Work Bravely

The Thinking Hierarchy

A roughly neuroscientific parsing of job fungibility

22 hrs ago • Kristen Lowe

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April 2026

“Non-Linear Careers”: A Personal Diatribe

The professional process of becoming irrelevant and illegible to everyone, including yourself

Apr 29 • Kristen Lowe

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3 Lessons Executive Ghostwriting Taught Me About Storytelling

The craft of talking about yourself

Apr 21 • Kristen Lowe

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The Abstraction Tax

What Management History Can Teach Us About Delegating to AI

Apr 15 • Kristen Lowe

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March 2026

Villains, Inc.

On founders, power, and what we've learned to want

Mar 31 • Kristen Lowe

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The Career Advice Hall of Shame

A non-exhaustive collection of advice that I'm sick of hearing

Mar 18 • Kristen Lowe

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Work Harder, Not Smarter

On cleverness, craft, and the cult of efficiency

Mar 5 • Kristen Lowe

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February 2026

Culture Is What You Tolerate

The outsized importance of how companies handle bad behavior

Feb 17 • Kristen Lowe

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Feeling Misunderstood is the Price of Leadership

And you are going to have to get over it

Feb 5 • Kristen Lowe

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January 2026

Seriously, They Get It

Why you need to be more interruptible

Jan 21 • Kristen Lowe

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Using (Without Losing) Your Influence at Work

A practical guide to workplace political capital

Jan 13 • Kristen Lowe

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Six Work Goals for 2026 (That Have Nothing to Do With a Promotion)

Brave, humane goals for being a happy person

Jan 5 • Kristen Lowe

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