Mike Dilke I have been enjoying dipping into some of the events at Clerkenwell Design Week. My favourite so far was a talk on Wellbeing and Productivity in the Workplace by Dr Craig Knight of Haddleton Knight at The Frem Group showroom. I loved the photos of an office from 1906 and 2015 – they looked virtually the … Read more
Everyone knows someone with a bad back or has one themselves. David Mitchell in his autobiography, Back Story, says how other people’s back pain is boring and then goes onto write a whole book about his. Actually that is a bit unfair as he talks about plenty of other stuff and he is very funny. … Read more
Do you work from home? – a lot of people do. I do and it works out well for me generally as it does for a lot of people. However this week is the Chiropractic Awareness Week and they have some suggestions for keeping it a productive and useful thing to do without ending up with back, … Read more
I have just read a fantastic book about a guy who had been suffering back pain for months, found he had a tumour in his spine, had an operation to remove it and then four months later completed an Ironman. That is a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride finished with a marathon. … Read more
I always knew there was no such thing as a free lunch but yesterday I was treated to a free breakfast. That was good but it got better as Tim Hanwell and Craig Phillipson of Officeworks hosted what turned out to be a vibrant sharing of their knowledge on what makes a productive, healthy and … Read more
Surely this can’t be right – go for a stroll for 10, 00 steps and earn 1BW$ which will be equivalent to 1$ US. Well it is and the founders of the bank/ project/ movement (not sure the right word for it,) Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi have attracted more than $10m (£6.6m) of initial … Read more
I read in a Guardian article that a coalition of health experts is calling for a personal trainer to be put in every doctor’s surgery and job centre to help tackle the UK’s physical inactivity problem. The call comes as part of the first joined-up strategy for tackling lack of exercise cross society, estimated to cause … Read more
I love this advert with the dancing chicken for Mercedes! There are two spoofs below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axAmED7lqe4 Jaguar made this lovely spoof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PQS8SFWNQw I couldn’t resist trying to make a spoof as well – not quite as professional but it amused me and kept my nephew out of trouble for a few minutes!
On the news today I heard about the launch of the Fit for Work scheme. It has as its objective to help staff get back to work, particularly if they have been abscent for 4 weeks or more, by providing advice from a ‘Fit for Work professional.’ The report I heard said that the professionals … Read more
I have just come back from a family holiday in the USA which was fantastic. One of the highlights was staying with a family who live on a farm in Maine who have horses. Michael and Julie Fralich, whose farm it is, run a programme called Healing with Horses and help a lot of people … Read more