People talk to me about work. I write a newsletter about what they say.
Is This Working? The Jobs We Do, Told by the People Who Do Them is out tomorrow (Thursday 6th March)! Stocked in all good bookshops. Here’s the Waterstones link . Also stocked by all good online shopping corporations. Reviews last weekend in The Sunday Times and The Telegraph . Serialised
What's the difference between adding sugar to concrete and making friends at work?
A long absence, I know. I can only apologise. The book, other work, a baby-now-toddler: they all pushed this newsletter down my to-do list. But I’m back now–don’t worry. Three Bits of Housekeeping Book: The book is available to pre-order.
The end of the gig economy.
A roofer from Spain talks about how the Great Financial Crisis changed his life.
Life in Victorian London.
The oil boom is a-coming in.
Why we should mourn the death of the workplace canteen.
The politics of jargon.
The unbearable heaviness of admin.
The trade-offs between food security and/or net zero.
Farming after Brexit and during climate change.
Anglo-Saxons and the Amazonification of Royal Mail.
What can William Morris teach us about enjoying our jobs?
Roblox and the future of work.