The Shadow at Work

The Shadow at Work

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What you need to know about what’s coming in AI
A briefing for anyone who knows this matters but hasn’t had time to figure out how much.
Mar 14
Death by overwork
The Japanese have a word for a global phenomenon
Mar 9
Secrets and blame
How blame makes organisations blind
Mar 8
Childhood strategies we bring to work
The strategies you developed as a child to stay safe are the same strategies you’re using at work right now.
Mar 8
The shadow begins in ordinary moments
A toddler reaches for something and hears a stern, “Don’t touch that.”
Mar 8
The seven steps down
How the shadow forms
Mar 8
The 15 minute call
BrewDog just showed us what organisational shadow looks like.
Mar 6
Coming out sideways
In A Little Book on the Human Shadow, Robert Bly described a long, invisible bag that each of us drags behind us.
Mar 5
The shadow of toughness
Why psychological safety is the one thing that actually protects people at work.
Mar 4
Born brilliant
The childhood bargain we all make
Mar 3
A new direction
Welcome to The Shadow At Work
Mar 2
You are not one person at work
One of the most useful changes in my own thinking about myself came through my training as a Deep Process Psychotherapist.
Mar 2
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