Why does everyone hate work meetings? We take the hatred and meeting fatigue for granted, don’t we? It’s the basis of half the workplace memes on Instagram and three-quarters of the jokes in any decent office sitcom. The mere utterance
Rethinking Workplace Productivity: The Ingenuity-to-Bullshit Ratio
I have long loved the phrase “ratio of ingenuity to bullshit” but for the life of me couldn’t recall where I first heard it. Then, the other day, I found the source where, I am quite certain, I first became
How To Look Strategic When You’re Crying in the Breakroom
There are days when you’re absolutely crushing it – deftly navigating a complex leadership conversation, adjusting your people strategy on the fly, making decisions with clarity and confidence. And then there are days when you close your office door and
Help Wanted: A Review
HR folks spend their days navigating sexy stuff like organizational policies, metrics, performance reviews and trying to understand AI. But what they should do – and the “care of whom” where they should focus their time – is people. I
