Rick and Adam are walking down the street. Rick turns to Adam and asks him: Rick: What did you get up to yesterday? Adam: Oh nothing Rick (suspiciously): Oh really, nothing? Adam: Yeah not much. Rick: That's funny because I saw you walking into the pharmacy on Dame street yesterday. Adam (nervously): Oh yeah I … Continue reading Watching the world squirm →

Frank and Fran have recently started a beginners writing course and they've received their first assignment. They take their assignment and hit the streets, asking strangers their opinions on the matter. The average Joe doesn't have much time to answer these questions, they have their own problems and places to be so they give short … Continue reading Frank & Fran →

Check out was half an hour ago and nobody has left their room yet. The effort of getting up to leave by 10am after a night out was deemed too much for the guests, plural! That's important to note because this decision was not made by an individual but by a group. Everyone saw it … Continue reading Checking out →

In a group with no assigned hierarchy the members will look to those who are willing to take responsibility to lead them. These leaders may not be the wisest or the most competent in the group but that doesn't matter. The fact that they are stepping up, attempting to solve the group's problems and pointing … Continue reading No assigned hierarchy →

You don't have to be the most senior person to speak up. You don't have to be the smartest in the group to make an assertion. All it requires is courage. The courage to risk being ridiculed. The courage to voice an opinion and potentially disagree with someone.

Kevin slipped backwards and bangs his head quite hard. He is able to answer the his friends basic questions quite easily and he stands up. Then someone nearby mentions the possibility of it being a concussion. 'A concussion?' 'Yeah, the symptoms include grogginess, headaches, memory loss' Over the next hour Kevin starts to worry about … Continue reading Kevin’s ‘concussion’ →

Did you know that there are people who don’t like Harry Potter, individuals who can’t stand JK Rowling. To me that’s amazing because I love Harry Potter, I think it is an amazing story. But there are groups of people out in the world who loath it. One of the most popular stories of modern … Continue reading Harry Potter haters →

Struggling to do creative work? Reach for your phone! Don't want to make small talk with colleagues? Reach for your phone! Bored? Reach for your phone! Phone dies. Panic wildly! And people wonder why individuals carry chargers everywhere and are always on their phone. Reaching for your phone is simply easier then having to wrestle … Continue reading Reach for your phone →

buzz, buzz That's Ron's phone vibrating, it's just received a message. Ron shouldn't read it right now but how long can he resist? One minute? Two minutes? Ron speculates whether he could get away with a subtle rapid glance but it's too risky. His thoughts turn to the borderline insane as he tries to distinguish … Continue reading Ron’s messages →

At the end of ‘Yesterday’ (the beatles movie) …  Spoiler alert! … There’s a great montage of Jack and Ellie’s ‘Today’. In the montage whilst ‘Ob la di Ob la da’ is playing, you see Jack and Ellie as teachers, you see them playing with their kids and they look very happy together.  The images … Continue reading Yesterday ending →