James McIntosh

NonsenseAtWork

Business EN ↓ 511 episodes

Boost your career and success by learning to deal with the nonsense of pleasing a boss, playing nice with colleagues, making subordinates productive, and living a life. (Why should you learn to deal with nonsense at work? Because nonsense stops you from being successful. Nonsense is always at work. It never stops. That’s the bad news. The good news is that there is always some sense in nonsense, if you look for it. And if you are willing to look for it, time and again you will find that you can make the nonsense at work work for you.)For more, visit https://nonsenseatwork.com

Author

James McIntosh

Category

Business

Podcast website

nonsenseatwork.com

Latest episode

Mar 25, 2025

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Episodes

Trigger Question #30: Are You Inspired To Dream? 26.04.2024

Let’s talk about big dreams, because big dreams trigger big fears. If they don't, then dream bigger.

Insight #306: When Abuse of the P Word Spoils It for Adults 25.04.2024

Clearly, every workplace privilege or freedom has a dark side. We can abuse any privilege or freedom at the expense of someone else.

Trigger Question #29: Are You Tired Enough To Make Daft Decisions? 24.04.2024

Like all odd behaviors, taking fewer vacations has a name. It’s called shrinking-vacation syndrome. If you ask me, it’s the shrinking self-confidence syndrome.

Insight #305: Behind the Wheel, Running Out of Life 23.04.2024

We live as if we are still passengers in the family car. We ignore the moment we're living in, we fight with our neighbors (passengers and other drivers), and we whine, “Are we *where* yet?”

Trigger Question #28: Were You Purposely Ignorant This Week? 22.04.2024

If you hold a leadership or a management position, then you have no right to be willfully ignorant.

Trigger Question #27: What Did You Assume (Incorrectly) About Others? 19.04.2024

Try to interact with “other” people, those "different" people. Once you get over the shock, you’ll realize how much fun weirdness can be. You might even learn something useful.

Insight #304: The Smarter Your Phone, the Dumber You Are 18.04.2024

Not so long ago, a skeptical generation held technology in check.

Trigger Question #26: Did You Misinterpret Reality Again? 17.04.2024

When we make mistakes in interpreting reality, we respond ineffectively. Or we behave inappropriately. Or misbehave. Or all three.

Insight #303: Before Whining and Firing, Aim To Manage Wrong Into Right 16.04.2024

You are a manager . You are supposed to manage problems into successes. Not successes into problems. So, before you start your whining and firing, be very sure that there is no way for you to manage the “wrong one” into being a “right one”.

Trigger Question #25: Did you create sense or nonsense? 10.04.2024

Every time you encounter nonsense, you are free to decide whether you see “sense” or “non-sense.” You are, indeed, the creator of nonsense. Or of sense. Your choice.

Insight #302: Why Fairness at Work Is Seldom Fair 09.04.2024

Surprise, surprise, research shows we are far more sensitive to being under-rewarded than over-rewarded. So we shouldn't be so hard on the what's-in-it-for-me generation.

Trigger Question #24: Did You Pick the Right Tone of Voice? 08.04.2024

We read words. But we hear tone of voice.

Trigger Question #23: Was Your Justice Visible? 05.04.2024

It matters little whether others know you corrected someone who has done something wrong. But it matters much when others don't know whether you disciplined someone for doing a wrong thing.

Insight #301: You Might Benefit From Paying a Little More 04.04.2024

Fairness is a matter of perception and individuals can perceive inequity if they feel under-rewarded and, surprisingly, if they feel over-rewarded.

Trigger Question #22: Did you ask the right question? 03.04.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Insight 300: How To Deal With Those Who Climb Mountains Where There Are None 02.04.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Trigger Question #21: Did You Make Your Intentions Clear? 01.04.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Trigger Question #20: Did You Work on Your Plan B? And on Your Plan C? 29.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Insight #299: Being Ahead Does Not Make You a Leader 28.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Trigger Question #19: What Do You Do When the Going Gets Tough? 27.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Insight #298: How To Recognize Real Change When You See It 26.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Trigger Question #18: Do You Choose To Be Pre-Stressed or Flat-Bedded? 22.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Insight #297: This Is the Moment You Like Your Work Enough To Make It Matter 21.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Insight #296: Please Hold, Your Suggestion Is Unimportant to Us 19.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

Trigger Question #17: Who had you covered, but got your back up? 18.03.2024

You will find the text version of this audio, and much more, on the NonsenseAtWork.com website. There you can also sign up to receive the weekly nonsense insight and the weekly trigger question right in your inbox. Please go to: ⁠ https://nonsenseatwork.com/

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