The problem with planning your career
Published: Wed, 04/08/26
The best way to kill momentum is by making a plan. Momentum means you’re on the pitch. Making a plan means you’ve stepped off the pitch and you’re…
Following Fulfilment
Farewell, Fort Grundy
Published: Tue, 04/07/26
Lauren, Baby Grundy and I are waving goodbye to Fort Grundy today. We have lots of happy memories here. Fort Grundy is where the stork delivered Baby…
Elon Musk endorses The Subtraction Method?
Published: Mon, 04/06/26
Updated: Mon, 04/06/26
I was scrolling on LinkedIn yesterday when I came across an interesting document called “Elon Musk’s Company Building Principles”. It’s a list of 11…
Why haven’t hard-working professionals been told these facts?
Published: Fri, 04/03/26
In September 2008, I joined the merry world of banking as a fresh and hungry graduate. During my first few days, I was handed all sorts of HR Manuals,…
The spreadsheets won't save you
Published: Thu, 04/02/26
Lauren and I are packing all our possessions into big, brown bo es. In a few days, we leave the mean streets of East London and the stone-clad floors…
The oldest trick in the book
Published: Wed, 04/01/26
As today is April Fool’s Day here in the UK: One of my favourite April Fool’s stories comes from London in the 1860s. A group of pranksters sent out a…
Why I ignore every uplifting & motivational post on Dimstagram
Published: Tue, 03/31/26
I’ve taken part twice in Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within. It's a jamboree which big Tony himself modestly calls “the greatest personal growth…
It's only work
Published: Mon, 03/30/26
It’s always dangerous writing an email like this one. Emails where I’m reporting directly from the front line, taking grenades in the workplace…
The 5 stages of de-stressing at work
Published: Thu, 03/26/26
Based on how it looks to me, anyway. But after 13+ years of taking grenades in the trenches at my banking job, then finding a way to turn down my…
The Corporate Ostrich
Published: Wed, 03/25/26
Here’s something to chew on if there’s a task you keep putting off at work: At 3pm last Friday (a mere two hours before the deadline), I submitted the…