The source of your stress is surprising
Literally. Also: a feline personal assistant and coping with AI's damage.
Masters of Babel
I study the psychological, cultural and economic forces reshaping executive work. I experiment with them. It looks like chaos, but it transforms how we do strategy, management and career.
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✱ Dial down the optimism to keep the job
The worst way to deal with burnout is optimism. Past experience is not a good way to evaluate a candidate. This to do list is out of control.
✱ Find an app for reading the room
Using technology to understand your colleagues. Clubs to relearn how to make friends. The "loneliness epidemic" lie.
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AI doesn't remove the bottleneck, it changes its shape
Companies rehire because they failed AI adoption. Executive might be losing their judgment skills.
No problem like a new problem
New problems are harder than old ones. Having experience is an obstacle. Headphones become an office problem.
Experiments: projects, e-mails and careers.
What if projects were videogames, e-mails were Telegram messages and tech companies had actual skin in the game?
A slime would tell you to stop overthinking
Some slimes are smarter than many engineers. Why new complex solutions will always fail. The right reason to terminate a project.
Claude in search of meaning
A hidden career advantage for religious people. A new to assess your skills. A CRM you won't hate.
The new path to a fulfilling career
In which we find talent, connections and fulfillment in surprising places