post Dave Keeling, Laughology trainer and consultant offers you his top 10 list of teacher thinking skills to create a more free thinking and collaborative environment in your classroom. It would appear as an outsider looking in that education is quite literally going backwards. As the Conservatives cram us all into a scholastic Delorean and take us...
