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Jul 2, 2026

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3 min read

The trust issue

Four essays on how trust at work is breaking down. From surveillance to AI complaints to proving your work is actually yours.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

⚽ Everyone's an expert after the whistle

Why every failed project suddenly creates a room full of strategic geniuses.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 25, 2026

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2 min read

The manager role has changed. Nobody updated the job description.

Four essays on what managing people has become, and what it costs the people doing it.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 24, 2026

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5 min read

🛋️ Manager or therapist?

How managers became the default support system for everything from burnout to breakups

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

Four essays on why motivation is getting harder

The reliable employee, the gamified dashboard, the anxious manager, and a trillionaire. They all connect.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 17, 2026

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5 min read

💰 Musk’s trillion-dollar motivation problem

What happens when success becomes so extreme that it stops feeling motivational?

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

😬 What if micromanagement is actually anxiety?

We tend to blame ego, control, or trust issues, but the psychology might be a little more complicated.

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

Jun 9, 2026

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4 min read

🎮 When work turns into a game

How dashboards, streaks, and “visibility” are reshaping what people care about

Frank Richardson
Frank Richardson

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

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
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