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Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture · Sep 26, 2025 · 22 min

RTO mandates are caused by middle aged men not liking their wives

Delighted to post this small conversation with Nick Shackleton-Jones. Nick posts brilliantly witty rants on TikTok that are just the best things I hear about work and the futility of bureaucracy. TikTok is a fame machine and if creators drop a banger they can end up reaching a vast audience. Nick has posted some content about work, neurodiversity and philosophy that has had millions of views. It was his take on why middle aged men wanted to return to the office that I put in the newsletter last week and made up the reason why we chatted but there’s so much more to this - not least him talking about adaptive behaviours and masking for people on the spectrum. Great listen. If you don’t use TikTok then I’ve given a selection of his best posts below: Nick on LinkedIn Shackleton Consulting Nick on TikTok - this is the good stuff Best posts to check out: Middle aged men don't get on with their wives The original on middle aged men What I miss about corporate More of what he misses about corporate (on company values) Adaptive processes for neutrodivergent people Pedestrian bell Chase difference Get the newsletter here Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter or check out the best ever episodes at the website. Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by Bruce Daisley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Delighted to post this small conversation with Nick Shackleton-Jones. Nick posts brilliantly witty rants on TikTok that are just the best things I hear about work and the futility of bureaucracy.


TikTok is a fame machine and if creators drop a banger they can end up reaching a vast audience. Nick has posted some content about work, neurodiversity and philosophy that has had millions of views.


It was his take on why middle aged men wanted to return to the office that I put in the newsletter last week and made up the reason why we chatted but there’s so much more to this - not least him talking about adaptive behaviours and masking for people on the spectrum.


Great listen. If you don’t use TikTok then I’ve given a selection of his best posts below:


Nick on LinkedIn

Shackleton Consulting

Nick on TikTok - this is the good stuff


Best posts to check out:


Get the newsletter here

Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter or check out the best ever episodes at the website.

Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by Bruce Daisley.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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