Tim Cynova

𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔.𝗜. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 — 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔.𝗜. 𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧. 🤖

📺 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 → www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep90

🎙️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀—𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 🎙️

It’s also where new possibilities are being built, literally and figuratively.

🎧 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 → www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep89

⏰ Last call! Today’s the final day for the 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 to Oct Career Camp.

Think reflection, experimentation, & practical tools to help you clarify what’s next, craft your story, & navigate hiring with confidence.

Early bird pricing ends 9/30.
👉 www.workshouldntsuck.co/careercamp

🌀 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯?

On the new Work Shouldn’t Suck podcast, we use a Deep Democracy tool live to explore that exact tension.

🎧 Listen: www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep88

🎙 𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 🎙

What if we reframed a job seeker’s approach to interviews as something more akin to what it often resembles: improvisation.

🎧 www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep85

🎙️ What happens when you press record on Day 1 of an interim Co-CEO leadership assignment… and then again at the very end? 🎙️
www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep84

There’s no one “right” path to finding a job. Career Camp is built for real people navigating real (and often unclear) processes—with tools, story shaping, and support.

Deadline June 30.
www.workshouldntsuck.co/careercamp

📣 New Episode Alert! Join me at Socrates Sculpture Park with co-directors Katie Dixon & Shaun Leonardo as we explored the intersection of art, community, and co-leadership in thriving urban spaces. 🎧 www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep83

Career Camp is here! Only a few early bird discounts left.

Learn more about this summer adventure. www.workshouldntsuck.co/summer-camp-...

Do you love summer, career growth, and fun? We’ve got an adventure launching next week that might be of interest. #CliffHanger

Explore the quiet power of your dormant ties.

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New WSS HR LABS dropped! 🎉

This issue explores:
⚡ Change that lasts (and why most doesn’t)
🎭 Creativity as a leadership tool
💔 Processing grief in the workplace
🤝 Human-centered connecting

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𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲... 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Stability is just familiarity in disguise. “The way we do things” isn’t fixed, it’s a choice. Reflecting on these 3 Characteristics amid mind-bending times.

🎙️ New episode of the WSS HR Labs podcast!🎙️

Shannon Litzenberger and I discuss how creative practice fuels leadership, mutual care, & collective thriving. Plus, disrupting defaults & reimagining how we co-create. Tune in!

👉 www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep82

📣 Issue 20 of the WSS HR Labs newsletter just dropped 📣
Includes a new Top 10 Books in My Reading Queue list.
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Has your job become an Olive Garden-esk endless spaghetti bowl of duties and responsibilities? 🍝

Untangle it. bit.ly/role-clarity...

Hedonic Adaptation isn’t just fun to say, it’s a useful concept to understand that can help undermine systems snapback.
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[NEW] Discussing the snapback, hedonic adaptation, and the illusion of permanence with your team in these rapidly/changing times? Cool! Check out this free facilitator’s guide that might be of assistance.
👉 www.workshouldntsuck.co/downloads

📢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟—𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧’𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘.
For a hot second, it seemed like we were on the cusp of real workplace transformation…

𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 www.workshouldntsuck.co/blog2/2025/0...

If your nonprofit’s board and staff aren’t actively having conversations *together* about risk, risk calibration, your values, and your work, this tool might be of assistance.

Download the Facilitator’s Guide 👉 bit.ly/risk-calibra...

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱. To help teams untangle this messy mix, I created a new practical guide for co-creating clarity.

👉 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 www.workshouldntsuck.co/downloads

[NEW] "Flipping Switches: How SCARF Can Support Teams Through Unending Uncertainty" If you’ve ever thought, “This isn’t what I signed up for,” you’re not alone. Why Workplace Change Feels Personal.

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📣 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 #𝟭𝟵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗦𝗦 𝗛𝗥 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱!

Everything from calibrating risks to leveling-up employee onboarding, dusting off websites to climate emergency-related HR. Bonus: Free download of the Risk Calibration Blueprint & Facilitator's Guide!

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸, 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲?

👉 Download the new Risk Calibration Blueprint & Facilitator’s Guide
www.workshouldntsuck.co/downloads

What would happen if people throughout an org knew, understood, and discussed related risks, how they are evaluated, which risks are worth the, er, risk, and who ultimately has decision-making authority?

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🎧 Latest episode is out exploring how workplaces can prepare for and respond to climate-related emergencies.
www.workshouldntsuck.co/podcast2/ep81

FutureWork Lab | PDF to Flipbook A Co-Created Workplace Adventure. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com

I designed this fictional museum exhibition when someone asked me what one would be if it featured my life and work. Enjoy!

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We all carry a suitcase through life, adding and removing things. Amid this New Year inflection point, what’s one thing you’re leaving behind in 2024 and one thing you’re taking forward into 2025?

From Zoom to the Tune: AI's HR-Approved Karaoke Playlist for the New Normal — WSS HR LABS Discover the perfect formula for a successful office karaoke session and unleash the power of song. Explore an AI-curated, HR-approved playlist designed to engage and uplift your team with valuable ti...

I’ve written a lot of thought pieces about values-centered workplaces, but my article that’s trending right now: HR-approved karaoke songs.

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C-level colleague once said: "I don't have friends at work, it's easier to do my job. I believe in being friendLY, but my friendships exist outside of this place." Where do you land on workplace friendships, especially ones where people might be at different levels in an org’s hierarchy?