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The Actual End Game: Career Advice Nobody Puts on a Panel
After a panel full of clichéd five-year-plan questions, what people actually queued up to ask me.
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My Travels: What Constant Work Trips Actually Look Like
Clearing out the fridge, packing again, flying to Seattle. The unglamorous reality of a travelling job.
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I Am a Girl and I Hate Stuffed Toys: On Corporate Women’s Events
They handed out stuffed dogs at a women in leadership panel. Nobody hands crocodiles to men in tech.
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You Are an Idiot and I Can’t Say It to Your Face: Working With Difficult People
Everything that runs through my head when dealing with wilful incompetence, and why none of it gets said.
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Back to School: The First Day Back After a Holiday
Two weeks of sun, food and ocean, then the desk, the inbox, and a marriage conducted across time zones.
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Second Is Good, But Not Good Enough: On Ambition That Never Rests
The day after New Year, when everyone is meant to be winning. On the drive that will not let you sit still.
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And It’s a Wrap: Surviving a Reorg at Work
A division-wide reorganisation, a tired team, and what a year of relentless change does to a leader.
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You Carry the Burden: On Diversity Training and Hidden Bias
A workplace session on inclusion, and the comment from a colleague that showed how little we know ourselves.
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I’m Not Alone: Speaking to a Room With Nobody in It for You
A speaking event with no friends or family in the audience, and the unexpected way the day turned around.
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Drowning: When You Become Everyone’s Sounding Board
Year-end chaos, endless requests to chat, and the quiet cost of being the person everyone leans on.
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