Most organisations now have some form of wellbeing initiative. Stress management workshops. Resilience training. Mental health awareness days. Flexible working policies. These are not bad things. But they tend to operate at a relatively low…
Date Archives February 2026
Wellbeing and the Attention Economy
Wellbeing at Work Isn’t About Stress. It’s About Attention. Most workplace wellbeing conversations start in the same place: stress, burnout, resilience, and coping strategies. Organisations introduce support programmes, mindfulness apps, mental health days, and manager…
Work Reality Isn’t Pretty
If you read most articles on motivation at work, the story is clear and appealing. Give people autonomy, mastery, and purpose.Treat them fairly.Create meaningful work. Do that, and people will be motivated. They will care…
The Wellbeing Question We Never Really Answer
When people are asked to rate their life on a scale from 0 to 10 — from the worst possible life to the best possible life — we tend to assume something obvious: That people…
If Half of the UK Is Thriving, Why Is Only 10% Engaged at Work?
UK data presents a clear contradiction: 49% of people are thriving in life, yet only 10% are engaged at work. Given that work consumes over half of our waking hours, this appears illogical.
The most common explanation is that people tolerate work and source their wellbeing elsewhere — through relationships, family, hobbies, purpose, and positive emotion outside the workplace.
However, a deeper issue sits underneath the data.