New meme every week
WORK MIGHT
NOT BE
WORKING IF…
you’re nodding at this sentence.
Funny because it’s true. Research because it’s real. Also a book.
The Memes
RECOGNIZE ANY OF THESE?
Every post is a diagnostic. Every laugh is a data point. Follow along for a new one every week.
Work might not be working if…
YOUR LAST 3 MEETINGS COULD HAVE BEEN ONE EMAIL.
Work might not be working if…
FULLY STAFFED. FULLY TALENTED. SOMEHOW NOTHING SHIPS.
Work might not be working if…
THE ANSWER TO BURNOUT IS A PIZZA PARTY. 🍕
Work might not be working if…
YOU WENT HOME EXHAUSTED AND COULDN’T NAME ONE THING THAT MOVED.
Work might not be working if…
“CIRCLE BACK” APPEARS MORE THAN ANY DECISION.
Work might not be working if…
YOUR BEST LEADERS ARE THE MOST BURNED OUT PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.
Work might not be working if…
YOUR CULTURE SURVEY COMES BACK GREAT AND YOUR BEST PEOPLE ARE QUIETLY UPDATING THEIR RESUMES.
The Diagnostic
IS WORK ACTUALLY WORKING WHERE YOU ARE?
Pick every statement that sounds like your workplace. No judgment. (Okay, a little judgment.)
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Coming Soon
WHEN
WORK
DOESN’T
WORK
The Book
THE MEMES ARE REAL.
SO IS THE RESEARCH.
The jokes are the hook. But there’s a real diagnosis underneath every one of them. In a national study, 73% of professionals showed clinically meaningful burnout risk — and the strongest predictor wasn’t hours. It was whether the system around them worked.
“If work isn’t working, it’s not a people problem. Give it time — and it becomes one.”
This book gives leaders one question to carry into every room and three practices to fix what’s broken before it becomes burnout.
Dr. Joey
I’VE SPENT 25 YEARS IN ROOMS
WHERE WORK WASN’T WORKING.
Boardrooms, corner offices, conference rooms — I’ve watched brilliant people work incredibly hard while nothing moved. The memes are what I see. The book is what it means.
The jokes are how I explain it to people who are too tired to read a white paper. Which, if you picked any of those signals above, is probably you right now.
The memes are the hook. The book is the answer. All of it says the same thing: work should work.
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