Leadership and Learning Management

Important

This is a series of posts published in chronological order. Unlike a book, the blog shows the most recent post first. To read in the correct sequence, start with the oldest post (at the bottom of the list) and work your way up.

Four chronicles about corporate meetings spiraling out of control. Each post follows a different character trapped in the same endless Teams meeting — and the chaos that erupts when real life crashes the agenda.

4 pages

The Meeting — Lessons Learned

Three meetings. Three paradigm shifts. A personal reflection on why the most impactful conversations happen outside the agenda — and how embracing the unexpected unlocked a new level of cross-functional engagement across our organisation.

June 8, 2026

3 min

Short Story Fiction Comedy Corporate Humor

The Meeting — Rebecca and the Lighting Strategy

Rebecca leaves a tedious meeting to collect a parcel. She ordered one lamp. Six spill out on the pavement. The meeting is listening. Corporate logic does the rest.

June 7, 2026

4 min

Short Story Fiction Comedy Corporate Remote Work

The Meeting — Graham and the Great Tea Crisis

Graham runs out of teabags mid-meeting. What follows is a crisis of national proportions, a queue at the corner shop, and an accidental unmute that derails the entire agenda into retail economics.

June 6, 2026

4 min

Short Story Fiction Comedy Corporate Remote Work

The Meeting — Nigel and the Grocery Run

During an endless Teams meeting, Nigel discovers that nobody is really paying attention — until a self-checkout machine betrays him.

June 5, 2026

3 min

Short Story Fiction Comedy Corporate Remote Work