Doing good work and being a smart person isn't enough.
There are relationships to get across, favours to trade - and money available - once you know how things are really done. There's a whisper network of useful connections who can grease your wheels or bog you down.
If you don't know about it, you can't change it, and you won't get bugger all done.
Merry Christmas,
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Alicia McKay
🎄 About 24 Days of Unpopular Opinions
This December, I'm calling bullshit, to keep you sane over the silly season. Over 24 days, I'll share 24 unpopular opinions - like an advent calendar, but filled with controversy instead of chocolate. Share widely to whoever else needs this.
Catch up on unpopular opinions you might have missed:
December 1: You don't have a strategy
December 2: CEOs are tiny babies
December 3: Women should be ugly and mean
December 4: Leaders are dry drunks
December 5: Conspiracy theorists are right
December 6: We should tell people to shut up
December 7: We should lose our Internet privileges
December 8: Self-help is a con
