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Tim Duggan

Tim Duggan

Tim Duggan is the author of Work Backwards, Cult Status and Killer Thinking. He co-founded Junkee Media and writes a monthly newsletter called OUTLET.

Is the Westpac Fair Work ruling a new era for work from home?

There’s a silent epidemic in our workplaces, and WFH is to blame

Spending time with our colleagues is something we once took for granted, but in the modern workplace, that’s no longer the case.

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Artificial intelligence is already disrupting Australian workplaces.

Three things to do when AI comes for your job

So, what do you do if one day you open your inbox and are informed, in a roundabout way, that AI has come for your job?

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employers are having to work hard to provide a workplace that helps to attract and retain top talent.

How to instantly improve your workplace (without changing jobs)

We spend so much time thinking about how to change other people’s behaviour, but what if improving our job started with challenging our own thinking?

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Less driving, more commuting could be on the cards for workers around the country.

WFH, four-day workweeks: What the war in Iran could mean for your job

Australian workers fortunately haven’t felt much pain yet, but if the war rages on, some of these measures will eventually arrive here.

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Our workplaces are already demanding new skills - and new language to talk about them with.

Why it’s time we stopped talking about ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills

Both of these terms were created in the old world of work, and we’re on the precipice of a new one filled with more unknowns than ever.

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Next time you’re working at have the option of taking a shortcut, try doing it the hard way instead.

This Gen Z-inspired concept could help us fall in love with work again

AI is making everything easier, but there’s a backlash brewing to smoothing out every single aspect of our work, and for good reason too.

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Being able to hear unfiltered and raw conversations has been one of Kyle and Jackie O’s elements that’s made their show so popular over the last two decades.

Jackie O’s spectacular resignation should be an inspiration to us all

We can endlessly debate that Henderson should have done this years ago, but it still doesn’t diminish the courage it takes to stand up to a workplace bully.

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This stock image of ‘stressed out office workers’ accurately reflects how this whole scenario made me feel.

Feel like your job’s gotten stale? Ask yourself this question

You might know how to do your job with your eyes closed, but you might feel like something is missing. Welcome to what South Koreans call ‘goinmul’.

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AI is changing the world. What if we don’t like what it builds?

What’s the point of getting AI to write a report that we don’t understand? Or an email that we don’t care about?

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It’s never been easier to apply for a job.

Resumes are dying – this is what’s replacing them

When AI can generate impressive-sounding CVs in seconds and automation can reject them in minutes, what’s even the point of a resume?

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