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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.

It’s easy to get distracted in the office, be it from your phone or from a chatty colleague.

We get distracted 275 times a day. Use three ways to stay focused

Even when there’s no one else around, we are bombarded with constant virtual pings from new messages and emails all day long.

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Older Australians, especially women, are staying in the workforce longer than ever before.

Is your workplace facing a ‘Boomer bottleneck’?

Take a close look around your workplace, and you’re likely to see more older workers continuing to work well past the traditional retirement age.

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Tony (Rob Sitch) and Katie (Emma-Louise Wilson) in series five of Utopia.

‘Like an episode of Utopia’: Why are Australian workplace comedies so good?

Every time a character has an awkward conversation next to the coffee machine, or struggles with the photocopier settings, it triggers an uncomfortable familiarity.

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Can you imagine how much productivity we’d gain if we all just got to the point?

Boss keeps sending you long, boring emails? They should read this

There’s a special place in hell for lengthy email writers, but thankfully they can atone by following one simple step.

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Young workers are increasingly turning against artificial intelligence.

‘What happened?’: Why Gen Z workers are revolting against AI

A poorly received commencement speech made by a real estate executive in the US has shown just how quickly young people are turning against AI.

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Workers in their 40s and above tend to actually find it easier to switch careers.

For this career move, getting older is actually an advantage

There are a bunch of myths about work that we tend to believe. One of the most persistent is that the older you get, the harder it is to switch careers.

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Think twice: Five key rules for using AI at work

Every worker should define their own personal rules of engagement for how they choose to interact with this powerful new technology.

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Workers adopting rejection therapy find it can help their career confidence – but it can still be an anxiety-inducing approach.

Why your first-ever pay cheque still matters decades later

Your first real job, with your first real manager and first feeble steps on the long road of employment, is more important than you realise.

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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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