Defining survivor guilt

Interestingly, years ago when I worked for a large corporate, significant organisational change came along with a new CEO, who reversed the ...

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Have you heard of the Ringelmann effect?

I was listening to a podcast last year (Agnew, 2025), and the Ringelmann effect was mentioned. My ears pricked up: a new theory! This effect...

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The shit sandwich

  (Grant, 2024)   Once upon a time, in the long, long ago when I worked in a corporate, I remember being taught about the "shit sandwic...

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Working overtime

Participant average weekly work hours (StackOverflow, 2019). Most people who work on projects will be familiar with being under the pump...

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Adulting 101

Leading others can leave us open to temptations to shortcut things which we know we shouldn't shortcut. Things which we normally would...

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Book Review: Sarah Knight

I am not usually a huge fan of self-help books. However, two great reads inhaled over the past few weeks include Sarah Knight's "...

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Behaviours that define a great work colleague

I read an interesting post that defined a great work colleague, posted on the CareerBliss website, and written by Ritika Trikha on 15 July 2...

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Developer Bob - Outsourcing Your Job

Have you heard of Developer Bob? He's the guy whose story Iain Thomson broke on 16 January 2013 in the UK's Register, reporting on...

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