Ok, this is only half serious but I think there might be an important point here.

Supporters of religion always say one of the great things about religion is that people come together and sing, and that their singing binds them in something special. The same is said of national anthems: they glue otherwise disparate states, counties and regions together through the power of song. And of course, no Saturday afternoon is complete without the tribal singing that emanates from the terraces of football pitches.

Sooooo, why aren’t more businesses using song as a way of further deepening the psychological contract that exists between employer and employee? Is singing the next step in employee engagement? The Couraud team spent six and half hours at karaoke one night this week.

In an age of post-modern relativism, does the stonking, certain power of a good Whitney Houston ballad, or a rousing rendition of Come On Eileen, serve to help people find their identity, and to make their work and their colleagues part of that identity?

Or do people just like to have a damn good sing song when they’re hammered?