Staff strip naked to improve morale - Telegraph »
Posted By gamahuche 4 months, 1 week ago in Health & FitnessStaff at a design and marketing company in Newcastle spent a day working together naked after being told it would improve their morale. David Taylor, a business psychologist, told workers at design and marketing onebestway, in Newcastle upon Tyne, that a Naked Friday idea would boost their team spirit.
He was called in to help the firm after six staff members were forced into taking redundancies at the start of the credit crunch.
Mr Taylor told them that, by stripping off their clothes, staff could also strip away inhibitions and talk to each other more openly and honestly.
He said: "Inviting an organisation to go naked is the most extreme technique I've used. It may seem weird but it works. It's the ultimate expression of trust in yourself and each other."
Despite some initial reluctance, nearly all the staff took off all their clothes – except for one man, who wore a posing pouch, and one of two female workers, who kept on black underwear.
Sam Jackson, 23, the house manager, was the only woman to go fully naked. She said: "It was brilliant. Now that we've seen each other naked, there are no barriers.
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"I would rather be a square peg than fit in a pigeon hole" -
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gamahuche4 months, 1 week ago
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I wasn't share in what category to post this story.. I liked the final comment by 'the only woman to go fully naked': "It was brilliant. Now that we've seen each other naked, there are no barriers."
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Natureboy4 months, 1 week ago
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I don't know what offices you've worked in. I've worked in a few. This could be scary.
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Do you really want a good look at the naughty bits of your 300 pound coworker with questionably hygeine? Or howzabout 75 year-old Ms. Grizzle, the receptionist? Hooters are not so hot when they dangle at the waistline. -
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mhudgens4 months, 1 week ago
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I do not really agree about being naked at all. I just think the thought behind was quite interesting. I think we should take that to a higher perspective that it was an invitation to become more honest and trustworthy as well as trusting to the people we deal with. After all, we get to spend more time ... Read Morewith them at work (unless you work at home) than we spend with our families. So if we are more honest with our dealings with them, more naked(not literally) sincere with our dealings, we'll have a better working environment. If we're more open to suggestions, to changes, more liberal in a way, then things will get better and things will get done faster.
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The drawback I can think of though is when they can't seem to focus at the task at hand because of the view ahead. haha -
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Bacalao4 months, 1 week ago
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i love it there is an article for tho opposite mind set here. http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/07/02/public-s...
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rimbaud4 months ago
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No more wanking at work...
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gamahuche4 months ago
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Shh!!!
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You woke up a sleeping sock-puppet!
maroon_tide28 is perhaps suffering from the sudden onset of an overdue period.
But so far, 7.44 a.m. CET, with the story just over an hour from closing on the front page, no one has yet negged any comments.
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