Minutes Not Taken

The unofficial record of corporate life

Agenda

This week’s record

Reflections on the unwritten rules of white-collar work, written from inside the room.

Standing themes

The Cost of Competence

How capable people become trapped by their own reliability, expertise and sense of responsibility.

The Culture of Silence

Why intelligent professionals stay quiet, or publicly support what they privately question.

The Corporate Paradox

The gap between what organizations say they value and what their systems actually reward.

The Price of Ambition

The personal cost of progression, recognition, status and the constant pursuit of more.

The Human Behind the Job Title

Identity, self-worth, belonging and exhaustion, and what success leaves out.

Items on record