Set a boundary when office gossip starts: "I prefer not to talk about him absent — let's ask him".

When gossip starts, use: "I prefer not to talk about absent people" — close it without lecturing.

Score each initiative Impact x Confidence x Ease (1-10 each), execute by score order.

Score each idea on Impact, Confidence, Ease — pick the highest sum.

Don't ask AI "write in author X's style". That = using their commercial style sans permission.