Grindstone

Relentless busy-ness that burns you out. 

Feeling guilty about taking annual leave, a day off sick or leaving on time? 

work/life balance non-existent? 

Wellbeing and rest seen as a luxury and busy seen as a badge of honour? 

That's probably Grindstone 

Blight

Blight loves a divided team. Mistrust of managers, unspoken conflict between colleagues and a general cloud of unhappiness across the workplace. Blight uses toxic tendrils to encourage gossip, create tension and lower morale

Dilly 

Dilly fills your day with busy-work, meetings that should be emails and email trails that are longer than your to-do list. 

When you feel like its been a flat-out day but you haven’t achieved anything, that’s Dilly at work already sneaking away with your precious minutes. 

Frenzy 

A whirlwind of distractions making deep, focused work impossible. 

Frenzy doesn’t have to stop you entirely, just send enough pings, pop-ups and ‘just a quick-one’ emails your way to make meaningful progress grind to a halt and keep you firefighting. 

Pile-Up 

Pile-up makes sure you're overloaded with work but can't ask for help. Where there's gatekeepers protecting themselves, managers who don't delegate and a sense that all the tasks from a meeting are on you? That's pile-up at work. 

Boggle 

Boggle thrives on confusion. Seemingly simple messages become tangles of vague instructions and unclear expectations. Boggle uses a fog of misunderstanding to muddle communication, leading to second-guessing, duplication, inaction and frustration.