We focus on Episode Two of Severance and are joined once again by our friend and academic wellness expert Professor Narelle Lemon.

We delve into the topic of corporate gaslighting and how the work of MDR is the best description ever of analyzing student experience survey results.

Along the way we touch on the unique grief caused by corporate restructures and deconstruct the strategies used to give purpose to purposeless work.

In much the same way as Ricken outs Mark S for being severed, Inger outs Anitra’s secret past as CD cleaning kit seller of the month.

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