Let them eat cake. Or maybe don’t? That’s the question The Food Standards chairperson posed when she likened cake culture to passive smoking. Now in the UK, we’ve had a bit of a history with cake-eating over the past couple of years, especially if there’s boozing and cake while you’re supposed to be keeping a low profile, eh, Boris… Back in...
Are you ready to challenge your beliefs around the weekend being the best part of your week? Here’s Laura Drury with some advice on how to enjoy every day to its fullest. Here we are at the end of the second week of the new year - affectionately known as the ‘fudgy bit’ of January. By now, everyone has stopped saying...
Arguably, significantly more people bid 2022 good riddance than lamented its end. As Big Ben struck midnight on December 31st, I’m sure it wasn’t just Liz Truss who was glad to see the back of a turbulent 12 months. For many reasons, 2022 is unlikely to be remembered as a wonder year. The cost of living crisis, strikes, conflict, there was...
It’s here again! Christmas party time is in full swing with baubles on. Some will be eagerly anticipating the work’s Xmas jolly; others will pray for a bout of covid to get them out of it. Some will have already endured or enjoyed the office party, creating anatomical photocopies (you know who you are, Ian, from accounts). Behaviours which Laughology neither...
The end of 2022 sees the full return of the office Christmas party. Undoubtedly this is a good thing for workplaces desperate to reconnect their remote diaspora, who have all fled the cities and offices for their lounges, home offices, converted sheds and holiday homes over the past two years. Not only that, but it’s also a chance for teams to...
It was never going to end well, was it? Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has had more dramatic twists than a Mexican soap opera. The disgruntled masses at the tech firm are not alone in being driven out by their boss. According to Gallup’s “State of the Global Workplace” study, 50% of people quit their jobs because they don’t like their managers. Conversely,...
Following World Kindness Day on 13th November, Laura Drury asks how important kindness at work is. And most importantly, how you can cultivate a culture of kindness in your workplace. Kindness can help your business Have you ever listened to someone describing a challenge to you, where they’re stuck, and you’re thinking, well, the solution is obvious to me? At Laughology,...
Liz Truss spent 44 days in power, the shortest tenure of a UK prime minister since records began. She brought in the most diverse cabinet ever yet still couldn’t outlast the wilting leaves of a lettuce, leading to the headline: “Iceberg sinks Truss”. Then in stepped Rishi Sunak, the first British Asian prime minister. He still maintained a diverse cabinet, yet...
Have you ever worked with someone who makes your team less efficient? You know who we mean, right? Whether it’s a delegator who does no real work of their own, a collaborator who does things “their way”, or a dependant that needs help on every small task, it’s more than likely you’ve come across them. Maybe you’re one of them yourself? ...
