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workplace

🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

Jan 15, 2026

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8 min read

🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

Why optimism bias, planning fallacy, and reality collide by week two.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

workplace

🤔 Did you go back to work, or become someone else?

Jan 8, 2026

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8 min read

🤔 Did you go back to work, or become someone else?

The quiet identity shift that makes returning to work feel harder than expected.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

workplace

🤨 If Tom went on leave, would your team survive?

Dec 18, 2025

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9 min read

🤨 If Tom went on leave, would your team survive?

How capable employees end up carrying entire organisations and why that should worry leaders.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

hiring

💬 Is how you hire more important than who you hire?

Dec 11, 2025

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9 min read

💬 Is how you hire more important than who you hire?

What candidates learn about your culture from job ads, interviews, silence and the way you say “no”.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

workplace

🤨 Why you’re not as good at your job as you may think

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

🤨 Why you’re not as good at your job as you may think

An uncomfortable look at the psychology of overconfidence and why so many people feel sure long before they’re accurate.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

hiring

✨Director of vibes✨ Is not a job title

Nov 25, 2025

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10 min read

✨Director of vibes✨ Is not a job title

A behavioural-science take on why job titles keep getting stranger and how leaders can restore meaning

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
ICYMI five stories about what work feels like right now

Nov 20, 2025

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6 min read

ICYMI five stories about what work feels like right now

Layoffs, leadership, humour, conflict and the culture signals we often miss.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

layoffs

✂️ Layoffs are hard. Condé Nast made them harder.

Nov 19, 2025

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8 min read

✂️ Layoffs are hard. Condé Nast made them harder.

What the Condé Nast blowup shows about fear, silence and the damage caused when leaders avoid hard conversations

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
📣 What Mamdani’s win says about the boss people actually want

Nov 13, 2025

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9 min read

📣 What Mamdani’s win says about the boss people actually want

His grassroots campaign wasn’t just political, it’s a case study in how belonging beats authority at work

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

workplace

🚪Knock knock. Who’s there? Another leadership trend

Nov 6, 2025

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9 min read

🚪Knock knock. Who’s there? Another leadership trend

Corporate humour is having a moment, but we all know culture isn’t built on dad jokes... it’s built on trust, timing, and self-awareness.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
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