Weekly Briefing: Remote Work Is Hurting Young Talent, Data Centers Are Becoming a Political Flashpoint, Uber Is Rewiring HR, and...
The weekly briefing spotlights four emerging signals: remote‑work policies are now the primary driver of rising youth unemployment, data‑center expansion—critical to AI—has become a political flashpoint, Uber’s AI‑heavy operations led to a 23% cut in its People division, and Anthropic’s internal report shows AI now writes most of its own code while amplifying fear‑based regulatory narratives. Federal Reserve research attributes 64% of the post‑pandemic unemployment increase for workers aged 22‑27 to remote and hybrid work, and data‑center investment accounted for roughly 90% of U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025. Uber’s restructuring occurs despite a 25% YoY rise in gross bookings and 95% AI tool adoption, while Anthropic claims over 80% of its codebase is now generated by its Claude model, underscoring a shift toward AI‑driven self‑improvement and strategic messaging.
Weekly Briefing: CEOs Are Dividing on AI, Idea Generation Is Cheap, AI Is Starting to Mimic Emotion, and Pure Managers...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping leadership decisions, forcing CEOs to choose between using AI as a justification for layoffs or as a capital investment to boost existing staff. The technology has made idea generation virtually free, creating a flood of proposals...
Weekly Briefing: 92,000 Tech Workers Are Funding the AI Buildout, the 4-Day Work Week Is a Lie, One Agent Wiped...
In 2026, more than 92,000 tech workers were laid off as firms like Meta, Microsoft and Oracle divert payroll to fund an estimated $670 billion AI infrastructure push. The hype around a four‑day work week is challenged by data showing only...
The Jobs Apocalypse Playbook: What It Would Actually Take to End Human Work and Why It Won't Happen
The article outlines a speculative "Jobs Apocalypse Playbook" that lists eight preconditions required for a civilization‑scale collapse of human work due to AI. It contrasts the sensational narrative—AI wiping out half of entry‑level white‑collar jobs and pushing unemployment to double...
Weekly Briefing: BlackRock’s Agentic AI Push, an Elite Law Firm’s AI Hallucinations, the $636 Billion AI Bet, and Why Empathetic...
The briefing highlights four AI‑driven shifts reshaping the C‑suite. BlackRock is rolling out Rock AI, a no‑code platform that lets thousands of employees create autonomous agents to execute investment work. A top law firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, filed AI‑generated hallucinations in court, exposing...
The Art of Human Prompting: Why the Most Important Questions in an AI-Powered Organization Aren't Asked to Machines
Ninety‑seven percent of executives report deploying AI agents in the past year, and 35% of enterprises have adopted agentic AI that can act autonomously. While organizations pour money into prompt‑engineering and AI toolkits, investment in training humans to think alongside...
Weekly Briefing: The "No AI" Premium Branding, Project Glasswing’s Cybersecurity Shock, Meta’s $1.4M Token Burn, and Wharton’s Cognitive Surrender Warning
The briefing highlights four emerging signals reshaping the future of work. First, brands such as Aerie are embracing “No AI” labeling as 68% of consumers distrust synthetic content, prompting a premium on human‑made media. Second, Anthropic’s Project Glasswing used AI...
Weekly Briefing: AI Is a Rising Tide, 30% Premium for the "Chief Future of Work Officer", The AI Layoff Smokescreen,...
A new MIT study shows AI will perform 80‑95% of routine tasks by 2029, but still falls short on legal and managerial work. Meanwhile, CHRO compensation in the S&P 500 jumped 30.4% from 2024 to 2025, reflecting boards’ demand for a...
Why the Balance of Power Has Shifted Back to Organizations—And Why That’s a Good Thing
In this episode Jacob discusses how the balance of power in the workplace is shifting back toward organizations, driven by AI and broader labor‑market trends such as résumé inflation and automation of white‑collar jobs. He explains that artificial intelligence creates...
The Secret to Managing Change Without Burning Out Your Employees
In this five‑minute episode, the host uses a pickleball ball‑feeding machine as a metaphor to illustrate the need for a steady cadence when implementing organizational change. He explains that bombarding teams with rapid, unpredictable shifts—like the machine’s erratic, high‑speed balls—leads...