1 billion job ads & 62% wage premium.

Sorry, missed you last week! I had the chance to spend some time in Mexico.

It was a true break from the screen spending time with family, reading a book cover-to-cover that my father gave me, celebrating a birthday, snorkeling, and even doing some bird watching, which I am really starting to enjoy.

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about thinking and what that means for human development where.

PwC released their 2026 analysis on covering over 1 billion job ads across six continents.

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With AI agents, workers are able to use their skills to deliver value and results at a much greater scale.

If you and your team find yourselves ready to add agentic AI to your team,

Shout-out to Mina for our recent call on this topic with the World Employment Confederation.

There are massive opportunities to elevate REAL people here, though much of this potential remains hidden beneath the surface.

Someone once said to me, “Sharks don’t take off Weekends .”

In hospitals, the work doesn’t stop on weekends. One of the greatest unlocks is turning your business into a true 24/7 operation.

This has always been possible in e-commerce, but now professional services can also be “always on” to serve customers

The plan is important, but understanding why you think the plan is important brings even more clarity.

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It feels timely; we are being bombarded with information, and a significant part of what we consume is work-related.

A conversation with the Chief Innovation Officer at Microsoft prompted me to reflect on how our thoughts develop and what stuck with me was he said on our podcast recording:

“Do we need all the skills or different ones?”

As we build new models for our clients and expand our community,

The AI worker use cases where we see the most value today involve navigating multiple systems and logins, VMS submission, payroll work find your here.

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1. RAISE US: $500M+ coalition backed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft and others to help workers adapt to AI-driven job change

2. Maryland joins RAISE US: state workforce partnership focused on training workers to thrive in an AI economy

3. California: first state tool to monitor and track AI-related workforce impacts and job loss

4. OpenAI Codex research: agentic AI users grew more than 5X in H1 2026, with 10%+ managing 3 or more agents weekly

5. Microsoft WorkLab: Kantar gave Copilot to every employee and built 15,000 AI agents through an internal “agent factory”

6. Microsoft 365: Copilot in Excel gets finance-grade skills, audit trails, trusted data connectors and Copilot attribution

7. Microsoft Dynamics 365: workforce engagement management now plans and measures both human and AI workforce performance

8. Microsoft Azure: new agentic observability tool helps teams monitor complex AI systems and resolve failures faster

9. Microsoft Texas datacenter: new AI campus expected to support 6,000+ construction jobs and hundreds of permanent roles

10. NSF AI-Ready America: national AI literacy and workforce initiative focused on building the workforce for the “Golden Age”

If you consider the 104 days designated as weekends and holidays, that is over 2,500 extra hours available.

When you total up the standard 40-hour work week against the total hours in a year, perhaps the 4-hour work week is actually becoming possible. With the help of AI.

Even if you choose to work more, you might be able to retire earlier or pursue other passions.

Have a great week. DM me if I can be helpful!

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