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Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

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Bookmark: 3 ‘workplace paradoxes’ to secretly boost your career— by a psychologist

Unlock career growth by mastering three key workplace paradoxes that enhance influence, confidence, and long-term success.

Balancing career opportunities is crucial as too many options can lead to missed long-term growth. Subtle influence is often more persuasive than loud proclamations, as gaining trust quietly establishes true influence. Taking on challenging tasks can increase confidence and proficiency, making difficult accomplishments more rewarding.

Success in your career is often messy, complicated and full of contradictions—but that’s not necessarily bad. The contradictions are not the issue; the real challenge lies in finding ways to resolve them.

3 ‘Workplace Paradoxes’ To Secretly Boost Your Career—By A Psychologist

Nobody takes you aside anymore

Print taught a generation when to stop. What we lose when the machines absorb the constraints that used to form us.

Your AI agents need a water cooler

Coordination is a property of the room, not the org chart. What that means when your coworkers are agents.

On the death of the author and the birth of the detector

Why worrying about AI authorship is lazier, and more prejudiced, than it looks.

The work of being available now

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The practice of work in progress

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

Did the state change? A simple test for whether work actually happened

Either something exists now that did not exist before, or it does not. A simple test for whether work actually happened, and what changes when you build your systems so they can't record anything else.

How to manage content for multiple clients without flattening their voices

How to manage content for multiple clients without their voices blurring into one house style: a workspace and a voice profile per client, batchable stages, and approval buffers.

Why does AI writing sound generic? It has nothing to work with

Why does AI writing sound generic? Because the model has none of your perspective, examples, constraints, or stakes to work with. The fix is interview-first, not better adjectives.

Bookmark: Workplace loneliness isn’t getting better [new data]

Discover new data revealing the rise of workplace loneliness and its impact on mental health. Explore effective solutions to foster connection at work.

Bookmark: The next wave of automation: Will AI disrupt more high-skill jobs?

Explore how AI is reshaping high-skill jobs, driving the need for new skills and offering opportunities in a rapidly evolving job market.

Article analysis: We need to talk about the emotional weight of work

Explore the emotional weight of work and discover strategies to manage procrastination, boost productivity, and foster personal fulfillment.