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Oct 5, 2026
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15 min read
7 Orks - 1 Torch
Sep 29, 2026
13 min read
Boo!
Sep 21, 2026
16 min read
Eyeroll
Sep 15, 2026
Analysis of the hogwash - i.e. the August Labor Report - pun intended in the title.
Sep 14, 2026
Six stories about people being moved without anybody asking them first, and the one day on the calendar when somebody has to.
Sep 8, 2026
Every story in this issue is about a number somebody would rather you did not have - don't worry - I did the counting.
Aug 31, 2026
I am only happy when it rains....
Aug 27, 2026
12 min read
The half where the truth lives.
Aug 21, 2026
18 min read
Yeah
Aug 14, 2026
7 min read
He wrote a manifesto. I wrote a receipt.
Aug 10, 2026
20 min read
This issue's theme song "Killing in the Name" — Rage Against the Machine 1992. Four young men from Los Angeles built an entire career out of refusing to do what they were told, and then a generation of middle managers put it on during their commute. The soundtrack got heavier this issue because the news did. Every story has its own track. Build the playlist as you scroll. I say we need to VOTE IN THE NAME OFF!
Aug 3, 2026
22 min read
I said I was done. I asked who else was. 135 comments later, here is what my network reported was broken — counted, sorted, and handed back to LinkedIn.
Jul 27, 2026
11 min read
People & Progress Report - The half where the truth lives.
Jul 21, 2026
10 min read
People & Progress ReportThe half where the truth lives.Welcome back. This week there's a song playing everywhere — rosé, out-of-offices, "circling back in September." HR doesn't get that song. This issue is about the people who carry the worst days of everyone else's lives, who's holding them while they do it, and what I'm doing with all of it now.
Jul 13, 2026
9 min read
The Part Nobody at the Top Wants to Say Out Loud
Jul 6, 2026
A mid year reckoning - who's building this, who profits and who pays.......
Jun 26, 2026
Receipts, fireworks, and a hard look who got torched at work this month
Jun 19, 2026
5 min read
Don't believe the hype — your CFO doesn't either.
Jun 12, 2026
6 min read
On the week's most ridiculous work news, the burnout nobody is pricing in, and the one good idea I have left.
Jun 3, 2026
The slogan was never about the country. It was about the men. And the numbers finally caught up with them.
May 28, 2026
How Not to Be a Frog in a Slow Boil
May 20, 2026
The mediocre middle is being preyed on, not promoted & Lie, deny, deflect, divide, cheat, steal. The 2026 playbook, now named.
May 6, 2026
17 min read
(And Why HR Just Took Over the Whole Damn Tech Stack)
Apr 27, 2026
14 min read
Suffrage is a bridge - it empowers the marginalized, unites diverse groups and fosters a sense of purpose again and again.
Apr 9, 2026
Issue 01: Real talk on AI, work, and what nobody's saying out loud
