Tag: Professional Development
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The Cost of Ownership
Photo by nikko macaspac on Unsplash Author’s Note This piece may come across sharper than most. Perhaps that’s intentional—but the intent is not unkind. The goal here is not to condemn managers, critique peers, or cast blame on systems that evolved in the absence of reflection. Rather, it’s to illuminate a pattern that often remains invisible until it’s…
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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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On Leadership: Earning Respect, Exercising Authority
Author’s Note There’s a moment in the film Annapolis that has stayed with me, long after the rest of the story faded. During a training exercise, a Marine instructor brings out a body bag, lays it before the cadets, and orders one of them inside. As the young woman struggles to stay calm, the instructor…
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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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The Paint Drip Professional: Mastering the Art of Continuous Learning and Exploration
I’ll be frank: today’s topic has been in my mind’s guestroom for a few years, comfortably sprawled out without even hinting at a check-out date. It’s a concept I stumbled upon in a blog post by Bob Marshall that resonated so deeply, it was as if I’d discovered a label for my own, seemingly unconventional,…
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