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The Circular Economy of Talent
Our talent systems were designed for a world of abundant talent. Talent is routinely discarded after use. Retain, Retrain, Return and Reimagine are the four pillars of the circular economy.
Office Should Be For Radical Innovation
The real reason people hate returning to the office? Because we turned offices into places where work happens. And work, it turns out, is the worst place for breakthroughs.
Write Effective Love Letters
MicroStimuli argues that human decisions are made in milliseconds by non-conscious processes. The entire tradition of trying to change behavior through awareness, information, and rational persuasion is therefore fundamentally broken.
Fear Of Becoming Obsolete & Staying Relevant in the AI Economy
FOBO is the Fear Of Becoming Obsolete. AI talent management needs to adapted to AI adoption. Workforce anxiety is real.
Why Do Children Play?
kids don’t play to pass time—they play to build capability. Fun is not the goal. Growth is. The joy is a byproduct of getting better.
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky: Book Review
Humans possess a tragic gift: we can activate the stress-response system through pure imagination. Zebras only activate stress when a lion actually appears. This mismatch between our bio machinery and our imagination explains why so many knowledge workers suffer stress-related diseases.