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Mar 10, 2016
2 min

An obituary to my inbox

Times up. It’s finally happened. Game over. My inbox at work has reached the point of no return. It’s no longer useful. All it does is...

Jun 19, 2014
1 min

101 power words to add impact to your emails

I often bang on about my love (cough) of emails in the workplace, but there really is no escape from them. They are always going to be...

Mar 5, 2014
3 min

Can’t keep up with email? 12 ways to simplify your bulging inbox

We’ve all got jobs to do (where we actually do stuff), weekly reports / status updates to write (where we need to stop doing stuff in...

Sep 12, 2013
4 min

10 ways of being present at work

Ever get the impression you’re talking and people aren’t listening? Ever realised someone asked you a question and you’ve not heard a...

May 17, 2013
2 min

If you’ve got nothing to say then… don’t

Every office has one. If you don’t know who it is, then it’s probably you. The person who uses 200 words when 10 would do. The last...

Apr 26, 2013
2 min

Dysfunction 4. Well done us

I received an email recently that made me want to scream. I was in the office so I managed not to. Although I did emit a small growl. And...

Apr 19, 2013
2 min

Dysfunction 3. Apathetic outlook

Me: ‘Hi – Tom told me that you were asking about the project I’m working on, so I thought I would come to your desk and introduce...

Apr 12, 2013
2 min

Dysfunction 2. Out of Orifice

Context My dog went into the garden yesterday and did a massive shit. I let her back in, shut the back door and got on with my day. I...

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