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There is great debate in the world of work about who is going to be displaced first by artificial intelligence. Will it be the new hires? Middle management? Or is it more about specific roles and how easily AI can become…

If a genie suddenly popped out of one of your reusable water bottles (not too many oil lamps laying around these days), what would you wish for? Assuming your first two wishes cover health and wealth, I’m guessing your third…

I feel the need. The need. For speed. That Top Gun mantra has never been more true. Leaders and organizations are demanding that their teams work fast and furiously to keep pace with the breakneck speed of change happening…

There’s a Maxell cassette tape commercial from the 80s where a man’s hair is blown back by the power of the playback. That vision comes to mind when I think about the work experience so many people are having today. Except…

For decades, we’ve been caught in the busyness trap, confusing being overscheduled and highly in demand with creating value. A recent report by technology company Visier coined the term “productivity theater” to describe…

In this moment, with the incessant chaos swirling all around us, it’s natural to want to bury your head in the sand. At the individual level, keeping your head down seems like a pretty good strategy. But at the organization…

There are 1,440 minutes in a day. That’s a lot less than most of us need to sleep, exercise, eat, run errands, and do our best at work. Sadly, however, that’s what we’ve got. The Earth is not going to rotate any slower than…

Ever driven to work only to get there and have the eerie feeling that you were checked out the whole time? Like the car drove itself? Mental autopilot is a real thing. It has a tendency to kick in when we’re a) set firmly…

Tick tock. Tick tock. Every day, valuable time is leaking out of your organization. Research suggests that 25 percent of the workday is wasted on distractions and common points of collaborative friction. That two hours of…

On the list of skills, behaviors, or attributes your organization measures and rewards, is “generous collaborator” on the list? I would hazard a guess that it’s not. Most organizations measure success through hard numbers…