White‑collar Automation Arrives, but Benefits Remain Uneven
Behold the automation of white collar work. This graph gives new meaning to saying “the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed”
Skip VP Hires Until $10M ARR, Stay Hands‑on
If you're under $10M ARR and you have a VP of anything, that’s a mistake. > You hire a VP of Sales > Now you need a VP of Marketing > Now you need a VP of Product Suddenly, you're managing executives instead of...
Stack Collapse Will Transform Low‑Margin Service Industries
agree with this thesis - collapsing stack (of talent, process, and economics) in almost absurd ways in a specific vertical will birth the next generation leaders in services. these traditionally people-intensive, slow, low margin businesses will look entirely different
Young, Black, Hispanic, Asian Americans Face Rising Unemployment
Important point: February was a dismal jobs report. But look closer at who is suffering the most in this frozen job market... Young people African Americans Hispanic Americans Asian Americans These are the groups that have had the biggest uptick in unemployment rates. https://t.co/zszvNZ2Xv3
February Sees Job Losses Across Nearly All Sectors
Yikes. Almost every major industry group shed jobs in February. Private sector overall: -86,000 Hospitality -27,000 Healthcare -28,000 Manufacturing -12,000 Tranport/warehouse -11,000 Construction -11,000 Information -11,000 Federal gov't -10,000 Professional/biz -5,000 Mining -2,000 Social assistance +9,000 Finance +10,000 #jobs
Talent‑First Strategy Powers Decades of Private‑Equity Returns
I started preparing for a research episode on a top private equity firm ($3B+ in AUM), and here are some of the notes I’ve taken so far: >Talent drives returns. >Their model is driven by the search for outlier investment talent. >Most of...
Job Applications Now Demand Absurd Personal Data Overload
This might be the most obnoxious job application I’ve seen in a while. Slide deck. Personality ratings. Grades from high school and college. Your current life goals. Your podcast list. Just. To. Apply. I’m surprised they didn’t ask for your Spotify Wrapped and a reference from...
Credentials Open Doors; Personality Lands the Job
Your credentials got you in the room. They were never going to get you the job. Everyone in the final round has credentials. Stop leading with credentials. Your credentials are table stakes, not a differentiator. The interview starts where the resume...
AI Hiring Must Expand Opportunities, Not Reinforce Bias
Law firm recruiters: AI in hiring should open doors, not quietly close them. If a model learns from your firm’s history, it will reproduce your firm’s history. Humans still need to own the decision. #LegalRecruiting #LegalTech #AI https://t.co/GNkRwGexTH
Middle Management: The Hidden Glue Companies Lose
#TimTalk - Many organisations “lean out” by removing middle layers. What is the cost to a company when they remove this “middle” glue? with Gary Cookson https://t.co/fW8twRPAgo via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Management #HumanResources #HR
Japanese Gaming’s Ongoing Stealth Staff Cuts Exposed
This is now making the rounds online, but stealth staff reduction has been going on for years in gaming in Japan - as I laid out in my thread here on X in October 2024 already: https://t.co/Y8RPoVIvDF
Compliance Beats Excellence: Why the Best Stay Unpromoted
The most qualified person in the room rarely gets the title. They ask too many questions. They flag the problems nobody wants to see. They care more about results than optics. Meanwhile the one who smiles, nods, and never rocks the boat? Corner office. This isn’t...
Young Non‑College Workers See Sharp Employment Decline
That young workers are broadly seeing a decline in employment rates regardless of education is consistent with our low-churn labor market. Hiring & voluntary quits have corrected from their 2021/22 Great Resignation highs & now young workers are feeling frontline...
Omada Launches Flexible GLP‑1 Care for Employers
When it comes to GLP‑1s, many employers feel stuck between “do nothing” and “all‑in coverage.” That’s not a great set of choices, especially when they want to find a way to say yes. I’m excited that @OmadaHealth is adding a...
Calling Layoffs “Efficiency” Earns Swift, Repeated Backlash
New rule: if you use the word “efficiency” to try and sound better/smarter/more caring than saying “layoffs” or “jobs lost,” immediate big kick in the butt. Immediate. And repeated.
AI Will Redefine White‑Collar Work, Not Just Eliminate Jobs
Note that "exposure" here does not necessarily mean "job loss". It means AI can automate -- or is now automating -- many of the TASKS involved in a job. That CAN manifest as job loss, but it can also free...
Rising Health Benefits Are Shrinking Wage Growth
Sorry, this is misleading to the point of being dishonest. Benefits are roughly 20% of compensation. You're saying if benefits costs didn't rise at all, wages could increase more, but benefit increases have actually lagged pay in the last year...
Weak Job Market Affects All Young Workers, Not Just Grads
Everyone is trying to explain the mystery of why the job market is weak for college grads, most blaming AI. But that IS NOT THE MYSTERY. The mystery is why is it weak for young workers of ALL EDUCATION LEVELS...
Financial Education: The Overlooked Employee Benefit Companies Need
Most jobs will offer things like health benefits, retirement plans, and gym discounts upfront. But one benefit that doesn’t get talked about enough is financial education. If you think your company could benefit from something like this, feel free to pass...
Early Marketing Hires: Prioritize Strategy, Execution, or Creativity?
For other founders: When hiring early marketing talent, what do you prioritize most — strategy, execution, or creativity?
Oracle to Slash Thousands of Jobs in $1.6B AI‑driven Restructuring
Oracle Plans Thousands of Job Cuts in Face of AI Cash Crunch “In September @Oracle disclosed in a filing it was planning its largest-ever restructuring, which will cost as much as $1.6B in the current fiscal year ending May, incl severance...
Hire as Fast as You Train, or Fail
Most startups fail at hiring, not product. They scale headcount faster than they scale training. Lean teams stay small, ship MVPs, track metrics, and fix root issues with Five Whys before adding people. Amazon runs teams small enough to feed with two pizzas...
Self‑advocacy at Work Turns Promotions Into Popularity Contests
If the only way to get promoted at your company is to "advocate for yourself," congrats, you just built a popularity contest. 💅🏻
5 Hidden Habits Blocking Mid‑Level Designers’ Promotion
I've mentored over 500 designers at this point. Here are the top 5 common patterns that quietly stall growth from mid → senior level design positions. Some may surprise you.
Boring, Well-Documented Work Beats Flashy AI Projects
After 100+ AI engineering interviews, here’s the pattern I didn’t expect: The strongest candidates are not the ones with the coolest projects. They’re the ones that care enough to make the boring work. Boring is good. Boring means: clear scope clear outputs clear measurement clear tradeoffs clear documentation One...
Building AI‑Ready Foundations for Modern Business Practice
Foundations for Professional Business Practice in the age of #AI @ABPsychologists https://t.co/wHgU5EuzIz #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Health Insurance Spikes Stall Wage Growth Amid Inflation
Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except in Wages & Rents. Double-digit increases in employee health insurance costs hold down wage increases https://t.co/hhJssjhbRm https://t.co/MchphaLdWf
AI‑driven Layoffs Demand Generous Severance Packages
If there is a layoff then what will your severance package be? If you are at a large company then it might look something like the below, which is pretty generous. And if AI is used as the layoff excuse….they better be...
Takeda Slashes 400 US Jobs in Restructuring
Takeda to Cut 400 US Jobs as Part of Overhaul, Nikkei Says @business cc @dailyjobcuts @MacroEdgeRes
Four Decision Gates Before Renewing Your LMS
NEW: Do you use an #LMS for #training? Eventually, you'll face contract renewal. But what should you do before you re-up? Take a beat. Here's my renewal advice as a longtime consultant: "Should You Renew Your LMS? Navigating 4 Decision Gates"➡️https://t.co/DQ4MXQo5oG #B2B #ATD...
Three Tectonic Forces Reshaping Organizations by 2026
The State of #Organizations 2026: Three tectonic forces that are reshaping organizations @McKinsey https://t.co/nmj7SFLZLE #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Opinions Aren’t Feedback: Managers Face Grief Stages
"Opinions are not feedback." Every time I say this in a workshop, I watch managers go through the five stages of grief.
2026 Work Success Hinges on AI Choices, Not Tools
Work in 2026 will be influenced less by tools and more by choices. How companies manage AI, protect people and redesign roles will define resilience. Innovation, skills and trust in complex systems will need to be aligned. @Gartner_inc Link https://t.co/Lq0hNglEvt via...
Beyond AI: Over‑hiring and Slowed Growth Trigger 2026 Layoffs
It’s not just “AI efficiency” that will cause massive layoffs in 2026. Many overhired and can’t “grow into it” now because revenue growth slowed a lot. -What are companies doing right now? -What are severance benchmarks? -How to best do a layoff https://t.co/Db7jHp7KFa
AI Adoption in HR: Tough Decision, Potentially Costly
A Hard (and Maybe Costly) Call on #AI @Korn_Ferry https://t.co/s2Fp60Yllu #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
AI Replaces Human Colleagues, Redefining Workplace Dynamics
The glorious evolution of the modern workplace: Fewer friends. More apps. Unlimited emotional support from AI. We reduced human friction. We scaled digital efficiency. Now your most supportive colleague runs on servers. We built AI to augment humans. Instead, we may be redesigning work around...
One Quality Rep Doubles LTV, Beats Cheap VA Teams
I spent $20k on a team of VAs to handle customer service. It was a disaster. I hired one amazing UK-based support rep. My LTV doubled. The market doesn't care about cheap. It cares about quality. Test everything.
Employee Rejects Massive Raise, Exposes Leadership's Fallout
This person wrote a very candid LinkedIn post about quitting her job at Block the day after they fired 40% of their workforce. She walked away from an over 75% pay increase/retention compensation they are offering their remaining workforce. More...
NLRB Swamped with 17,000 Cases, 10,000 Overdue
"The National Labor Relations Board has approximately 17,000 open unfair labor practice investigations on hand, including almost 10,000 cases that have been pending review for more than six months" https://t.co/m5FQS4iHKl @robertiafolla
Half My Recruiting Tasks Still Need Human Touch
I just mapped my role (Recruiter) through JamLab_X's Human-AI Task Map — scored against where AI will be in 18 months. 50% of my tasks require me. Which of your tasks are uniquely yours? https://t.co/9emmwjKkhy
Procurement Leaders Must Prioritize Performance Management for Better Results
“#Procurement managers at all levels must invest significant effort in managing individuals’ performance to up their game. And the tactics employed must drive the desired capability, behaviors, and results.” 🔗 https://t.co/6geUHYOgNn #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/zenBvK0dKe
Bipartisan Staff Decry Toxic, Demoralizing Workplace Culture
"more than two dozen current and former department employees from across the political spectrum described a toxic workplace characterized by an absentee secretary, hostile aides and a deeply demoralized staff" https://t.co/yxuZGWU39r @rebeccadobrien @EvanGorelick
Adopt Skill‑focused Hiring to Boost AI Talent Diversity
Still writing job descriptions the old way? Shift to skill- and outcome-based hiring so your AI initiatives attract stronger, more diverse talent rather than narrowing your pipeline. #AI #CIO #CHRO https://t.co/O0K0QkTUyt
VOA Layoffs Cripple Audit, Obscuring Agency Finances
@KariLake calls mass layoffs at Voice of America and its parent agency "streamlining" An official US gov't audit could not reach conclusions on agency's finances because it failed to provide even basic info - in part because staff had been so...
AI Hype Inflates Expectations, Not Reduces Workload
"AI gets celebrated like the messiah of productivity, but instead of actually offsetting the workload, it's just raised the bar on what people are supposed to accomplish" Thanks for including my thoughts Katelyn Chedraoui https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/social-media-professionals-burnout-ai-metricool-news/
Hire Globally, Not Locally, When AI Agents Replace Teams
Every company I talk to says that agents are the future. AGI is here. One person with AI will beat entire teams. Then they force everyone back to the office. You can't have it both ways. If you genuinely believe...
AI Hype Masks Real Health‑tech Hiring: Program Management Dominates
AI dominates health-tech headlines. It barely appears in NHS job adverts. Meanwhile, programme management and digital transformation make up over half of actual hiring and get little attention. Headlines create excitement. Hiring data creates careers.
Use Your PTO Now—You Deserve a Break
Sis, that PTO is meant to be used – not accumulated. You deserve the time off. So this is your sign to take it.
Communication, Listening, Results Beat AI Buzzwords
AI skills have turned into such a buzzword that its actually a misnomer; what will keep you from being easily replaceable by AI is communication, listening, and a real results orientation. #Hiring #AI https://t.co/5Ohw7w5l2f
AI Doom Loop Triggers 4,000 Layoffs, 24% Stock Plunge
New piece from me The AI Doom Loop has started Block fired 4,000 people. Stock ripped 24%, Was AI the Excuse or Reason or Both? https://t.co/cgZ6m2HSv7