Jobs aren’t the Goal
I think we’re having the wrong conversation about AI and work. The problem isn’t that AI might take our jobs. That’s the dream, really. The dream of technology, for most…
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The Attention Bottleneck
One of the common assumptions underpinning nearly every conversation I hear about AI governance is that there will always be a “Human in the Loop.” The phrase has become almost…
This Plane Ride Could Have Been An Email
I made an offhand comment on a call yesterday that has been rattling around in my head ever since. “This plane ride should have been an email.” It got a…
The Problem With Personality Tests
Personality tests are corporate astrology. That sounds harsher than I actually mean it, but only slightly. Like astrology, the scientific foundations underneath many workplace personality systems — MBTI, DISC, True…
Collapse Isn’t Just Institutional. It’s Personal.
There’s a form of collapse that doesn’t make headlines. It doesn’t announce itself with dramatic exits or public implosions. It shows up in smaller ways. A skipped status call. A…