Embarrassing workplace blunders and how to get over them
Recovering from a work blunder takes conviction and guile
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The strategy of pretending nothing has happened works best when the slip-up is deeply trivial.
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Pilita Clark
Once every couple of weeks or so, I get a work e-mail or text that starts with “Hi Pilots”.
This is because, for reasons best known to itself, the predictive text algorithm on a lot of mobile phones turns “Pilita” into “Pilots”.
