Freakishly relevant advice from the 1900s for your corporate job today

Visibility, persuasion, storytelling (and a secret weapon). 5 tactics for getting what you want in your career.

Aug 19 • Soph Hirst and My Brilliant Career

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July 2026

How to ruin your reputation

Ugly Baby, The Genius Trap and 6 more credibility killers that undermine highly talented people.

Jul 23 • Soph Hirst

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June 2026

How to be direct without sounding like a d*ck

One reputation you don't want. Actually, two.

Jun 22 • Soph Hirst

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May 2026

How to influence when everyone's watching

7 mini-tools that help you advocate openly, not just behind the scenes.

May 18 • Soph Hirst

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March 2026

How to reset a cross-functional relationship

What to do when you just. Can’t.

Mar 26 • Soph Hirst

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February 2026

Most visibility advice skips a step

Visibility tactics for people who hate the whole thing (Part 1)

Feb 26 • Soph Hirst

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Strategic people don't just think. They show their thinking.

The art of recommendations.

Feb 2 • Soph Hirst

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December 2025

Why Gen Z needs to learn to be more appreciative

The survival guide for navigating broken systems

Dec 9, 2025 • Soph Hirst and Alex McCann

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November 2025

Two types of communication at work (we only do one)

User manuals sound a bit lame. Until you see what happens when a team actually uses them.

Nov 20, 2025 • Soph Hirst

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October 2025

Stop making your work feel small

Learn the zoom-out skill that changes how people see you.

Oct 30, 2025 • Soph Hirst

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You made a big mistake at work. Here’s how to recover.

The wait between realising you’ve f*cked up and finding out how bad the damage is might be one of the most excruciating feelings you’ll experience at…

Oct 9, 2025 • Soph Hirst

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September 2025

Yesmaxxing at work

How to get more of what you want by framing your asks

Sep 18, 2025 • Soph Hirst

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