Do you have an office dog? Would you love to bring your own dog to work? Perhaps, you feel that dogs have no place in the office. This week, we interview Cristina from The Londog and creator of the highly entertaining Office Dog series. Find out about the surprising benefits of working with dogs as well as a few of the drawbacks.
The Londog Iggy office dog at ING Media
Following last week’s post on Obesity in the workplace, I felt it was time to dust off the running shoes and pound London’s pavements again. Going for glory, I opted for the Supernova London 5K race at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. After all, if it was good enough for Jessica Ennis-Hill.……
The ArcelorMittal Orbit lit up at night at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
We’re all told that sitting is the new smoking but how much is really being done to tackle obesity in the workplace? Startling statistics from insurance company, UNUM, reveal that 64% of UK adults are now classed as overweight or obese. Yet while the majority of office workers remain seated for up to ten hours a day, less than a third of employers provide any opportunity to exercise. Should your boss be in charge of your waistline? Find out what office workers really think in this startling infographic.
UNUM insurance Obesity in the workplace in statistics
Reduced blood pressure, better sleep and stress relief on a par with medication drugs: it seems there’s no end to the benefits of float therapy. In an increasingly over-stimulated working world, could an hour of sensory deprivation be the answer to workplace stress? Intrigued, I popped down to floatworks in Vauxhall to drift off for an hour in a parallel float spa universe of blissful relaxation.
floatworks floatworks float spa reception area
Scurrying back and forth to work under sludgy February skies, I decided it was time to inject some colour into my life. And what better way to do so than to experience Okuda’s street art exhibition, Lost Olympus, at the Stolen Space Gallery. Mixing with surreal, mythological characters proved just the company I needed to lift the spirits on an otherwise mundane, Thursday evening after work.
Refugee Goddess by Okuda
Scuttling to and from work in perpetual darkness has left many office workers, like myself, weary and depleted. Was it only a month since the Christmas holidays? Rallying to the rescue is the food and juice bar, Crussh, who have very kindly opened up the capital’s first pop-up vitamin D and light box therapy bar. Seeking the light, I scuttled round during my lunch break to get a well-earned dose of artificial rays.
Vitamin D pop-up bar in Crussh in the City of London.
In 2017, we’re starting a new series of photo posts on the surprising sights that we pass every day on our way to work. From amazing architecture to hidden garden squares, there’s a wider world to discover if you take a closer look around you.
The Tower of St Alban, City of London
As 2017 kicks in, we look back on another year of office breaks. From a day trip to the end of the world to bank holiday weekends in Bavaria and Bohemia; it’s been an action packed year. We share with you a few of our favourite memories which hopefully may inspire your own breaks out of the office during 2017.
Views from Freiburg Cathedral
No longer just for grandma, compression socks have become a staple of the long-haul packing list. Adopted by canny flyers everywhere, the socks are worn as much for their comfort as they are for their ability to prevent DVT and leg swelling. With a family history of blood clots and a dread of “cankles” (swollen ankles), I agreed to try a pair of Bridgedale compression socks on my recent twelve-hour flight to South Africa.
Arriving in Cape Town
A startling one in four Brits will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime. With workplace stress viewed as a major cause of mental health issues, a range of well being initiatives from healthy eating to exercise programmes are now the order of the day in most offices. But how have treatments changed in recent times? I went along to the Bethlem Museum of the Mind to find out.
Bethlem Museum of the Mind exhibition room