Recently, fans of Tolkien (and quite a few others) were left confused by Elon Musk’s assertion that the citizens of small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland were “living their lives like Hobbits … lovely people who like to smoke their pipe and have nice meals and everything is...
Rehumanising the workplace – and coaching
One of the three principles of the UK Government’s recent review “Keeping Britain Working” is to “Rehumanise the Workplace”. It is a bit of a bandwagon phrase inevitably spawning a variety of businesses. It presupposes that there was a time when the workplace was humanised, which might not be...
Keeping Britain Working
The UK Government has just published the independent review “Keeping Britain Working” on what can be done to tackle burgeoning economic inactivity arising from workers’ ill health and what can be done to promote healthy and inclusive workplaces. The case for change is pretty stark. Since the pandemic, the...