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Sunk cost fallacy is a powerful manipulator

Have you been in a situation where your work has not delivered the desired results, and you were were left in the woods to take the dreadful decision of whether to keep investing or axe it?

I wish I learnt how to deal with territorial people

We often encounter people at work who’re entrenched players just by virtue of getting there before you. They’ve valuable tribal knowledge about the system, why certain things behave a certain way and can offer insight about an old…

Chasing an invisible rabbit

I recently started playing Assassin’s creed Odyssey on my Xbox and I productively spent about 90 hours on that universe.

Optimising for individual success

Players don’t win matches. Organisations do

This quote from the Netflix series the last dance, stuck with me. Yes, as an individual the target that we can reach is limited and we need to work together as a team to achieve great success. Our ability to work as a group…

Winning yet another popularity contest at work

Election are won on emotions, not facts.

It’s 2020 and many companies are catching up on this 360 feedback. Legend has it that this democratises performance review and everyone on the team has an equal opportunity to voice their opinion. Yay!

Interviews are incredibly hard, and it may be a daunting task if you’re unprepared. But it’s also a great learning experience. It helps you understand your shortcomings and work with them.

Recently I was looking for a change, and I must have applied for what it felt like a million companies, and kept getting rejected at…