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Your 6-point checklist to prepare for promotion in 2026

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Walking So Others Can Run

— Joyce Kingsley-Nwachukwu, Correspondence Officer, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Toronto, ON, Canada

Creating a Growth Environment

— Medardo Panlilio, Corporate Planning Analyst, Ministry of Social Development

Surrey, BC, Canada

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AI models have been known to use em dashes liberally. Do you use them any less?

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The risk isn't over-reliance on AI, but long-term disengagement from learning itself. How do you balance preventing skill decay with preventing stagnation?

— Milos Vicentijevic, Municipal Communal Enforcement Officer, City of Belgrade, Serbia

I'm a newbie here who is driven with instinctive passion to translate policy into tangible works that benefit the targeted area.

— Mila Mol Marita, Policy & Strategy Consultant, Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

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The term 'rage-bait' was named Oxford University Press' word of the year for 2025. This compound phrase refers to online content designed to elicit responses of anger or offence. Its inclusion calls attention to the rise of manipulation tactics being used in modern social media to drive engagement.