Together In Electric Dreams

  Pickles (or gherkins to us brits), pure evil aren't they. There you are, just minding you own business and you bite down into that tasty burger and this green, limp foul smelling thing crunches between your teeth. It’s enough to ruin anyone's day. Pickles are rank, they smell, they look funny, they taste even worse. So why for all that is good and holy would you put them inside a product like a burger? I hate them (yes I release that's a strong word). But they literally serve no purpose other than to make my life a living hell. But for some strange reason my wife loves them. She can’t get enough of that green, gnarly, lumpy flesh between her teeth. Yep, she’s a weirdo I know (heck she married me, that tells you all you need to know right there). This is why we compliant each other, she’ll happy snarf my pickles from my bun faster than you can say Ronald McDonald. And that my friends is the trouble with bias. We assume (incorrectly) that just because we don’t like somethin

  I sat around in my pants on Sunday pretty much all day playing call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, I only once peeled myself off the sofa to go to the toilet and cram something in my mouth, oh and I bathed at about 5pm...too much information. Probably. Am I proud of it…  HECK YES. I even managed to get one of my guns to a gold camo. Time well spent I’d say 🤓 I have a soft spot for this game, it’s how I met one of my best buddies. We became friends and are now friends IRL (in real life) just like you can do with prospects through social. The thing I love MOST about call of duty is the team aspect. It’s fiercely competitive and having the right load-outs (guns and gear) to cope with whatever the game throws at you from the other team is SUPER important. Going in with half measures won’t cut it.  Just like anything else in life, fail to prepare, prepare to fail. You wouldn't leave the game to chance, so why would you treat social any other way? You need a strategy. The parallels between

  I was feeling a bit melancholy at the weekend (must be the constant rain) so me and the wife snuggled up together to watch (arguably) one of the greatest films about relationships there is. I’m taking about High Fidelity starring John Cusack. SPOILER ALERT For those unfamiliar with the plot the story follows a guy named Rob (played by John Cusack) who owns a record shop and it would be fair to say is slightly obsessed with music and pop culture. The film opens with him breaking up with his girlfriend Laura (played by Iben Hjejle). He then proceeds to list his top 5 breakups of all time and revisits these old flames in a bid to understand why he can’t hold down a relationship.  I’m going to try and weave this analogy into WHY you keep losing staff and how to hold onto them. I’m also going to build a mixtape around each of these 5 topics, which will be on the spotify playlist  HERE So the top 5 reasons why employees leave are.. 1. Wanting to feel more valued at work If you're worki