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Workplace Culture

🫠 The worst role at work right now? The reliable one

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

🫠 The worst role at work right now? The reliable one

How effort has shifted from something to be admired to something to be managed.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
Work keeps getting more optimised. So why does it feel less reliable?

May 21, 2026

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2 min read

Work keeps getting more optimised. So why does it feel less reliable?

Three recent essays that fit together better than I expected.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Hiring & Talent

🤝 Hiring is getting weird again

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

🤝 Hiring is getting weird again

Hiring used to be structured and predictable. Apparently, it’s now happening in bars, airports, and the cereal aisle.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
AI is setting the people side of work on fire

May 14, 2026

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4 min read

AI is setting the people side of work on fire

What AI is doing to your people, a free guide for HR leaders this week

Insane Media
Frank Richardson
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Future of Work

🤖 Make this sound more human

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

🤖 Make this sound more human

As AI becomes normal at work, people are starting to worry less about doing good work and more about proving they did it themselves.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

⏰ The workday was built for people like me

May 7, 2026

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5 min read

⏰ The workday was built for people like me

Why the 9-5 quietly rewards morning people, and asks everyone else to do their hardest thinking at the wrong time.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
Four things I wrote that fit together better in hindsight.

May 6, 2026

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3 min read

Four things I wrote that fit together better in hindsight.

Efficiency is winning. Something else is quietly losing. Four essays on what that looks like.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Leadership

🏷️ The day you became “the quiet one”

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

🏷️ The day you became “the quiet one”

What happens after personality labels stick, and start shaping who gets what at work.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Future of Work

🎙️ When meetings become performances

Apr 23, 2026

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4 min read

🎙️ When meetings become performances

AI notes may be nudging meetings toward polish over real-time thought.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson
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