Over the past few years, a quiet revolution has been reshaping the corporate landscape. Once, organisations were built like pyramids, with solid bases of frontline employees, multiple layers of middle management, and a handful of executives at the top. Today, that pyramid is shrinking. Companies are stripping out layers of management in what has been…
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How ‘Fragments of Knowing’ Secretly Shape Your Reality
Fragments of Knowing Think about how many headlines you see every single day. You scroll through endless feeds, you catch news alerts on your phone, you overhear snippets of podcasts. Each one feels like a little piece of the puzzle, right? A tiny fragment of a much bigger picture. But what if all those scattered…
Weaponising Woke
Weaponising Woke: How the Left Turned Awareness into Ideological Enforcement The term ‘woke’ originally signified a call to awareness, an alertness to injustice, especially racial injustice. However, in recent years, critics claim that the political left has turned this once-noble ideal into a tool of ideological enforcement, social control, and cultural dominance. This process, often…
Leaders and Managers
A Leader Does Not Need to Be a Manager, but a Manager Needs to Be a Leader In the dynamic world of business, the terms leaders and managers are often used interchangeably. However, they represent distinct roles with unique responsibilities and skill sets. While a leader does not necessarily need to be a manager, a…
UK Streets are littered with Tax Bills
What do I mean by the “UK streets are littered with tax bills?” Last week we looked at the obvious taxes around income and the cost of living. This was written hoping that the people planning to come to the UK thinking going from zero to hero will be easy are made aware that it…
Military Mindset
Soon we stand to see the demise of another Conservative Prime minister in the UK. With the race for a new PM fully underway. One person I would like to see step up is Ben Wallace due to his military background and military mindset, and I firmly believe that’s what this country needs right now….
Fake it, Till you Make It
Fake it till you make it !!! This was never a term used when I was job hunting. In the 2000s when I left the military and was looking for my next career. The closest we ever came to this was rehearsing “buzz” words that we, as veterans, would try and drop into the interview…
It’s Lonely at the Top
Most of you will have heard the phrase “It’s lonely at the top”. But how many of you have considered if it is true or what it actually means? Some people will argue that leaders’ loneliness is due to self-imposed isolation. The higher you climb the corporate ladder, the more sparse the trusted relationships. Sometimes,…
Natural Born Leaders?
Natural born leaders, do they exist, or can they be made? Is this the only way to leadership, or can they be made? I am of the opinion that people are born with the ability to lead. Some will naturally grow and demonstrate their ability to lead, but others will need that extra push and…
Carrot and Stick
The Carrot and Stick feature image for this post is “Europe 1916” by Boardman Robinson. Anti-war cartoon depicting Death enticing an emaciated donkey towards a precipice with a carrot labelled “Victory.” The whole “carrot and stick” narrative is intergenerational and will never end. We have all heard our grandparents talk about “the youth of today”…