# Work Forward

Human-centered leadership for the age of AI, by Brian Elliott

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## [Taking a break](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/taking-a-break)

_2026-08-30 · Brian Elliott_

A cancer vaccine, three labs that lost track of their own models, and the restructuring that died because the agents weren’t good enough.

## [Founder mode is the wrong answer to the AI moment](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/founder-mode-is-the-wrong-answer)

_2026-08-20 · Brian Elliott_

We’re stuck in industrial-age organization design. Founders making all the calls isn’t the way out.

## [Start here: What to read first](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/start-here-what-to-read-first)

_2026-08-15 · Brian Elliott_

A new reader's guide to Work Forward (and why it's all one argument)

## [The money changes its mind](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/the-money-changes-its-mind)

_2026-08-13 · Brian Elliott_

A busted PE deal, Airtable's fire sale, and what both should teach you about what happens when financial tides shift

## [The winners lose their nerve](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/the-winners-lose-their-nerve)

_2026-08-08 · Brian Elliott_

Before dessert with Jamie Dimon, the people who won the economy told me they think it's coming apart

## [Getting mad at the smoke alarm](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/getting-mad-at-the-smoke-alarm)

_2026-07-30 · Brian Elliott_

74% of big employers report a rise in mental-health related leaves.

## [Put joy on the P&L](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/put-joy-on-the-p-and-l)

_2026-07-23 · Brian Elliott_

Treating employees as customers pays off.

## [AI swings from doom to boom](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/ai-swings-from-doom-to-boom)

_2026-07-11 · Brian Elliott_

Why neither is showing up in today's reality

## [Ferrari in the jungle](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/ferrari-in-the-jungle)

_2026-07-08 · Brian Elliott_

The friction was always there. AI just made it impossible to ignore.

## [My family are all mutts](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/my-family-are-all-mutts)

_2026-07-03 · Brian Elliott_

Reflections on America as it turns 250

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_2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_

Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks

## [Let them eat cake](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/let-them-eat-cake)

_2026-06-18 · Brian Elliott_

Big Tech has sold CEOs a story about AI and labor. The leaders who refuse to buy it will own the decade.

## [I'm fine, but my team is nervous](https://theworkforward.substack.com/p/im-fine-but-my-team-is-nervous)

_2026-06-11 · Brian Elliott_

Leaders getting real with each other