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.

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.

Forget your polished CV. Forget your LinkedIn profile. The thing that really decides your next opportunity isn’t on paper. It’s the story people tell about you when you’re not in the room. That story (fair or not) is your reputation. And it walks in before you do.