What to do before you quit your job to start a business
Before you quit your job you should know your reasons, know your numbers, and keep your connections.
Archive
Everything I've written, newest first.
566 essays
You're a person, not a brand
Hey, Sniffing Lady... DON'T GET ON THE PLANE.
Work
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3 good reasons to go consulting
People are leaving traditional employment in droves. Here's three reasons to go consulting - and how you can get it right.
Yelling into the void
Social media is an empty consumerist hellscape. Meanwhile, our connection muscles atrophy.
Change
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The joy of instability
There’s no answer. No done. No end of the road where everything falls into place. Why would you want that? To sit still, and change nothing until you die?
From here to there and back again
An unvarnished high-level explanation of my career as prompted by curious conference-goers this week
Events
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Farmright Conference, Queenstown, June 2023
Alicia McKay as keynote speaker on perspective and strategy
Strategy
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Take big bets on a vague long game
Life's not chess. Do risky stuff with lots of potential if you want a more interesting life.
Two day strategy session template
A strategy session template for leadership away days - two days, every eight weeks.
Bad books, organised books, books-in-progress
I point proudly at my bookcase like a child showing off their things on a playdate and tell you about a couple I creepily observed at a restaurant last year.
Identity
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Don't stumble over something behind you
Turns out, the biggest thing holding you back is you, and your shit. DAMN IT.
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.