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Have We Considered that it’s not Remote Work that Causes Mental Health Issues, but a Culture That Makes it Harder?

Mike McBride — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:00:24 +0000

We could create a workplace where people could work from the coffee shop and interact with other humans in person. Where they didn't spend so much time working that they could use that saved commute time to attend community events. We just don't. Instead, we expect remote workers to be available all the time; we tie them up in meetings for 5-6 hours a day because that's how we "keep an eye" on them, and still expect them to hit all their deliverables.

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Worth Reading – AI and Liability

Mike McBride — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:33:26 +0000

In the end, if we shouldn't trust AI answers, why use AI for search? Using this as your legal argument gives the game away: Google is quickly killing its own product and selling us AI. But it doesn't want to be held responsible for the damage it does when the AI gets it wrong.

Sorry, whether a court agrees or not, I don't trust you.

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Shared Links (bi-weekly) June 28, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:41:21 +0000

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Worth Reading – Hiding who you are can have real effects on your mental health

Mike McBride — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:41:29 +0000

When businesses tell people to keep their identity out of the workplace, they are causing mental health harm. Period.

The effort to hide, the message that they should be ashamed of who they are because coworkers are uncomfortable, isn't just about being kind; it's a real workplace mental health issue. The question isn't about whether it causes harm; it's about whether you, as an employer, care that you are causing harm.

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A PR Hoax Created the Year’s Hottest Rock Band. Imagine What It Can Do in Politics

Mike McBride — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:29:38 +0000

Maybe the best advice is at the end of the article - assume you are being manipulated.

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Why Do Team Members Stay?

Mike McBride — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:07:01 +0000

This relationship might be the biggest indicator of whether your best people stay, yet you give the person in charge of it almost no training on how to manage it effectively.

Please, make it make sense.

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Shared Links (bi-weekly) June 14, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:44:57 +0000

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Worth Reading – The trap of being promoted from within

Mike McBride — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:49:56 +0000

When you get the title, people will bring you things and hand off responsibility to things that you didn't know existed. Even though you were sitting right there, in the team that you now lead, you don't know how many things the previous person in that chair never bothered to tell you about, or the relationships across other teams that made their life easier that you need to build. Many of those things didn't just happen; effort went into knowing what to do and who to talk to.

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Worth Reading – Good Leaders Presume Team Members Feel Undervalued and Underappreciated

Mike McBride — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:32:19 +0000

It's a difficult thing, in the busy work world we all live in, to make sure your people are looked after and appreciated. It's very easy to take them for granted because you trust them to do their work. I'm not saying you should micromanage them, but showing an interest in them and their work would help them feel like part of the team. Letting other things get in the way creates an issue. One that may lead your best performers to leave for a place where they feel more appreciated.

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Worth Reading – AI is making journalistic language more repetitive and predictable – and it’s a problem for all of us

Mike McBride — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:54:13 +0000

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