Category: Weird Wisdom
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Different viewpoints
Big issues look small when everyone brings their real perspective. If people hide their thinking to avoid conflict or fit in, problems grow unnoticed until they become crises. This matters for Weird Wisdom® at Work because the strength of a…
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Retention Risk
If you’re bleeding good people, it’s probably not your pay structure. This matters for Weird Wisdom® and Diversity of Thought because high turnover is rarely about money. More often, it’s about boredom, stifled ideas, and people feeling invisible in plain…
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Exposing Assumptions
Real teamwork isn’t harmony; it’s hearing each other fully. Too often, teams settle for polite agreement. That creates blind spots, wasted effort, and repeated mistakes. When you actually listen and explore ideas, the work improves and weak assumptions get exposed.…
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Measure Differently
This year didn’t just arrive; it came with a scoreboard. Blah! This matters for Weird Wisdom® and Diversity of Thought because somewhere between New Year’s goals, “what I’ve achieved so far” posts, and colour-coded calendars, we’ve quietly started confusing motion…
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Peer Pressure
Workplace “groupthink” is just peer pressure in business casual. If everyone keeps agreeing, nothing gets fixed. Problems just sneak past while the team congratulates itself on being “collaborative.” You can shake things up by asking the awkward questions, calling out…
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Hiring Same Old, Same Old
I’m tired of cookie-cutter candidates. They tick every box, say all the right things, and yet bring nothing genuinely new to the table. On paper they look perfect, but in practice they rarely shift thinking, challenge assumptions, or move the…
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Let Your Mind Do The Talking
When you treat ideas, not identity, as the battleground, you avoid getting sucked into office politics. Because right now, many workplaces face pressure to ditch every “diversity” tag; some treat it as ideology rather than insight. This matters for Weird…
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Polite, Beige, and Stuck
Being professional doesn’t mean hiding who you are. Somewhere along the way, professionalism got twisted into “don’t be too much,” “don’t be different,” and “don’t stand out.” Blend in. Keep it safe. Hide the weird. That’s how workplaces end up…
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Every Failure Carries Information
Your unique perspective is what sets you apart. And yet it’s often the first thing you edit out to fit in. Using it can feel risky. You might crash and burn. You might say the thing that doesn’t land or…
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Getting compliance, not contribution?
Are you confusing consensus and collaboration? Consensus often looks like everyone nodding. Sometimes politely. Sometimes silently. Sometimes while thinking, I don’t agree, but I’ll go along. Collaboration is messier. It’s people contributing even when it complicates things. It’s ideas rubbing…
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