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Oliver Buchannon
Frank Richardson

What if we're getting performance wrong?

What if we're getting performance wrong?

Overconfidence, talent myths, a biased workday, and hindsight. All connected.

Jul 13, 2026

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3 min read

The say/do problem

The say/do problem

Four essays on the distance between what organisations stand for and what actually happens to the people inside them.

Jul 9, 2026

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2 min read

🤖 Is AI becoming your favourite colleague?

🤖 Is AI becoming your favourite colleague?

New research suggests more employees are turning to AI for advice, brainstorming and even companionship. But at what cost?

Jul 8, 2026

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5 min read

The trust issue

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.

Jul 2, 2026

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3 min read

⚽ Everyone's an expert after the whistle

⚽ Everyone's an expert after the whistle

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

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

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

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.

Jun 25, 2026

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2 min read

🛋️ Manager or therapist?

🛋️ Manager or therapist?

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

Jun 24, 2026

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5 min read

Four essays on why motivation is getting harder

Four essays on why motivation is getting harder

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

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

💰 Musk’s trillion-dollar motivation problem

💰 Musk’s trillion-dollar motivation problem

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

Jun 17, 2026

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5 min read

😬 What if micromanagement is actually anxiety?

😬 What if micromanagement is actually anxiety?

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

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

🎮 When work turns into a game

🎮 When work turns into a game

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

Jun 9, 2026

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4 min read

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

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

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

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

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

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

Three recent essays that fit together better than I expected.

May 21, 2026

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2 min read

🤝 Hiring is getting weird again

🤝 Hiring is getting weird again

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

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

AI is setting the people side of work on fire

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

May 14, 2026

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4 min read

🤖 Make this sound more human

🤖 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.

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

⏰ The workday was built for people like me

⏰ 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.

May 7, 2026

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5 min read

Four things I wrote that fit together better in hindsight.

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.

May 6, 2026

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3 min read

🏷️ The day you became “the quiet one”

🏷️ The day you became “the quiet one”

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

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

🎙️ When meetings become performances

🎙️ When meetings become performances

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

Apr 23, 2026

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4 min read

🐶 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

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