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Keyboard Jamming: What It’s Really Telling Employers About Work
A new term has been quietly entering the HR world: keyboard jamming. This is when employees create artificial keyboard or mouse activity to appear ‘active’ while working remotely, using tricks as simple as weighing down keys. At first glance, it’s easy to frame this as a misconduct issue. And in some high-profile cases, organizations have […]
Could Personality Data Replace Traditional CV Screening?
In the midst of rapid technological change, one of the most intriguing shifts in talent acquisition is the growing interest in using personality data as part of early candidate screening…and in some cases, even before traditional résumé reviews. For decades, CVs have been the bedrock of initial hiring decisions, but with AI tools generating well‑written […]
Office Folklore: The Hidden Stories That Shape Workplace Culture
Every organization has them. The legendary onboarding disaster everyone still talks about. The story of the CEO who answered support calls on their first day. The mythical ‘all-hands meeting that changed everything’. These stories, which are often passed down informally, are what I like to call office folklore. As someone who has worked in HR […]
How Can Organizations Reclaim Time from Calendar Culture?
I am sure that many of us have audibly groaned when we take a peek at our calendar for the coming workdays and see it littered with colourful blocks. And whilst these seems like a staple of the job, some organizations are beginning to see the emergence of what we can a ‘calendar culture’. Calendar […]
What We’re Reading: Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders
It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and this played a big role in helping us decide what our monthly read would be. After exploring a range of compelling titles, we ultimately landed on Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders: How to Start, Survive and Thrive in Leadership by Dr Nancy Doyle, and quickly realized it was exactly the kind […]
The Price of Mismanaging Neurodiversity at Work
As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives continue to mature, there remains a hidden cost many organizations are overlooking: the price of neurodiversity masking. Neurodiversity masking is the effort neurodivergent employees expend to appear neurotypical (or ‘normal’) at work. This masking requires a significant amount of energy and can be mentally exhausting and difficult to sustain. […]
Can Boredom Be Valuable in the Workplace?
Being ‘busy’ has long been a badge of honor at work. Full calendars, constant notifications, back-to-back deadlines… these were once seen as signs of a fully productive and committed team member. But in the modern work landscape, a different insight is emerging: constant busyness may actually suppress some of the very qualities businesses need most, […]
The Workforce Cliff is Now a Leadership Imperative
For years, workforce constraints were treated as an HR problem to solve. If talent was scarce, then the logic went that HR would fix it by refining the employer brand, accelerating recruitment, and therefore improve retention. The assumption beneath this model was that talent supply was elastic. When demand increased, labor markets would respond. But […]
Upskilling Women for the Tech Driven Workplace
We often hear talk about talent shortages, skills gaps, and future‑proofing our workforces. Yet when it comes to technology roles, one of the most persistent issues isn’t lack of talent, it’s the lack of representation in these positions, and the untapped potential that goes with it. Despite women making up roughly 47 % of the overall […]
‘Politeness Burnout’: When Being Nice Comes at a Cost
One of the most under‑recognized work challenges I’ve encountered is what is sometimes described as politeness burnout. Unlike classic burnout tied to workload or deadlines, this experience stems from the ongoing emotional effort employees put into presenting positivity, masking frustration, or managing every interaction with a practiced agreeableness. The effort of regulating feelings and expressions […]
Swipe Right…on a New Job?
In case you hadn’t heard, Tinder may be the new hot spot for finding a job. The traditional model of polishing a résumé, uploading it to a job board, and waiting is being supplemented (and maybe even replaced) by some more creative digital strategies. Jobseekers, especially younger talent, are now leveraging platforms that were never […]
The Cost of Indecision: Why Faster Decisions Are Becoming a Competitive Advantage
One of the most consistent patterns I see in leaders is hesitation. Not to be confused with thoughtful deliberation, as this is extremely valuable. I’m talking about prolonged indecision that slows down momentum and quietly erodes performance. In today’s business environment, speed is a key factor that contributes to how successful a new venture may […]
