Work Wise
A behavioral scientist's weekly field guide to working wisely. Every Tuesday, one issue: a real situation from leadership or work, the science underneath it, and one thing you can try before the week is out.
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Each issue starts where you actually are — in a meeting, a decision, a conversation you have been avoiding — and works one pattern: why it happens to smart people, what the research says, and a practical move. No motivational filler. No seven-step lists for their own sake.
Seeing clearly
Attention, what the work is for, reading the situation.
What is this actually for? · Apr 2026
The 2-part search for work you actually want to show up for · May 2026
Patterns under pressure
Bias, reactivity, the stories that narrow you.
What a psychologist taught me about the cruelest voice in my head · Jun 2026
How to stop trying to convince a room you belong in it · Jun 2026
How you land
Trust, candor, presence, impact.
The hidden costs of withholding feedback · May 2026
When leaders destroy meaning (without realizing it) · Apr 2026
Wise action
Decisions, timing, courage, judgment.
You give great advice to everyone except yourself · Jun 2026
Your productivity system is built on a debt you don’t actually owe · May 2026
Senior leaders, emerging executives, L&D and people leaders, and thoughtful professionals who suspect that "doing well" and "working well" are not quite the same thing. If that is you, you are in the right place.
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