Marginly.
Contributor
Callum Brooks
Writes about work, money and the odd economics of ordinary life.
6
stories
12,339
reads
2026
writing with us since
Jun 11, 2026
1 min read
The meeting that could have been a silence
A manager's experiment: replace the weekly status meeting with fifteen minutes of nothing.
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Jun 7, 2026
1 min read
What a pay rise actually buys
A year of tracking one household's budget shows that the extra money rarely goes where people think.
Jun 4, 2026
1 min read
The four-day week, one year later
A mid-sized firm, a measurement problem and the surprising thing that did not change.
May 29, 2026
1 min read
Why nobody reads the handbook
Onboarding documents are written for lawyers and read by no one. A better version fits on a postcard.
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May 25, 2026
1 min read
Learning to say no on a calendar
The most radical work tool of the decade is a blank afternoon.
May 10, 2026
1 min read
A day of silence in an open-plan office
We tried it so you do not have to. Here is the data and the surprising thing people missed.