I remember interviewing someone for a job years ago who saw a copy of The Economist sitting on a table in my office.
The candidate said, "You read The Economist, huh?"
Yes, I read a lot of magazines, I replied.
"I don't like The Economist," said the interviewee, "They hate whales."
Uhh... OK.
At least now we know they like dogs
There are plenty of studies which show that dogs act as social catalysts, helping their owners forge intimate, long-term relationships with other people. But does that apply in the workplace? Christopher Honts and his colleagues at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant were surprised to find that there was not much research on this question, and decided to put that right. They wondered in particular if the mere presence of a canine in the office might make people collaborate more effectively. And, as they told a meeting of the International Society for Human Ethology in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 2nd, they found that it could.
Read the entire tail tale at www.economist.com
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