A knock on the door. A courier presents a large brown box. What could it be? I eagerly open the box and find copies of the second printing of our book, Hooked. But wait – there’s more. This new version of Hooked has a bestseller sticker on it: YIPEEEEEE. My amazing co-author, Gabrielle Dolan, and I have now joined the …
Why so serious?
Imagine if you could boost engagement and wellbeing, encourage creativity and collaboration and improve analytical precision and productivity. Better yet, imagine if you could do all that with one tool? Alison Beard, in her 2014 Harvard Business Review article, Leading with humour, says “Make ‘em laugh to reap all those benefits.” You know how you feel after a good belly laugh. Your brain …
Rebel with a cause?
A beautiful blonde woman in an elegant evening dress receiving an award in a glitzy ceremony on TV. It felt like just another celebrity moment. Then she pulled out a blue beanie and put it on her perfectly-coiffed head, presenting an incongruous yet moving image. The star was Carrie Bickmore, and she was receiving a gold Logie for being voted …