Articles
Thoughts on leadership, competence, organisational culture and the future of work
Organisational Culture
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When Ideology Replaces Competence: Why Organisations Fail when Belief Matters More Than Performance
The Slow Drift from Excellence to Ideology Every successful organisation begins with a simple purpose. It exists to achieve an outcome. Businesses generate value for customers. Hospitals restore health. Schools educate. Armed…
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Bullshit Collapse
Why Failure Always Looks Sudden Every organisational collapse is described the same way. “No one saw it coming.”“It happened so fast.”“Everything was fine until it wasn’t.” That story is comforting. It suggests…
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Bullshit Endurance
How Organisations Learn to Live With Dysfunction Organisations rarely fail when the first things go wrong. They fail much later, after they’ve learned how to live with things being wrong. That is…
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The Bullshit Premium
Why Talking Well Now Pays Better Than Doing Well There was a time when competence was the currency. You learned how things worked.Understood failure modes.Earned trust because, when things went wrong, you…
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When Talking the Job Became More Valuable Than Doing It?
There was a time when competence was obvious. Now, talking the job has become almost as important as doing it. You could see it in how someone approached a problem. In how…
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Employee Happiness & Engagement Crisis
The Employee Happiness & Engagement Crisis: Why Leaders Must Act Now Employee engagement has always been one of those subjects that slips between the cracks. Everyone knows it matters. Everyone agrees that…
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Email Etiquette
Understanding Email Etiquette is crucial to avoid common pitfalls that may lead to HR issues. In the modern workplace, email etiquette is an indispensable skill. It facilitates communication, documents decisions, and connects…
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Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement in Modern Adult Education for Offshore working environments and why B.F. Skinners’ Reinforcement Theory and Foucault’s Panopticon effect are essential but challenging. Introduction Learning is a multifaceted process that has been…
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Mushroom Management
Mushroom management is maybe a term not so often used. However, most working people would have complained about having “Been treated like a mushroom” at least once in their career. So I…
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Nepotism in the Workplace
I would imagine Nepotism in the workplace is something everyone in the workforce has seen first-hand. Some have heard of it happening. You may have even been a victim of it. That…
