Embracing the AI Workforce

“For employees who miss the spontaneity, knowledge-sharing and freewheeling riffs of the old-world office—but not the hassle of a commute, or a calendar packed with meetings—AI provides a welcome alternative."—The New “Hybrid Work” is “AI + Humans” - JSTOR Daily
Featured writing
When your brilliant idea meets organizational reality: a survival guide
Transform your brilliant tech ideas into reality by navigating organizational challenges and overcoming hidden resistance with this essential survival guide.
Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything
How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.
AI as Coach: Transforming Professional and Continuing Education
Transform professional and continuing education with AI-driven coaching, offering personalized support, accountability, and skill mastery at scale.
Books
The Work of Being (in progress)
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The Practice of Work (in progress)
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Recent writing
The bully pulpit: why AI slop only matters to people who write about AI slop
This article exposes how the 'AI moral crisis' narrative is amplified by the very people who control media—and why the 90% of workers actually using AI don't share the panic.
Why your job matters more than mine: the selective morality of job loss
This article reveals the uncomfortable pattern behind which jobs get moral protection and which get called 'market forces'—and what that means for everyone outside the creative class.
AI in writing: the end of a professional monopoly
This article reframes the AI writing debate: the panic isn't about creativity—it's about a professional class losing control of the systems they've gatekept for a century.
Notes and related thinking
The Future of Remote Work
Explore the evolving landscape of remote work, highlighting employee preferences and the balance between flexibility and social interaction.
GPT-4 pitches more successful
Discover how GPT-4-generated pitches outperform human ones, securing funding three times more effectively across various industries.
AI Offers Relief from Email Overload
Transform your email management with AI tools that help triage and compose replies, making remote work more efficient and sustainable.