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We’re conditioned to believe that better results come from more effort. Push harder. Dig deeper. Increse your mental resilience.. But some of the biggest performance gains don’t come from adding force at all. They come from reducing drag. That smart insight was planted in my mind years ago by an ex-partner, a pro swimmer who holds multiple international records, and it stuck. We were talking about marginal gains and what really makes a difference at elite level. I expected to

An unexpected trend has emerged in the modern job market: some candidates are embedding invisible AI prompts or “hidden instructions” inside resumes and application materials  in an attempt to influence automated screening tools. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s already happening and it says far more about modern hiring than it does about cheeky applicants. What’s the tactic? This strategy, often described as “prompt hacking” or “prompt injection”  involves hiding t

Jan 2027 will arrive with a raft of new EU Dutch legal requirements related to pay fairness and transparency, requiring heavy-lifting in 2026. What's coming is a reset of how pay decisions are made, explained, and defended, and managers will be at the centre of it. With uncapped fair pay claims possible up to 5 years retrospectively, and the balance of proof sitting with the employer, let's make sure you're prepared. What’s actually changing (in plain English) From January 20

Black Friday is nearly here, and while the internet is warming up its offers, your real savings opportunity isn’t in your shopping basket... It’s in your financial health . Unlike a flash sale, these opportunities actually put money back  in your account, not take it out. The potential savings are insane - illustrating with gain values from an (anonymous) client, 58k per year..! Below are some of the smartest, high impact moves you can make, or get your own coach and build a

Yes, seriously. I promise I didn’t mean  to turn Physical: Asia  into leadership research… but here we are. Between the drama, the sweat, and the slightly unhinged team challenges, it turns out this show is bursting with leadership lessons. Real ones. Ones we see regularly in executive coaching, just with fewer sandbags. Below are some of the standout leadership moments from this latest series, the kind you don’t expect from a Netflix competition, but absolutely translate int

AI was supposed to make hiring smarter, faster, and fairer . Instead, the biggest AI discrimination lawsuit in recruitment history is now moving forward and HR leaders everywhere should be paying attention. The Mobley v. Workday  case isn’t just about legal exposure. It’s a wake-up call about what happens when AI is used in hiring without the guardrails and human oversight . Furthermore, the real risk is that your organisation’s future talent pipeline is being quietly narrowe