“Despite the corporate push for a return to the office, data suggests that office attendance is still below pre-pandemic levels. Placer.ai’s Nationwide Office Building Index, which looked at 800 office buildings, found that numbers were more than the majority at 60% of pre-pandemic levels."—
Is this a matter of business strategy? Or privilege and preference?
“The traditional five-day office week is facing resistance from an unexpected quarter: top-tier executives. According to new research from McKinsey, these influential senior employees strongly prefer the option of working from home at least part of the time."—
“The reasons for the findings will probably not surprise anyone who has spent much of the past few years working from a dining-room table. It is harder for people to collaborate from home."—The working-from-home illusion fadesread more >
The article discusses the concept of embracing instability and utilizing generative AI to make strategic decisions in a rapidly changing business environment. It emphasizes the need for leaders to abandon the idea of stability and instead focus on generating and processing large amounts of data with the help of AI. The article highlights the role of AI in enhancing decision-making, improving customer experiences, automating tasks, and providing valuable insights. It concludes by stating that AI is essential for driving innovation and success in the business world. read more >
“While each organization is unique, common patterns of mindsets and processes appear over time, often associated with different technologies, in different contexts and eras. While the patterns of management vary widely, the concept of management is timeless.”
“In the digital era, the leader as an organizational midwife is typically a chief experience officer or a people leader who takes on the role and responsibilities of someone who nurtures a culture in which decisions on how something should and should not be used are made deliberately and intentionally by everyone.” (The art of leading in the AI age) read more >
It’s generally thought that teachers know everything and consultants know nothing. When you learn from a teacher, it’s through that you’re learning what they know. And when you get help from a consultant, you’re supposed to know that they are basically just project managing things, but they don’t really know more than you do.
The reality is that both follow a similar approach.
Teachers typically use others’ materials as the basis for what they teach. What you‘re getting is 1) their help with your understanding of the materials, and 2) their interpretation of the materials.
