We’ve all seen it. A well-intentioned, talented, motivated employee slowly ground down by an inflexible process that was last updated during the Bush administration. (The first one.) They’re not underperforming. They’re trying to navigate an obstacle course built out of
The Reluctant Entrepreneur
LinkedIn is full of them. The Entrepreneur. Capital E. The one who posts three times a day about hustle culture, scaling secrets, and how they doubled revenue while meditating in a cold plunge. The one who’s launching a new business
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
The HR Initiative “Ick” Factor
Somewhere along the way, “initiative” became HR’s go-to label for… well, everything. We launch employee engagement initiatives, diversity initiatives, wellness initiatives, retention initiatives – all in the hopes of signaling importance, urgency, and forward momentum. But if you’re anything like
