Are dogs the key to workplace happiness?
This week we delve into perhaps the workplace's most divisive issue: should you bring your dog to the office? Isabel (a cat person) talks to Lindsay Bumps (dog person), from Ben & Jerry’s ‘K9 culture ...
29 Mar 202218min
Does office romance actually make you a better worker?
Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza are the co-founders of Clearco, a $2bn lender to ecommerce start-ups - and they shared a romance before sharing assets. They’ve now split up as a couple, and in this...
22 Mar 202220min
How influential are influencers at work?
A new generation of young professionals are becoming online stars in their own right through their social media channels. But what happens when personal brands meet the old-fashioned big corporate wor...
15 Mar 202215min
Why menopause is such a hot topic at work
In a tight global labour market, older women are having a moment. Employers are offering more leadership and promotion opportunities, as well as practical policies to help manage the hormonal upheaval...
8 Mar 202217min
Is paternity leave the key to workplace equality?
It’s traditionally been mothers who have had to take time off work to look after children. But in the past two years, the pandemic has accelerated a huge shift towards many more fathers wanting to pla...
2 Mar 202217min
Why does my boss write such rude emails?
The last two years have made us all experts in digital communications at work - or so we think. In fact, many of us are unwittingly upsetting colleagues, or even jinxing our own careers, by not practi...
22 Feb 202215min
Are companies walking their diversity talk?
After the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the worldwide social justice protests that followed, businesses acted swiftly to pledge change for their BAME workers. Nearly everyone wanted to post a bla...
15 Feb 202218min
Get ready for the four-day working week
Who wouldn’t want to have a regular paid day off to go surfing, take a long walk - or to care for family members? During the pandemic a growing number of companies have been experimenting with four-da...
8 Feb 202217min
