Never mind classical music, here’s the CEO
WHEN you think of top City bosses, you might associate them with the high-brow things in life. Fine wines, theatre and Radio 3. Well, according to a study published by tech site Plos One, that’s all a farce.
Establishment bosses love nothing more than moshing out to the Sex Pistols and Guns n’ Roses.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge found that “systemisers” – those who think analytically and like identifying patterns – prefer intense, complicated music types, opting for songs such as Metallica’s Enter Sandman or the Prodigy’s Omen.
By contrast, people who have an empathetic way of thinking are more likely to chose mellow, low-energy types of music, such as R&B softer rock and acoustic pieces. Does that mean chiefs and older city boys are pretending to like classical music to look fancy? Resident City rocker and senior PwC adviser Andrew Sentance told The Capitalist he didn’t find it surprising.
Sentance said: “It’s a generational thing. Back in the day you might have found more executives enjoying opera, but our generation grew up with rock music. All the senior economists and City people I know love rock.”
As the City is brimming with analytical minds, we’ve compiled a Spotify playlist for you to listen to while you slave away. Head to cityam.com/spotifylist and get your mosh on while you work.
Paradise City anyone?
▀ Do you find that, in those moments between charging your phone at night and keeping it plugged into the office desktop, it just keeps dying? If you need some extra juice for the bus ride home, Canary Wharf’s new benches may fix the problem. Canary Wharf Group is teaming up with tech company Strawberry Energy to bring solar powered, battery-charging benches to the financial village. Even better, Strawberry Energy says solar power has come so far in the last few years that you can charge your phone come rain or shine. The benches, to be installed later this summer, will not only charge your phone, but also provide local area info and an emergency call button. Because clearly some people still don’t have 3G.
▀ While we’re on the subject of grey, sheltered, concrete Canary Wharf, it could really do with a fresh outlook. How about a country and western music jamboree? Well that’s what happened last night anyway. Hundreds of fans of country music apparently headed to Canada Square Park to hear No. 1 band on iTunes’ country section Ward Tomas play all your favourite ditties. Um, yee… hah!