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    <title>people</title>
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    <updated>2026-05-06T23:13:22+10:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1772</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://ashley.rolfmore.com/stop-trying-to-engineer-your-way-out-of-listening-to-people/" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[I spend a lot of time negotiating this in the software world:

And if you&amp;#039;re wondering why this happens, it&amp;#039;s normally because:

 1. people aren&amp;#039;t talking to people
 2. people aren&amp;#039;t listening

So lots of designers and product people have leapt onto 1, basically trying to turn talking to people]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-27T06:34:36+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1594</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[AI Use at Work Is Causing &amp;quot;Brain Fry,&amp;quot; Researchers Find, Especially Among High Performers]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-brain-fry" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The increased speed and multitasking that AI allows at work is leading to many workers experiencing &amp;quot;brain fry,&amp;quot; a new study found.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-11T07:42:20+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1511</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://fortune.com/2026/02/13/tech-giant-ibm-tripling-gen-z-entry-level-hiring-according-to-chro-rewriting-jobs-ai-era/" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Gen Z jobs aren’t dead yet: $240 billion tech giant IBM says it’s rewriting entry-level jobs—and tripling down on its hiring of young talent.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-15T14:13:37+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1451</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://idiallo.com/blog/teaching-my-neighbor-to-keep-the-volume-down" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[My dish network device interfered with that of my neighbor. He didn&amp;#039;t want to cooperate, so I taught him how to keep the volume down. Now he sets it to 18.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-02T14:15:08+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1276</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The engineer–manager pendulum is breaking]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.modernleader.is/p/pendulum-revisited" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The hybrid era of engineering leadership is here, and the traditional IC/manager model is no longer suitable.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-28T09:31:04+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1237</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Why don&amp;#039;t people return their shopping carts?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-people-return-their-shopping-carts-a-somewhat-scientific-investigation/" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[For reasons I can’t fully explain, people’s failure to return their carts bothers me more than it probably should. But then I realized I can do something about it.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-18T06:28:55+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1226</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Are We Doomed?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/david-runciman/are-we-doomed" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1226"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-13T18:52:56+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1194</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Mr Tiff]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://inventingthefuture.ghost.io/mr-tiff/" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[For as long as I have published my books, one of my overarching goals was to give credit to those who actually invented the hardware and software that we use.

I have spent 10,000+ hours to create an accurate record of their work but I&amp;#039;m not complaining. The &amp;#039;as-close-to-possible&amp;#039;]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-17T16:00:54+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1193</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[When stick figures fought]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1193"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-04T18:33:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1181</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2025/20251022en?brid=vscAjql9kZL1FfGE7TYHVw#en57996:~:text=TRANSPORT%20OF%20CONTAMINATED%20PERSON%20OFFSITE" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1181"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2025-10-27T00:19:48+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1118</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[How to Lead in a Room Full of Experts]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://idiallo.com/blog/how-to-lead-in-a-room-full-of-experts" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1118"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The leader isn&amp;#039;t the person with the most knowledge. Instead, the leader is the person who can communicate the best and help teams coordinate. Leading by example, is about listening and communicating]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-10-06T18:14:38+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1015</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Humanity]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humanity" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1015"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[SMBC is a daily comic strip about life, philosophy, science, mathematics, and dirty jokes.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-06-29T06:09:14+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/897</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later all the predictions made have true]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/10/iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-in-2019-nearly-6-years-later-all-the-predictions-made-have-come-true/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/897"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries in the world to adopt the four-day working week, not through a general law, but through agreements allowing workers to negotiate shorter weeks or reduced hours. Five years on, the results are indisputable. The Icelandic experiment began in…]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:11:15+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/896</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[5 Powerful Persuasion Methods for Engineering Managers]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/5-powerful-persuasion-methods-for" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/896"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:11:13+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/793</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The tough reality of being a &amp;quot;glue person&amp;quot;]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/the-tough-reality-of-being-a-glue" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/793"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T00:54:08+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/708</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Continue &amp;amp; Persist Letter]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://continueandpersist.org/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/708"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Continue &amp;amp; Persist Letter]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-23T08:00:30+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/288</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Not everyone has an internal monologue]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://ryanandrewlangdon.wordpress.com/2020/01/28/today-i-learned-that-not-everyone-has-an-internal-monologue-and-it-has-ruined-my-day/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/288"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their head. All my life, I could hear my voice in my head and speak in full sentences as if I was…]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-16T08:00:16+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/111</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[ADHD Accommodations Guide | ADHD At Work]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://adhdatwork.add.org/adhd-accommodation-guide/" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-02T14:00:27+10:00</updated>
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