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Notes on careers, people, change, ambition, freedom and the questions that keep returning.

Article · 14 July 2026

The question I ask in every first session

It isn't about goals, strengths or where you see yourself in five years. It's much ruder than that, and it works.

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Article

Two weeks off fixes tiredness. It does nothing for the thing you're actually describing.

28 June 20266 min

Story

He came for a promotion strategy. What he needed was permission to want something smaller.

2 June 20265 min

Video

The full opening keynote from the Future of Work Summit in Amsterdam, on what replaced the career ladder.

19 May 202642 min watch

News

Six places for the September–December career strategy programme, plus two subsidised places.

30 April 20262 min

Article

Most negotiation advice is written for people who enjoy negotiating. This is for everyone else.

8 April 20265 min