BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Contrary to popular belief, meditation isn’t just for people in yoga classes or those practicing religion. It’s actually quite a beneficial stress reducer in everyday life for anyone. According to the Mayo Clinic meditation is “a way…
Is it time to abolish the concrete, soul-sucking office once and for all?
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Only a decade or so ago, it was normal and necessary to have an office, perhaps a cubicle or an open-office layout. This is where meetings took place, co-workers caught up and ideally completed work. However, with technology…
Sitting in your ergonomic office chair isn’t just tedious; science says it’s killing you
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Dry, bloodshot eyes illuminated only by the glow of a dull computer screen. Hunched spines cracking loudly after being momentarily stretched out, before snapping back to their bent and painful shape. The hypnotizing pitter-patter of a dozen…
Free Range Humans: Taking career choices out of the corporate cage
BY: LAURA ROJAS Marianne Cantwell begins her book with a comparison between humans and cattle. Standing nose-to-armpit with five hundred other commuters, she can’t help but remember graphic images of animals in factory farms; thousands crammed together in tiny cages…
These 4 offices will make you want to go to work
BY: ATLAS We’ve all heard about the Google offices. Slides in splashes of primary colours weave their way through the building, mini-golf courses wait on every mezzanine, and there’s a pinball machine or arcade game within eye’s view at all…