What to do when everything sucks

Bad Days happen. At work. At home. Sometimes before 10am. And when they do, having a plan can make all the difference.

Dr Gayle Smerdon is the author of The Bad Day Playbook, a guide to navigating tough days with clarity, humour and practical actions.

Gayle is a workplace learning specialist, speaker and author who helps people make work less exhausting and more meaningful.

For more than two decades, she has worked across universities, government and not-for-profits, helping leaders and teams navigate change, build capability, and create healthy cultures. She studies how organisations function (and malfunction), exploring the interplay of systems, culture and behaviour. Her favourite question is simple: “Is this important and are we helping?”

Gayle lives in Melbourne and is the contented slave to her feline overlord, Mr Spooks.