Workplace Culture

The shared norms, behaviours, and emotional experience of work. How it feels to be inside an organisation day to day.

Workplace Culture

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

Feb 19, 2026

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

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

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

🏈 Was the Super Bowl more inclusive than your workplace?

Feb 12, 2026

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🏈 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.

Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

🎤 The Grammys problem, now playing at work

Feb 5, 2026

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🎤 The Grammys problem, now playing at work

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

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

🪞 Is ‘talent density’ substance or smoke?

Jan 29, 2026

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🪞 Is ‘talent density’ substance or smoke?

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

Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

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

Jan 22, 2026

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🏖️ 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.

Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

Jan 15, 2026

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🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

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

Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

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

Jan 8, 2026

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🤔 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

Work Design & Careers

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

Dec 4, 2025

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🤨 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

Work Design & Careers

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

Workplace Culture

✂️ Layoffs are hard. Condé Nast made them harder.

Nov 19, 2025

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✂️ 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

Workplace Culture

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

Nov 13, 2025

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📣 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

Workplace Culture

👑 The Prince Andrew problem: why we protect toxic power

Oct 30, 2025

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👑 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.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

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

Oct 22, 2025

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😒 “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.

Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

🍸 Workplace Drinking: The hidden productivity killer

Oct 16, 2025

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🍸 Workplace Drinking: The hidden productivity killer

A new report says one in three employees has called in sick after work drinks. Maybe the real hangover is cultural.

Frank Richardson

Work Design & Careers

⚽ The cure for burnout? Apparently, It’s office soccer

Oct 9, 2025

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⚽ The cure for burnout? Apparently, It’s office soccer

A new survey claims that company soccer teams boost morale and reduce sick days. But is sport really the fix for workplace culture, or just another HR placebo?

Frank Richardson

Future of Work

👀 When your boss reads your tweets: The new era of workplace surveillance

Sep 25, 2025

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👀 When your boss reads your tweets: The new era of workplace surveillance

After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, US firms are policing workers’ social media, raising fresh questions about privacy, trust, and free speech.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

The six day hustle: Silicon valley’s dirty little secret

Sep 18, 2025

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The six day hustle: Silicon valley’s dirty little secret

Startups in San Francisco are quietly adopting the notorious “996” grind: nine to nine, six days a week. It looks like hustle, but it smells like burnout.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

The boss vs the activist: Employee dissent on the clock

Sep 4, 2025

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The boss vs the activist: Employee dissent on the clock

Companies are cracking down on workplace protests. But silencing the voice of employees risks trust, culture, and talent.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Micro-irritations, major workplace fallout

Aug 28, 2025

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Micro-irritations, major workplace fallout

Why tiny slights and everyday incivility are landing in tribunals

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Aug 14, 2025

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8 min read

AT&T killed the workplace fairy tale

A leaked CEO memo says loyalty is dead. But was the “we’re a family” act ever anything more than corporate fan fiction?

Frank Richardson

Future of Work

🥂 Wellness for the well-off: How the soft life became a class divide at work

Aug 7, 2025

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🥂 Wellness for the well-off: How the soft life became a class divide at work

Flexible work, mental health leave, wellness apps: who actually gets to use them?

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Caught on camera: When CEOs blur the lines

Jul 24, 2025

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Caught on camera: When CEOs blur the lines

The Coldplay kiss cam moment that turned into an HR crisis - and what it says about leadership, trust, and workplace culture

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Why the “real-life Michael Scott” is the boss we all want

Jul 10, 2025

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Why the “real-life Michael Scott” is the boss we all want

What TikTok’s favourite boss reveals about trust, vulnerability and the power of imperfect leadership.

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

Resenteeism at work: When eye rolls replace resignations

Jun 18, 2025

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Resenteeism at work: When eye rolls replace resignations

How rising workplace resentment is quietly undermining culture, performance and HR retention efforts in 2025

Frank Richardson

Workplace Culture

🥊 When titans clash: What CEO feuds reveal about ego, identity & culture

Jun 12, 2025

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🥊 When titans clash: What CEO feuds reveal about ego, identity & culture

Musk’s spat with Trump is peak drama. But there’s a deeper question for HR: what happens to culture when a leader's ego becomes the brand?

Frank Richardson