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🐶 The office dog effect

🐶 The office dog effect

And what most workplace initiatives miss about stress, connection and getting through the day.

Apr 16, 2026

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4 min read

🛠️ The return of “REAL” work

🛠️ The return of “REAL” work

Why Gen Z are pushing for work they can see, feel and actually point to.

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

🌍 Business as usual is feeling weird

🌍 Business as usual is feeling weird

The world feels heavier, while work still expects the same version of you to show up, stay focused, and carry on.

Apr 2, 2026

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8 min read

😬 What if you just don’t like them?

😬 What if you just don’t like them?

The uncomfortable reality of working with people who haven’t done anything wrong.

Mar 27, 2026

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9 min read

🧠 AI brain fry may be the cost of efficiency

🧠 AI brain fry may be the cost of efficiency

Work is getting faster. So why does it feel mentally flatter?

Mar 19, 2026

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9 min read

🛏️ Is career cushioning the new job security?

🛏️ Is career cushioning the new job security?

Why employees are managing risk long before they consider resigning.

Mar 12, 2026

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9 min read

👶 When the nepo baby lands in your Org chart

👶 When the nepo baby lands in your Org chart

How one questionable hire can quietly destabilise a team’s faith in merit and fairness.

Mar 5, 2026

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8 min read

🤖 AI is flooding HR with ‘Perfect’ complaints

🤖 AI is flooding HR with ‘Perfect’ complaints

What happens when escalation becomes effortless, and judgement becomes the bottleneck.

Feb 26, 2026

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7 min read

🥈 The Olympics are proof we can’t handle “almost”

🥈 The Olympics are proof we can’t handle “almost”

What the Winter Olympics reveal about high performers, promotions and the psychology of coming second.

Feb 19, 2026

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8 min read

🏈 Was the Super Bowl more inclusive than your workplace?

🏈 Was the Super Bowl more inclusive than your workplace?

A real-world lesson from one of the biggest stages in the world on what thoughtful inclusion looks like.

Feb 12, 2026

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9 min read

🎤 The Grammys problem, now playing at work

🎤 The Grammys problem, now playing at work

What the awards season reveals about how organisations decide who “deserves” recognition.

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

🪞 Is ‘talent density’ substance or smoke?

🪞 Is ‘talent density’ substance or smoke?

Why concentrating “the best people” might cost more than leaders expect.

Jan 29, 2026

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8 min read

🏖️ Unlimited PTO is dreamy... Until you try to use it.

🏖️ Unlimited PTO is dreamy... Until you try to use it.

Reddit threads, behavioural science, and why “take what you need” often turns into taking less than ever.

Jan 22, 2026

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8 min read

🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

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

Jan 15, 2026

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8 min read

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

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

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

Jan 8, 2026

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8 min read

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

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

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

Dec 18, 2025

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9 min read

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

💬 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”.

Dec 11, 2025

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9 min read

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

🤨 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.

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

✨Director of vibes✨ Is not a job title

✨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

Nov 25, 2025

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10 min read

ICYMI five stories about what work feels like right now

ICYMI five stories about what work feels like right now

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

Nov 20, 2025

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6 min read

✂️ Layoffs are hard. Condé Nast made them harder.

✂️ 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

Nov 19, 2025

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8 min read

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

📣 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

Nov 13, 2025

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9 min read

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

🚪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.

Nov 6, 2025

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9 min read

👑 The Prince Andrew problem: why we protect toxic power

👑 The Prince Andrew problem: why we protect toxic power

Every workplace has its own “untouchable.” This is what happens when leaders protect the powerful and leave everyone else to clean up the mess.

Oct 30, 2025

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8 min read

😒 “I don’t like you”: Why Trump can say it and you can’t

😒 “I don’t like you”: Why Trump can say it and you can’t

Honesty might feel good, but professionalism keeps the peace. Here’s how to stay cool when a coworker makes you want to lose it.

Oct 22, 2025

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9 min read

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