Workplace Culture

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

Sep 28, 2026

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5 min read

Why does everyone hate their job?

Part 2: The problem is the blueprint

Clif P Lewis

Sep 23, 2026

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4 min read

The 120-hour Workweek

Flexible Working Hours. The hours are flexible, the expectation to respond is less so.

Shaida Darian

Sep 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Silent Killer

What constant stimulation is quietly doing to the way we work.

Shaida Darian

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

🎁 The cost of caring

The behavioural science behind why employees stop going above and beyond.

Frank Richardson

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

🥐 Why do we care about Google's free breakfast?

Why workplace perks shape our impression of company culture.

Frank Richardson

Jul 8, 2026

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5 min read

🤖 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?

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

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

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

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

Apr 16, 2026

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4 min read

🐶 The office dog effect

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

Frank Richardson

Apr 2, 2026

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8 min read

🌍 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.

Frank Richardson

Mar 27, 2026

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9 min read

😬 What if you just don’t like them?

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

Frank Richardson

Mar 19, 2026

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9 min read

🧠 AI brain fry may be the cost of efficiency

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

Frank Richardson

Mar 5, 2026

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8 min read

👶 When the nepo baby lands in your Org chart

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

Frank Richardson

Feb 19, 2026

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8 min read

🥈 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

Feb 12, 2026

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9 min read

🏈 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

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

🎤 The Grammys problem, now playing at work

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

Frank Richardson

Jan 29, 2026

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8 min read

🪞 Is ‘talent density’ substance or smoke?

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

Frank Richardson

Jan 22, 2026

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8 min read

🏖️ 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

Jan 15, 2026

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8 min read

🎯 Your January goals were great... in theory

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

Frank Richardson

Jan 8, 2026

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8 min read

🤔 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

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

🤨 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

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

Nov 19, 2025

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8 min read

✂️ 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