Top 20 books of 2020
2020 has been a strange year, but it’s also been one of the best reading years I’ve ever had. Somewhere between baking banana bread and going for the 3rd ‘essential’ walk of the day, I managed to read over 80 books this year. To clarify my own thoughts and...
A Psychologist’s Take on Loneliness within Organisations
How organisations can help solve the loneliness epidemic Cigna’s 2020 Loneliness at the Workplace report shows that 61%, or every 3 in 5 of US adults, are lonely. In the UK, more than 9 million people report feeling lonely either often or always. In Japan, more than a third...
A Psychologist’s Take on Bullshit Jobs
Book review – Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Overall rating: 3.5/5Review in short: This book uniquely identifies a very relevant problem within our society – people doing work they believe to be meaningless. Some will relate to this more than others, depending on the jobs they’ve had, but it poses...
A Psychologist’s Take on Hivemind
Book review – Hivemind: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World Overall rating: 3/5Review summary: Easy to get through and overall interesting. Discusses some very current and important topics and highlights how the society we’ve built is working against our social nature, making us more lonely and...