Tag: Future of Work
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The Changing of the Tides: Navigating Work in the Age of AI and Erosion
Photo by Samuel Scrimshaw on Unsplash A Rising Undertow Last spring, the National Association of Business Economics surveyed 600 hiring managers and came back with a jaw‑dropper: more than half said applicants “couldn’t summarize a one‑page memo without AI help.” In the very same quarter, ChatGPT crossed a billion monthly users. If you picture modern…
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The Convenience Trap: Why Borrowed Solutions Build Fragile Companies
Author’s Note Every time I teach someone to automate a daily task — or pitch a simple tool that quietly saves an hour a week — the same question always comes up: “Why should we spend hours or days building something that only saves minutes or hours?” I see the same question through a different…
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The Problems with Unicorns
Author’s Note Yes, “unicorn” is a ridiculous word. So are “guru,” “ninja,” and “wizard”—and we’re not here to glorify them. These labels get tossed around too casually in tech and corporate slang, usually as buzzword shorthand for undefined brilliance or vaguely heroic productivity. We’re using “unicorn” here not because it’s the most accurate, but because…
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Meet Your New Team Members: AI Agents in the Workplace
The world of artificial intelligence is undergoing a seismic shift, bringing transformative tools that promise to reshape industries and redefine the way we work. From integrated applications like Microsoft’s CoPilot, which enhances productivity across business functions, to autonomous AI “Agents” capable of handling tasks traditionally reserved for humans, the line between human-driven and machine-augmented workflows…
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