You bring the experience. We help you tell the story.

Tell us about one experience that changed your work. Most people finish in 10 to 20 minutes. If it fits the publication, an editor will shape a draft for your review, and nothing is published without your approval.

Step 1 of 5
How would you like to start?

Share five answersRecommended · 10 to 20 min

Five short questions. No writing experience needed.

Send a draftAlready written

Paste something you have written. Tell us if it was published elsewhere.

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Offered selectively when a story merits it. Start with a short idea.

Which format fits best? (optional)

Closest topic (optional)

Step 2 of 5
Your story

A working title or one-line idea

Rough is fine, e.g. “The onboarding checklist we cut in half”.

What happened, and what did you initially believe?

Describe the situation in a few sentences. What did you assume at the start?

What did you choose to do?

The decision, change or action, and who else was involved.

What changed, or what did not?

Be honest about the outcome, including if it was mixed or you are not sure.

What would you do differently, or tell a peer?

The lesson, with its limits: where would this not apply?

What is still unresolved or worth discussing?

An open question you would genuinely like other practitioners to answer.

Your draft

Plain text is fine. Please remove anything that identifies colleagues or employees.

Has this been published before? (optional)

What experience would you talk about?

A few sentences: what happened, and why it might help another practitioner.

When are you usually free for a call? (optional)

Step 3 of 5
About you

Your name

Only for editorial contact about this story.

Your role and context

Enough for a reader to understand your situation. Naming your employer is optional.

How would you like to be credited?

We cannot promise anonymity; we can discuss what is realistic for your story.

A profile link (optional)

Step 4 of 5
Permissions and disclosures

This is my own experience or a practice I was directly involved in. I have not included confidential employee records or details that would let someone identify another person’s private circumstances. I understand submission is not publication. Nothing is published until I approve the final version.

Any commercial interest readers should know about? (optional)

Disclosed interests do not disqualify a story; undisclosed ones can.

Also send me the weekly stories email. (Separate from your submission; optional.)

Step 5 of 5
Review and send

Check your answers. You can go back to any step. When you send, your submission is stored privately for the editorial team only.

Before you start

One experience, not a career. A specific moment beats a biography.
Any career level. A clear lesson matters more than a title.
Protect others. Leave out names and private details of colleagues.
We may decline. Not every good experience fits the publication, and we will say so plainly.
Your draft stays on this device until you press send.

Stuck for an idea? Try one of these:

The experience that changed what I thought HR was for.
The first time I realized a process was not the real problem.
The advice I stopped giving after I tried it myself.
What changed when I became the only HR person.
The question from a manager that exposed a gap in my thinking.

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