Posts by Murray

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The Compound Effect: How a Learning Culture Transforms Teams

Discover how a strong learning culture transforms teams, boosts performance, and creates compounding growth through small, consistent habits.

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Critical Thinking & the Scientific Method: How to Stop Letting the Algorithm Think for You

Critical thinking matters more than ever. Here’s how the scientific method helps you think for yourself in a world full of noise, headlines, and half-truths.

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Reinvent Before You Plateau: Why Bureaucracy Is Killing Resilience

Bureaucracy kills resilience faster than failure. Learn how organisational reinvention helps leaders move before the plateau - not after.

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Working Smart vs Working Hard: Stop Trying to Out-Drag a Bugatti in a Citi Golf

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not here to tell you to “work less.” I’m here to suggest there’s a smarter way to use the[…]

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When the System Is Tired: A Year-End Field Guide to Preventing Burnout at Work

Everyone’s running on caffeine and calendar invites. This piece unpacks why preventing burnout at work isn’t about more grit or free muffins - it’s about[…]

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Burnout Recovery: Because Smoke Isn’t a Skillset

Burnout recovery for anyone one spreadsheet away from a breakdown - because apparently crying in Excel still doesn’t count as professional development.

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Dopamine and Burnout: When Even Your Brain Needs an Ice Bath

I’ve spent most of my career trying to figure out why we humans can survive a global pandemic, build rockets to Mars, and map the[…]

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Inclusive & Diverse Thinking: Going Far Together

When everyone in the room thinks the same way, your ideas don’t evolve — they echo. This piece explores how diverse thinking turns discomfort into[…]

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The 4 Day Work Week: Less Time, More Brains, Fewer Sad Bananas

In 2011, I worked on a PR gig so ridiculous it still sounds like a fever dream: we flew Seal to Cape Town to croon[…]

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Office Politics: Trust, Performance, and the Animals in the Office Zoo

On this blog I’ve been slowly dishing out the cheat codes I’ve picked up over the years. First up: self-awareness – which, let’s be honest,[…]