What can a disembodied hand from a Netflix show teach you about non-verbal communication that no textbook ever could?

Thing is a disembodied hand. No face, no voice, no body language in any conventional sense — just a hand, moving through the world of the show. And yet Thing is one of the most expressive, emotionally compelling characters in the series. Without a face, without a voice, Thing communicates — clearly, specifically, and memorably — through movement, gesture, and timing alone.
Which makes Thing one of the most instructive teachers of non-verbal communication I’ve come across in recent pop culture.

Not Another Meeting!

Not Another Meeting! Smarter Meetings Start Here: Six Keys That Actually Work Virtually everyone in the working world attends meetings. Staff meetings, management meetings, planning […]

Is sitting in back-to-back meetings actually part of your job — or does everyone just assume it is?

A senior executive sat across from me recently – impressive career, multiple board roles, significant responsibility – and made a remark I haven’t stopped thinking about.
“Some people,” she said quietly, “justify their salary by having meetings.”
It was said without malice. She wasn’t ranting. She was making an observation she’d reached after years of watching organisational behaviour from the inside. And the more I’ve thought about it, the more I believe she’s identified something genuinely important. Meetings are sometimes just part of the job.