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Secret manoeuvres: return to office
You know bosses are desperate to get people back when an accountant from 22 Bishopsgate calls to tell you that they are hosting puppy play dates to tempt you into the office. Only it doesn’t work because the puppies are so booked up that the waiting lists are endless (note: anyone who can blag me in to film a vlog smooching cutie pups will be due a fine lunch).
How much power is too much?
Watching Elon bully his way around Twitter is a spine-chilling refresher for anyone who’s ever had a boss with an ego bigger than their brain.
Trending: OOO while you're IN the office?
Overheard on his train journey this week, was the “Out Of Office” autoreply taking over as an “In the Office” norm. With thanks to Matthew O’Halloran (Smart Spaces) for the great little story.
No, they’re not coming back for the heating.
Triumphant Daily Mail and Telegraph headlines have been boasting that the cost of heating, if you work from home, will increase your monthly bills by as much as £150-£190. They predict this will kill the ‘work from home dream’—you can picture the crocodile tears.
Data scoop: what CEOs are thinking right now
KPMG has released its annual CEO Outlook from 1,325 global CEOs across 11 markets.
While Armstrong & Partners has trawled through the minds of 100 knowledge leaders and workers in the UK over the last few weeks, both before and since the major “fiscal events” began.
Is BT trying to clear out "the stale old guard"?
Ignore what I say at the end of the video - I am a liar - next week we’re going to deal with the impact of the wild ride of this week. It’ll take that long to synthesise the news from all the emergency board meetings currently sitting.
Where are the grown ups? (not in the office)
Greetings from stunning Venice!
A year ago I was hearing a lot of “our team are grown ups, we let them choose when they come into the office based on what needs to be done”…
The 6 models of work: choose very carefully!
The team is eyebrow-deep in research interviews about what is going on in the world of work now: inflation, hardship funds, big office decisions, title escalation, budget cuts. There is so much for us to get into this autumn.
But let’s start with a picture of where things are now and the six working options.
Hotelification—the future of the office?
This week I spoke with Craig Murray, Strategy Design Director @TSK—he’s been designing offices for life after Covid. And they’re amazing! I’ve spoken in some, including SAGA’s Folkestone HQ, complete with sweeping coastal views and an onsite nursery.
The Great Return? Or Ghost Office?
They said they wanted to come back, so where are they?
Office-life restarts: but there’s no finishing line
We’re back! Hope you had a great summer and found some sunshine somewhere.
I’m excited about this next leap into hybrid work: I hope—believe?—we are embarking on an adventure to find out what makes us more productive, builds better working relationships, and helps us manage the balance between home and work more successfully.
Can a £26 burger predict who returns to the office?
On Sunday night, a friend took me to the NoMad hotel in Covent Garden for the most perfect burger and Negroni. The place was the very definition of the draw of cities: a dramatic magistrates’ court, a luscious red velvet and leather library (with genuine books), and an oval marble bar that Jay Gatsby should’ve been draped against, cigarette in hand.