NEWCASTLE, England, July 2 (UPI) -- A British business consultant said he was able to improve a firm's productivity by convincing office staff to work for one day in the nude.

David Taylor, a self-proclaimed "business psychologist," said he was called in to help onebestway, a design and marketing company in Newcastle, England, after the company began losing money and had to fire six workers this spring, The Sun reported Thursday.

"Inviting an organization to go naked is the most extreme technique I've used," Taylor said. "It may seem weird but it works. It's the ultimate expression of trust in yourself and each other."

Managing Director Mike Owen, 40, and his employees said the company has vastly improved since the experiment, which was filmed for cable channel Virgin 1's July 9 special, "Naked Office."

"We're either brave or mad. But I did tell everyone they didn't have to do it -- only if it felt right," Owen said. "As a creative company, we persuade our clients to be brave, and this was about taking on some of the braveness ourselves."

The employees eased in to the challenge, performing tasks such as photocopying parts of their bodies and drawing a nude model. On the big day, all but three went naked, while one man wore a posing pouch and two women drew the line at black underwear.

That left Sam Jackson, 23, as the only woman to take it all off.

"It was brilliant," she said. "Now that we've seen each other naked, there are no barriers."

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In the buff: The workers at onebestway took a week to steel their nerves for Naked Friday.





Not ashamed: Sam Jackson said she felt 'totally comfortable'

I'd do it especially if i got a waxing allowance.

<------- likes being nude

I hope they disinfected the office afterwards. Just the thought of naked ass, balls, etc... on leather. Oh goodness.

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Lord, I hope those people showered real good.

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That's freaking disgusting, I would never participate in such tomfoolery.

Two thumbs down, one can only imagine what that office smells like. No ma'am.

WTF?!

I hope they got a bonus on their paychecks for that...cause I'm sure some of them saw shit that they did NOT want to see.

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Some ideas are best left as that - an idea. I do not need to see Bob from Accounting and his wrinkled balls while trying to use the fax machine.

Ew...

and at the end of the day, I would've been like "everyone get out! since I cannot disinfect everything, I have to blow this bad boy up! Tomorrow, the office will be in the parking lot across the street."

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I wonder if this would have been suggested if this office had hunky hot black guys and young perky busted white women (the total opposite of what I see here)?

I would have done it as well... I'm a naked person... Dang!