Fail-Safe Hiring

09/09/2026

The Glassmaker Who Asked When It Broke | When Knowledge Becomes Habit

Every Friday, a master glassmaker shattered a glass that appeared perfect.

Then he asked:

“When did this glass become weak?”

The apprentices thought it happened when the glass broke.

He taught them to look much earlier.

Months later, they could see what he saw—without him.

Perhaps that is the real purpose of teaching:

not merely transferring knowledge, but developing judgement.

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08/09/2026

The Recruiter Who Protected a Candidate’s Idea | Evolution of the inCredible Recruiter

The company rejected her.

Then it decided to use the strategy she had presented during the interview.

She might never have known.

But the recruiter knew.

“We evaluated her idea. We did not acquire it.”

A one-minute workplace story about what candidate experience really means when nobody is watching.

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07/09/2026

The Seven Doors We Had Already Walked Through | Rediscovering the Joy of Working

Fourteen Mondays.

Fourteen workers.

Fourteen very different stories.

Only later did we recognise the seven doors running through them:

Meaning. Contribution. Mastery. Autonomy. Absorption. Fellowship. Craftsmanship.

Perhaps rediscovering the joy of working doesn't begin by telling people to feel happier.

It begins by asking what has gone missing.

Which door has quietly closed in your work?

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06/09/2026

The Professor Who Had Stopped Being a Student | Career Reflections

Twenty-five years of teaching.

A respected career.

Full classrooms.

Thousands of students.

Then came one simple question:

“What are you trying to understand now?”

Professor Sen realised his career was still progressing...

but his learning had quietly stopped.

Career Principle #009

A career can continue looking successful long after growth has stopped.

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05/09/2026

When Seeing Is Not Enough | Schindler’s List | Second Sight — Episode 9

Seeing suffering can disturb us.

Empathy can change us.

But Schindler’s List asks something more difficult:

What are we prepared to do about what we have seen?

Schindler's journey is not an overnight transformation from opportunist to saint.

It is a gradual movement...from observation to discomfort...from discomfort to responsibility...and from responsibility to action.

Perhaps the question isn't:

“Would I have been Schindler?”

Perhaps it is:

When suffering becomes visible to me, and I have some power to change it... what do I do with that power?

Second Sight — Because Great Movies Reveal Themselves Slowly.

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04/09/2026

04/09/2026

The Visitor Who Refused to Be Carried | A One-Minute Workplace Story

For seven years, employees helped wheelchair users around the same barrier.

They were kind.

Helpful.

Compassionate.

But nobody fixed the entrance.

A one-minute workplace story about an uncomfortable truth:

A compassionate workaround is still a workaround.

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03/09/2026

The Questions She Asked Too Late | Decoding the Job Hunt

Salary? ✓

Title? ✓

Benefits? ✓

Flexible working? ✓

But Meera forgot to ask:

What will I actually spend my days doing?

A one-minute story about why evaluating an offer isn't the same as evaluating the opportunity behind it.

Recruitment Principle #004

Alignment beats attraction.

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02/09/2026

The Control Room That Practised Going Dark | A One-Minute Workplace Story

They deliberately practised a computer failure every month.

Then one day...the computers really failed.

Nobody panicked.

A one-minute workplace story about why knowledge written down is not the same as knowledge a team has learned to use together.

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01/09/2026

The Talent Pool That Wasn’t a Talent Pool | A One-Minute Workplace Story

40,000 technology professionals.

Only 300 hires needed.

What could possibly go wrong?

Quite a lot.

Watch this one-minute workplace story about why talent availability is about much more than the headline number.

Size is not the same as depth, accessibility or readiness.

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