December 25, 2025

A Merry Skippy Christmas

Work the divide

There are two kinds of organisation: big ones and small ones. Big ones tend to be, erm, bigger, and have lots of people doing lots of…

Redoubt

Skippy strategy: Have yourself a Merry Skippy Christmas.

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