Let’s be honest, sometimes workplaces get weird. Really weird, where restructures drop out of the sky, people disappear from the org chart overnight, teams get Frankensteined together, and suddenly the person who used to sit next to you is now posting photos of their “new chapter” on LinkedIn while you’re still at your same desk trying not to cry into a Pret sandwich. Let's explore how to handle these dynamics.

How to stop sanding down your edges and start turning friction into fuel. We all say  we value difference. We put it on posters, sprinkle it in strategy decks, and nod sagely when someone says, “We need more diversity of thought.” But let’s be real, the minute that diversity actually shows up in a meeting, things get… awkward. You know the look. Someone drops a challenging question - maybe a “why are we doing it this way?” and suddenly the energy shifts. There’s polite laught

There’s a world of difference between doing something because you have  to… and doing it because you give a damn. That’s the line between compliance  and commitment. And right now, a lot of teams are running dangerously close to the compliance edge - ticking boxes, following rules, surviving the week. They’re not bad people. They’re just tired. The Energy Leak Epidemic You can spot an energy leak from a mile away: The sigh before a meeting. The passive “yeah, sure” in chat. T

The Grit Behind the Gloss: This week's podcast is in conversation with Nash Vracas. When Nash talks about her career, it’s a real zigzag story - Olympic sport performance, then engineering, then automotive leadership. Each jump looks like a leap. But underneath it all there is the same formula: discipline + curiosity + compassion. She says, “Motivation gets you started; discipline gets you there.”And that’s the thing -motivation is mood-dependent. Discipline is identity-dep

Most careers don’t derail because people aren’t good at their jobs. They derail because no one sees  how good they are. You can be the most talented person in the room (clever, capable, relentlessly committed), but if you’re invisible to the people who make decisions, your hard work hits a ceiling. That’s the harsh truth most of us weren’t taught. We were raised on the myth that if you just keep your head down and do great work, someone will notice. They won’t. The Career Fly

Being brilliant in the present is the most underrated career move you can make. Last week’s chat with Declan Allen left my brain fizzing. You know when someone drops a truth so simple it almost sounds obvious, but you can feel it rearranging things in your head? That was one of those moments. Declan said, “You don’t get noticed for saying you want to lead. You get noticed for getting things done.” And honestly, I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Because that one sentence ca

You know that phrase, “living the dream”? Well, today’s guest, Declan Allen, Managing Director at HORIBA MIRA, would happily never hear...

We live in a world of quick fixes. “How to nail presentations in 3 minutes.” “How to learn Spanish in a week.” Scroll, click, binge, forget. The truth? Those “How To” hacks rarely work. They give you the sugar rush of “I’ve learned something new” but by tomorrow, most of it’s gone.

Imagine this. You’ve just been given some brutal feedback. It stings. Your eyes well up. The tears come. And in that moment, your boss...