Essays
554 posts
Society
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Gaslighting at work
If your boss is questioning your wellbeing, maybe they're a reality-denying asshole with a gaslighting problem?
How to craft your value proposition
When you have a clear value proposition you show up with confidence and intention. You attract better clients, do better work, and achieve better results.
Grief, family and temporary communities
Do we all need our own Fight Club, to navigate the insanity of life, death and dysfunction?
Work
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Why I'll never have a job again
Don't be fooled into thinking your job is secure: the risk is just hiding.
Events
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Local Government Professionals NSW LGC23, Sydney, May 2023
Alicia McKay is the MC and headline speaker for the LGPro NSW conference.
Knitting
Six terrific books to add to your pile, a reflection on why you're probably a disproportionate asshole in your relationships and a hopeful note on AI in a late-capitalist wasteland.
Society
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Are you on the right side of history?
On staying humble in our moral conviction, given what historical assholes we probably all are.
Work
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10 questions to boost your professional credibility
Bad questions make you look stupid. Good questions make you look smart. Killer questions make you look strategic.
Saving time
This week's Friday Flurry goes deep on Jenny Odell's new book, and gets a bit meta. What is time, what is it for, and how healthy is your relationship with it? Is that your fault? (Spoiler: no.)
Guilt, fashion and general dread
If you're a worrier who feels weird about fashion, you're not alone.
Remember who it's all for
If you waste your effort appealing to the wrong people, you won't connect with the people who matter most.
Strategy
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8 things people get wrong about strategy
Here's 8 myths about strategy - and how to do better.
Work
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You aren't uniquely shameful, problematic, or lazy.
If you're guilty about how you're spending your time, or worried you might be a terrible person deep down... don't panic.
Society
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Stop being so damn nice
7 reasons why being polite/nice is a terrible idea, including inequality, inauthenticity and... being boring.
Society
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Why women are so bloody exhausted right now
Men - read this to find out why the vaccuum cleaner is always out.
Change
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It's never too late to start something new
If you're telling yourself you've left it too late, or you're risking too much to start again, you should stop that immediately.