Claudia Olivieri

May 2, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Emily Rich |Claudia Olivieri |Marie Herr |Neeraj Sharma

I’m a little late writing this article…Which means I’ve been pondering exactly why this is an age of such discontent for quite a while. My pinpointed culprits have veered wildly because, let’s face it, there’s currently a plethora of things to be unhappy about. But as The Economist recently highlighted, unhappiness has actually been rising for a decade, long before the current perma-crisis began. So, what is driving this? It took an idle comment from my 7-year-old child to hone my focus.

Mar 2, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Mick Mahoney |Alistair Vince |Victoria Livingstone |Claudia Olivieri

What are we like in the workplace? Are we the same person after leaving the office, or do we unconsciously adapt to the context and the expectations we have to meet? If in our privacy we occasionally allow ourselves the luxury of wondering how we feel, at work we could feel under the weather and yet automatically show off the best smile as soon as we set foot in the office. A sort of automatism triggered by the environment where we spend most of our day.