Tag: Productivity

It Works on My Machine: When Passion Becomes Possession

A software developer sits in quiet reflection at her desk, laptop open and light from the screen illuminating her face.

When passion narrows into possession, collaboration starts to feel like interference. This is how good intentions harden into certainty — and how certainty isolates us from the very systems we’re trying to improve.

The Productivity Illusion of Modern Politics

A South Asian man sits at his desk in a dimly lit office, gazing tiredly at his laptop screen, illuminated by its cool blue glow.

We’ve built a politics of motion without movement — a system where communication has replaced governance, and performance has replaced progress. It’s time to make politics boring again.

The Measurement Cluster: weaponised metrics

A tired government press officer sits at her desk late at night, surrounded by newspapers and glowing monitors in a dimly lit office. She rests her chin on her hand, lost in thought as the weight of political performance hangs heavy around her.

When progress becomes performance theatre, productivity collapses under its own applause. This piece examines how linguistic inflation and measurement overload fracture focus — and how clarity restores traction.

Engineering Compassion for a Distracted Mind

Man in glasses sits in a gaming chair at home, phone in hand, eyes glazed in quiet absorption as warm lamplight and screen glow illuminate his face.

Even the best focus systems collapse under design built for distraction. This piece explores how compassion — not discipline — becomes the real architecture of attention.

Cultural Bug Report: Fixing How We Work Together

A weary professional sits in a blurred office environment, head resting on his hand, caught in the moment of burnout amid constant activity.

We’ve mistaken motion for meaning and noise for progress. This article files a cultural bug report on the modern workplace — exposing how distraction became the default operating system and how clarity can fix it.

The Rise of Productivity Vibe-Coding

A young woman in a dimly lit workspace freezes as blue monitor light reveals the shock of failure.

AI hasn’t just automated work — it’s automated the appearance of competence. When busyness becomes proof of progress, clarity becomes rebellion.

The Politics of Productivity: Balancing Motion and Momentum

A tired office worker sits late at night, resting his head on one hand as the unseen screen in front of him casts a cold blue light across his face.

Every false step in the name of progress steals real time.
We live in a rigged productivity economy—targets up, morale down—where motion is mistaken for momentum. You’re not calling for revolution; you’re learning how to win back agency inside the machine.

The Meeting Maze: Time, Belonging, Agency

A woman in her mid-30s works from her kitchen table, surrounded by a laptop, tablet, and paperwork. She looks tense and overloaded, caught between multiple tasks during a video call.

Workplace rules that look tidy on paper often disable in practice. The Meeting Maze shows how time traps, conditional belonging, and misallocated power erode clarity — and how ADHD perspectives can expose the path to redesign.