Meet the Word-Salad Strategist. Fueled by buzzwords and powered by ambiguity, this workplace species can speak for ten minutes and somehow leave everyone less informed than when the meeting started.
Tag: Corporate Life
A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 7 – Strategic Emptiness
Meet the Word-Salad Strategist. Fueled by buzzwords and powered by ambiguity, this workplace species can speak for ten minutes and somehow leave everyone less informed than when the meeting started.
A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 6 – The Feedback ‑ Loop Martyr
The Feedback-Loop Martyr survives on visible struggle, treating exhaustion as a performance and overwork as proof of value. In the corporate ecosystem, suffering becomes a personal brand. Written and created by Dennis Harvell A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy | Entry No. 6 | The Feedback ‑ Loop Martyr Species: Victima Progressus Habitat: Any workplace… Continue reading A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 6 – The Feedback ‑ Loop Martyr
A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 5 – The Silo Saboteur, Corporate Ghosting
Meet the The Silo Saboteur — the corporate ghost who deletes you from the room, then audits your absence. Written and created by Dennis Harvell A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy | Entry No. 5 | The Silo Saboteur | Corporate Ghosting Species: Exclusoris Malitiosus Habitat: Any meeting where praise is being handed out faster… Continue reading A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 5 – The Silo Saboteur, Corporate Ghosting
A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 4 – The Credit Vampire
Meet the Credit Vampire — the office predator who feeds on your effort and thrives in the shadows of corporate ambiguity. Written and created by Dennis Harvell A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy | Entry No. 4 | The Credit Vampire Species: Gloria Sanguisuga Habitat: Any meeting where praise is being handed out faster than… Continue reading A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy: Entry No. 4 – The Credit Vampire
A Field Guide to Corporate Gaslighting: Entry No. 3 – The Confidence Trap Specialist
A study of the behaviors, performances, and contradictions that define modern professional culture. Written and created by Dennis Harvell A Field Guide to Corporate Gaslighting – The Confidence Trap Specialist | Entry No. 3 Specimen Overview Among the many organisms that thrive in corporate habitats, none is more deceptively stable than Gaslightus Assertivus — a… Continue reading A Field Guide to Corporate Gaslighting: Entry No. 3 – The Confidence Trap Specialist
The “One More Year” Trap
Written by Dennis Harvell The “One More Year” Trap Succeeding Into Myself There’s a specific psychological weight to staying after you’ve already mentally resigned. I was ready to go months ago. By staying, I’ve essentially forced myself to walk back into a burning building I had already escaped. It isn’t that the work is too… Continue reading The “One More Year” Trap
Corporate Warfare
Written by Dennis Harvell Corporate Warfare The Translation Guide You Didn’t Know You Needed I walked into the office today thinking I was being the ultimate professional. I was hitting them with the “Best regards,” signing off like a gentleman, and keeping the “Regards” short and sweet. I thought I was being a “Bronx Hero”… Continue reading Corporate Warfare
A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy – Entry No. 1
A humorous look at the personalities, performances, and petty theatrics that turn corporate life into a stage play nobody auditioned for. Written and created by Dennis Harvell A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy | Entry No. 1 For Adults Who Show Up to Work, Not Children Who Need a Playpen After decades in the corporate… Continue reading A Field Guide to Corporate Hypocrisy – Entry No. 1