CEO affairs, 996 or 007 and the grad job-pocalypse

This week Isabel Berwick of the FT and I have spent 16 minutes rampaging through the hot work topics of the week.

CEO clip here as a taster (because the algo will not love 16 minutes) but the entirety includes:

• Reports that the failure of the AI hiring/AI application debacle is leading to a resurgence in the use of personal networks and connections in recruitment. Some are asking why this is a bad thing. Everyone who has spent the last 15 years trying to open up insider networks is banging their head on a desk.

• The bifurcation of corporate cultures, either in favour of the anti-woke agenda or committing strongly to DEI principles. Can’t wait to see this one age…

• Whether CEOs should resign for having affairs, given that some of the most famous people in history have been deeply flawed. This came out of meeting up with someone last week who thinks we are losing talent for the wrong reasons.

• The rise of very long working weeks in tech start ups in America. Is this new or just trendy words?

• Possibly related, leadership paralysis and information overwhelm in the face of rapid AI developments (including Isabel’s curiosity about AI, AGI and quantum).

• What, if anything, this has to with the reported rise of polycules (got to be honest here, possibly not a lot but the video is 16 minutes long so you need something to draw you in).

If you get my newsletter you have a link to the full thing (reflections on format welcome). If you’d like the link, wave at me or Isabel and we will send.

What are your views and what do we need to cover next?

Christine