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Talking to the Dead is an AI trend
If you’d asked me how our use of AI would shift between 2024 and 2025, I wouldn’t have guessed that “communicatingwith the dead” would appear at number 33 on the trends list.
How AI is Screwing with Time
“So I’ve just done the data processing that usually takes three or four days in two hours — can I head off early?” asks your junior, cheerily, at noon.
“Why are you charging me five figures for something you did in an hour?” asks your client, less cheerily, after opening your invoice.
Productivity don’ts from someone who has failed at them all.
There’s a very old parlour game where the challenge is NOT to think of a white bear for a minute. Go on, try…
How AI is screwing with your Power
We’re doing an interview series asking how AI is playing out in big businesses right now and it’s spicy.
How I stopped being a miserable cow.
This week, the path I’ve taken to fill my life with less work and drudge and a more joy. Via research into what makes us joyful and a bonkers/wonderful art weekend in Suffolk with the extraordinary Samatha Barnes.
How (not) to be forgettable
This week, I interview one of my LinkedIn heroes, Jeremy Connell-Waite, fresh off publishing 109 Rules of Storytelling. It’s super-practical, brilliant and you should get your hands on a copy.
Are you a HENRY, a GRACE, or a CRAIG?
HENRYs (High Earners, Not Rich Yet) are back in the news and socials. Definitions vary but the term often refers to people in their 20s and 30s who earn over £100K. TikTok is awash with ways for them to be ‘work optional’ within a decade or so. The British versions also explore the tax blackhole for those earning between £100k and £125k.
How can we attack the ROOT 🦷 of the cause
When he was just 21, a dentist told my grandad that his teeth were starting to rot and it would be best to get false ones. So the dentist yanked them all out and gave him a full set of dentures which, of course, he then needed a dentist to maintain for the rest of his life.
I’ve been thinking about this while processing Microsoft’s telemetry, which shows that the average person gets 275 notifications a day, just from Teams 365 alone.
Taking my own advice (& it going very badly)
This year I decided to take my own advice and try serious exercise. As the vlog illustrates, it’s been ‘mixed’. Send encouragement, not weightlifting tips.
Love or hate Mel Robbins?
A lot of you are NOT fans! But more of you asked for the highlights from her Let Them show on Sunday in London.
So on the vlog are my favourite three takeaways (‘Let Them’ theory not included).
What not to do when your presentation goes horribly wrong
This week on the vlog we have some footage from the frontline.
When the slides go blank, you say the wrong word or you fall over a chair (yes, it’s happened), it is really tempting to shrink.
3 daring sentences to make you more powerful
This week on the vlog is Karin Kuschik, author of “50 Sentences That Make Life Easier.”
She shares three sentences, guaranteed to change the energy, that she says will make you more powerful at work.
Your backstage pass to my speaker life AND the best questions
People often say I look calm when I step on stage. The word “look” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there…
This week, I’m sharing the reality of 24 hours as a speaker: two very different keynotes, two brilliant clients, two unique venues, plus all the setup, prep, travel, and fuelling in between.
Fear has arrived. Is it justified?
Leaders are having a tortuous realisation. They don’t think their teams see it coming.
Latest trends: Breeding, No Bosses & Circus Mirror Recruitment
The Third Way: Not RTO or Hybrid
This week on the vlog, I’m joined by Prithwiraj (he goes by Raj) Choudhury, discussing his new book The World is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity and Innovation, HBR.
The superpower we can all choose
This week, I asked Helen Tupper, of Squiggly Careers fame, and one of my favourite people, what the best business advice is that she has ever received.
Mind the AI Gap
I was recently at a professional services firm where they shared their five-year plan to pilot and roll out AI. Five flipping years!
The only thing worse than networking...not networking
Recent Glassdoor data from the US shows that over half of workers (53%) prefer not to make friends with colleagues, keeping their personal and professional lives separate.
