Tom Whiteley

Oct 10, 2024 | comedy.co.uk | Tom Whiteley

Tom Whiteley is the editor of satirical news publication The Daily Mash. As their new book is published, he discusses the ethos of the website and how class is at the roots of so much great British comedy. In the 1960s, there was a stand-up called Mort Sahl. An inspiration to everyone from Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor, Sahl had no slick routine. Instead he had a newspaper. He'd walk onto stage, sit on a spotlit stool, and begin flicking through it.

Dec 8, 2023 | medium.com | Tom Whiteley

We are told that we need to give our employees autonomy. We are told that we are motivated by autonomy. But so often it fails to yield effective results for the organisation, and leads to frustration for the employee. Here are the 3 things you need to do to make it work. Dan Pink wrote in “Drive” about how knowledge workers are motivated by autonomy, mastery and purpose. Many of us crave autonomy, we want the freedom to determine how we go about our job.