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Why people are opting out of corporate bullshit
I only lasted four years as an employee. I loved the work I was doing (strategic planning and policy in local government) and wanted to keep doing...
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How to make hard decisions more easily
Have you got a hard choice to make? Whether it's at work or home, having tricky choices ahead weighs on you, even when you aren't actively thinking...
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Pick your path: boundaries, decisions, focus
What problems are you battling with this week? If it's one of these three things, I have some stuff that might help.
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Two questions to understand yourself differently
What would you do for free? What are your favourite household jobs? A useful reminder, in case you're doubting yourself What I'd do for free I've...
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How i developed consultants of choice (+ graphs)
The Consultants of Choice Foundation Programme development journey - in a series of graphs and pictures. After banging my head into a metaphorical...
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5 career mistakes everyone (from junior to executive) should avoid
A few years ago, I asked a group of public sector executives one simple question: “What are the biggest mistakes you've made in your career?”
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How to stop AI from stealing your job
Have you been keeping up with new AI tools like MidJourney and ChatGPT?
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Master the world’s most valuable skill
Critical thinking is the world’s most valuable skill. Unfortunately, being overworked and overwhelmed keeps people from learning how to do it. They...
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Truth is, i'm rash.
On Friday night, I went to a comedy gig in a large arena. I lasted less than 20 minutes before walking out in disgust and frustration, as the...
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The problem is never the problem
Picture this: you're frustrated with your partner. They've loaded the dishwasher wrong, again, and they've left the door wide open for you to knock...
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Use your personal compass to make tricky choices
The average person makes 17,000 decisions a day. Most of those are easy, like what to have for breakfast or what time to leave for work, but some are...
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Business planning in a recession with bright spot thinking
Earlier this week, I was working with leaders from a large corporate to set some strategic priorities. Talk quickly turned to how to survive the...
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How to care about your job again
If you've woken up today with a sense of dread about what awaits you at your desk, you're not alone. A 2019 Gallup poll found that out of the world's...
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Setting boundaries around bullsh*t
I've drawn a new boundary around my professional life: no more leadership team coaching.
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Create systems change
Have you ever started a job and had that new-starter clarity? You're baffled by all the things that don’t make sense and say annoying things in...
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Why change makes things worse before it makes things better
I recently received a request from Angela, a Wednesday Wisdom reader, to talk about the immediate impact of organisational change on productivity....
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Wear and tear
I've had a hell of a time with my house lately. After an initial few years of primarily uneventful occupation, she's turned on me in the last couple...
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Own your outcast status
How it started I left my job as a policy analyst and strategic planner in 2014. I'd been so excited by that job—for lots of reasons. I was the first...
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Boundaries, burnout, business and #bigrantenergy
I've been ranting my wee head off lately, and it's been an utter delight. I'm trying to channel that energy into pushing as much helpful goodness as...
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Don't be afraid to narrow down
Little known fact: the more specific you are about what you want, what you'll do, and what you won't do, the more likely you are to get it. When you...
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Good people and bad systems
Change is hard to talk about, because people tend to feel personally attacked. They have good reason to feel that way. When we talk about the things...
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Nail your next 8 weeks: how to keep strategy alive
In this article: How to run a great strategic check-in Free template for a 2-day strategy session Strategies are great, and 3-5 year plans are...
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3 strategic thinking skills that get you what you want
One of the most exciting modules in the naMBA curriculum is when we talk about systems. We build our problem-solving skills by drawing on the work of...