Fish Percolator
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Fish Percolator
@fishpercolator.co.uk
Human-centric tech leadership consultancy and nonsense from @quinn.mx and friends
🕵️‍♀️ Do you or someone on your team regularly experience impostor syndrome?

What if I told you I had a cure (or at least something that might help)? And that it includes a free poster?

Now do you want to click this link?? fishpercolator.co.uk/blog/the-cur...
The cure for impostor syndrome | Fish Percolator
One little diagram might be all you need. Includes a free poster!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Does anyone else find having great shower thoughts slightly distressing?

I seem to do my best strategic thinking when I'm in the shower and then it's a rush to get to a place where I can write them all down furiously before they escape my brain.
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🎤 "Write what you know," they say. Well, I know about karaoke.

OK, there's a leadership tip in here too, but you'll have to read the post to find out: fishpercolator.co.uk/blog/the-kar...
The "karaoke host's rule" | Fish Percolator
Being humble in power dynamics can help your team to step up. Also, what on earth this has to do with singing.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🗞️ Are you already subscribed to the Fish Percolator email newsletter?

If you are, this first edition will have arrived in your inbox yesterday: fishperc.substack.com/p/the-shiny-...

If not, maybe give it a read and hit the subscribe button? I promise it will be great content and only once a month!
The shiny new Fish Percolator newsletter
10 years in, we've finally got a newsletter. Let's go!
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October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🍉 "When people feel trusted and they trust their leaders, they can afford to be honest because they know they will be spared any consequences."

What does that have to do with watermelons? Read this week's post to find out! fishpercolator.co.uk/blog/i-carri...
I carried a watermelon! | Fish Percolator
Is trust actually at the heart of our biggest team problems? And what does that have to do with a delicious fruit?
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October 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🧠 If a team member is tired, stressed or upset, they will think at a fraction of their peak performance. Even if your team is operating normally, there are hidden costs that can be avoided.

I've written about my new offer, and whether your team could benefit: fishpercolator.co.uk/blog/could-t...
Could this help you? | Fish Percolator
Maybe your team is working just fine, so what reward would you see hiring us?
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October 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
⌛ Deadlines are demotivating and stressful.
🪧 It's time to start talking about consequences instead.

Here's my latest blog: fishpercolator.co.uk/blog/deadlin...

Do you have deadlines? Reply and we can try rewording them as consequences!
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🔥 "We're all too busy fighting fires to think about strategy"
👩‍🔬 "We just need to write the tests and then we'll be done"
⌛ "The end of October is a hard deadline"

These phrases sound "normal", but they don't have to be!

My latest blog post: fishpercolator.co.uk/blog/twas-ev...
'Twas ever thus | Fish Percolator
These things are annoying, but there's nothing we can do about them... right?
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October 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM