August 22, 2011
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Olswang, a law firm in London, is keeping bees in its courtyard to inspire its workers to work hard and cooperate with each other (London offices offered bee hives to ‘boost work morale’). Apart from the obvious thought that lawyers might be better off keeping packs of hyenas, Guru is blown away by this innovative idea, which is being suggested to businesses across London by InMidtown (if you want a concise definition of what InMidtown is you’ll have to find it yourself).
With all those busy, busy bees around there can be no doubt that the workers will start to work harder and better than ever. The major difficulty with such a powerful psychological technique is preventing workers from fully turning into bees, at which point law firms would find it difficult to maintain their traditional revenue streams and would be limited, almost solely, to the making of honey. To prevent this happening, Guru suggests law firms keep small communities of people in their courtyards, to mitigate against the powerful effect of quite regularly seeing bees.
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