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October 28, 2026
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October 28, 2026
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Why AI Brought Middle Managers Back

As organizations flattened hierarchies in pursuit of AI efficiency, they killed employee trust. Middle management brings human judgment and purpose. In 2023 Meta began aggressively laying off middle managers and shifting others back into individual contributor (IC) roles. Zuckerberg created a highly flattened structure with massive spans of control (sometimes […]
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October 20, 2026
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October 20, 2026
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Why is “Loud Working” the New Trend

You may have seen these “loud working” types. That is someone who is always announcing how hard they are working, how valuable they are and how important they are to the organization’s success. Loud working is when people make a show of how busy and hardworking they are, like posting […]
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October 8, 2026
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October 8, 2026
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Why Doesn’t Everyone Copy Nvidia’s Retention Culture

Nvidia reported a 3.7% turnover rate for fiscal 2026. More than 40% of new hires came through employee referrals. Their retention strategy is based on a combination that is considerably harder for a competitor to replicate. It is a system of interconnected choices, but there are many ideas you can design based on Nvidia's philosophy.
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September 30, 2026
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September 30, 2026
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Essential Jobs and Career Pathways in US

The skilled trades represent a $3.8 trillion economy employing 18+ million Americans, with 1.7 million job openings annually through 2035. Yet nearly half of apprenticeship starters never complete their pathway, revealing a system failure in retention, not recruitment—a critical insight for anyone considering a trades career.
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September 23, 2026
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September 23, 2026
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Book Review: The Tyranny of Metrics

What gets measured is not the same as what matters, and rewarding the measure corrupts it. Not everything that counts can be counted. Extrinsic reward for measured performance crowds out the intrinsic motivation that made people good at the work in the first place
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September 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026
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The Shrinking Time Between Seeing, Deciding & Acting

Military drones can now collect vast amounts of information, interpret what they see, identify objects and, when communication with humans is disrupted, continue operating with increasing autonomy. The organizations are also grappling at the shrinking gap between seeing, deciding and acting time.
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