§ IV · The Journal

The continuing argument from the principal.

Essays, field notes, and the rare invitation. The Journal is the place where the firm thinks aloud, between white papers and engagements. Subscribe to receive the dispatch the first Tuesday of each month.

§ I · The Featured Essay

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Essay · July 2026 · 5 min

The studies were right. The yardstick was wrong.

The 2019 trials read as proof that workplace wellbeing does not work found something narrower and more useful. The problem was never the evidence. It was the yardstick.

By Krystal Sexton

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§ II · Essays

The archive.

Essay · 22 April 2026 · 4 min

Work is a determinant of health.

The ILO is putting on the calendar what the evidence has said for years. Leadership behavior, workload, role clarity, communication, and support structures drive worker health, and worker health is a driver of safety. The companies that will win the next decade of workforce health are the ones that stop buying downstream tools to treat symptoms and start redesigning the upstream conditions that produce the outcomes.

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§ III · Field Notes