KPI Stockholm Syndrome
We start identifying with our captors: the targets.
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The PowerPoint Gospel
Somewhere between the birth of the quarterly business review and the death of attention spans, PowerPoint became not just a tool but a theology. It is the one faith that requires neither belief nor understanding, only attendance.
When exhaustion became a KPI
Somewhere between the mindfulness webinars and the “Thank You Thursdays,” suffering became a badge of loyalty.
An Autopsy of Organizational Excitement
Cause of Death: Excitement
Top-Down Innovation Myth
How leadership killed creativity and blamed the employees for the body. Every few months, another company announces its Innovation Initiative. There’s a logo, a budget, a steering committee, and usually a PowerPoint template called “FutureReady.” The presentation begins with a picture of a lightbulb and ends with a quote
Digital Transformation: The Corporate Power Fantasy
When technology became a mirror for management’s insecurities. Digital transformation used to mean something. At least, it pretended to. It was once about reimagining business models, creating value, and empowering employees. Now it mostly means renaming whatever you were already doing, preferably with an AI buzzword, a dashboard, and
Where Good Ideas Go to Die
The corporate graveyard is the most enlightened parking lot.
The Divine Geometry of the Org Chart at Utopia Group Inc.
De structura potestatis - On the Structure of Power Power at Utopia Group Inc. exists, though it pretends not to. The company is far too civilized to abolish hierarchy entirely; it simply replaced it with competence so consistent that no one feels the need to complain about fairness. Titles still appear
Book of Genesis: Utopia Group Inc.
De origine rei corporatae - On the Origin of the Corporate Order No one agrees exactly when Utopia Group Inc. began. There was no founding day, no ribbon cut, no headline declaring that the age of reason had entered the market. It happened the way most revolutions do, too slowly to
Utopia Group Inc.: A Field Report from the Perfect Company
De optimo statu rei corporatae - On the Best State of the Corporate Order At Utopia Group Inc., no one is unhappy. It is not forbidden to be unhappy, that would be crude, it is simply unnecessary. The conditions have been perfected with patient engineering and quiet restraint, and the result
Minutes from the Annual Mandatory Celebration of Festive Alignment
Field Log, December. Investigator: Me, against my will.
The Middle Manager’s Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
They say enlightenment happens on a mountaintop. I say it happens somewhere between a Teams call that should have been an email and a Power BI report that refuses to refresh.
Corporate Afterlife
Case File: Organizational Anomalies
Strictly Confidential. Absolutely Not for HR Review.
The Cult(ure) of Work
The Performance Review: A Tragedy in Three Acts
Where your self-worth meets its yearly evaluation.
The Cult(ure) of Work
Trust Falls and Power Trips
An essay on authority, trust, and the performance of power
Let's Ruin LinkedIn
LinkedIn: The Stage of the Damned
If Dante were alive today, the ninth circle of hell would have Wi-Fi, brand partnerships, and a “We’re hiring!” banner.
The Cult(ure) of Work
The Art of Corporate Hypocrisy
How companies perfected the performance of care.
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Currently Summoning
Welcome to the corporate afterlife, where the meeting never ends, the coffee is eternal, and we observe the modern workplace with posthumous clarity.