A community for people who've been labeled "difficult" for telling the truth
Every two weeks, I send frameworks and insights drawn from fifteen years of documented workplace experiences across startups, government contractors, and Fortune 100 companies. This isn't generic career advice—it's pattern recognition that could save your sanity.
How to recognize toxic patterns before they cost you your job, your health, or your sense of self.
Why organizations eliminate problem-identifiers instead of fixing problems, and how to protect yourself.
OOUX-based tools for mapping dysfunction and making choices that honor your integrity.
How to leave broken systems without burning your career—or your bank account—to the ground.
Recent topics: The isolation economy • The CEOzilla trap • Why "cultural fit" is a weapon • The translation tax between creative and business perspectives • Innovation punishment • The Team of One seduction
Most career advice assumes the system works and you need to adjust. This newsletter starts from a different premise: sometimes being labeled a "bad fit" means you're the only one telling the truth.
I don't offer platitudes about finding your passion or overcoming adversity. I offer pattern recognition, systemic analysis, and the validation that comes from realizing you're not alone in recognizing that something is fundamentally broken.
This is for people who've been fired for asking uncomfortable questions. For those who've watched colleagues get eliminated for identifying real problems. For anyone tired of being gaslit into thinking their integrity is a career liability.
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