Quarterly Reports Are Just Corporate Fanfiction
By Ken Hollow, reluctant reader of financial fantasies Quarterly reports are corporate fanfiction. That’s it. That’s the whole piece. Every three months, companies release a…
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Burnout Diaries
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Brainstorming Is Just Group Procrastination
By Ken Hollow, unwilling participant in sticky-note theater Brainstorming is the corporate equivalent of a séance: a bunch of people gather in a room, chant…
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Nana Wants a Reality Show
By Ken Hollow, reluctant showrunner of chaos Just when I thought Nana couldn’t escalate her influencer empire any further, she announced: “I require a reality…
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KPIs Are Just Tarot Cards for Managers
By Ken Hollow, reluctant fortune teller of corporate nonsense Let’s be honest: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are just tarot cards with pie charts. Managers shuffle…
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Software’s Death by AI Is Greatly Exaggerated
Another day, another round of “AI is here to kill everything you know and love.” Except, apparently, it’s not. According to The Wall Street Journal,…
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Why Every Press Release Reads Like Mad Libs
By Ken Hollow, unwilling PR casualty and buzzword hostage Press releases are the cockroaches of corporate communication. Eternal, indestructible, and impossible to kill. Every company…
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Low-Hanging Fruit, My Ass
By Ken Hollow, unwilling gardener of corporate metaphors If one more brand manager tells me to “pick the low-hanging fruit,” I’m going to climb the…
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Are We Entering AI Bubble Territory? Sam Altman Thinks So
By Ken Hollow, reluctant tech correspondent with a migraine It finally happened: someone in Silicon Valley said the quiet part out loud. OpenAI CEO Sam…
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Nana Wants a Corporate Retreat
By Ken Hollow, unwilling event planner and professional scapegoat Corporate retreats are already a nightmare. Trust falls, awkward icebreakers, and “vision alignment workshops” designed to…
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Circling Back to Circle Back (On the Circling Back)
By Ken Hollow, trapped in an infinite feedback loop of buzzwords If I die young, bury me in an Outlook calendar invite. Cause of death:…