Will we ever get “woke” about workplace mental health issues?
One of the big problems is that concepts most of us think of us “mental health,” execs think of as “how work gets done.” Continue Reading
We don’t care at all about onboarding, broadly. What could go wrong?
Onboarding should be a transformative experience of entering a new culture, team, etc. Instead it’s mostly transactional bullshit. Continue Reading
The thing is … re-training programs don’t really work that well…
It’s often framed up as the “answer” to automation concerns, but the problem is that the programs don’t really have positive results. Continue Reading
The last thing HR needs is more buzzwords. Hello, “belonging.”
Often, the problem with D&I initiatives is that we create a lot of buzzwords and jargon, and executives don’t “get” it, so they eventually ignore it. Continue Reading
Let’s tape a podcast in 2020 about your journey into adulthood
I’m looking for some people who want to spend a half-hour or so discussing life in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. The evolution of adulthood! Continue Reading
My top 10 posts of 2019
Four were about workplace issues, three were about sex, and one happened to be about true crime. That all checks out. Continue Reading
Work burnout sucks, yes. It’s not a “crisis,” though.
Typically for something to be a “crisis,” people need to care about it. In work contexts, burnout is often EXPECTED as “the one true path.” Continue Reading
Being broke at the holidays is fucking tedious
Having no money sucks broadly, but it sucks more at the holidays. I’ve experienced this in both 2017 and 2019. Here’s a path around it! Continue Reading