Did COVID maybe create a Roman Colosseum / Fight Club context in white-collar work?
Cost-cutting is normative in white-collar. Loyalty is spoken of, but largely dead. And COVID has created confusion. Are we all brawling now? Continue Reading
The COVID-19 golden parachute index
When your stock drops to 14 cents for trading, I’m not sure you just justified a $6M trigger for yourself bonus-wise. But many get it. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 58: “A lot of people inside companies know the execs are full of shit”
Is the “clarion call” of successful adulthood knowing how to be honest with yourself, your co-workers, your family, and your friends? Continue Reading
It’s a “belief-driven” world, not a “data-driven” one, fam
It’s not nearly as “data-driven” a world as we claim it is, but rather one constructed on beliefs, assumptions, and confirmation bias. We’re all guilty. Continue Reading
Doesn’t it feel like we need to have tiers for Cancel Culture?
Some people deserve to be cancelled for their actions and ideas. But our rush to perpetual judgement is removing our ability to discuss big issues. Continue Reading
What should you do when people cry at work?
The key word with all these things is “pause” or “patience,” although not everyone understands that — and virtually everyone cries at work. Continue Reading
The Year of #Karen
We want the whole #Karen movement to be a rising up against entitlement, but a lot of times it’s not that at all. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 57: The Etsy of career coaching
At a time when mentorship and traditional management both seem to be in decline, what can we do about career arcs? Continue Reading