Sitting down to write this week, I tried to imagine what folks might want to read. And I came up fairly empty. What could anyone want to read about the modern workplace when it feels like the world is on fire? But we have to work to live. And yet many of us no longer live to work. And so now, when work might feel incidental at best, or a distraction at worst - the answer lies in remembering that distinction. Remembering to invest in and focus on our lives when we’re in them, and to do our job...

Employees have some biiiiigggg feelings about RTO mandates. And as anyone with a kid, or who’s been to therapy, knows - feelings have a way of making themselves known. The latest way those RTO feelings are making themselves known? RTO Revenge, broadly defined as when employees follow the letter of RTO law, but take whatever smallish liberties they can. People are coming in late, leaving early, and stopping by the office fridge to grab some LaCroix or some snacks on the way out. Others are...

Remember the early days of Uber? Not only was Uber better than a taxi, it was cheaper too. But every time we Ubered, or DoorDashed, or used another lifestyle app, we failed to realize that the prices were so low because those companies lost money every time we did so. They subsidized their services to hook us - which they did - and promptly raised prices. I’m not just randomly reminiscing about $10 Ubers. Two months of access to the most advanced models of ChatGPT - usually $40 - is now free...