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Every week, I write a deep dive into some aspect of AI, startups, and teams. Tech exec data storyteller, former CEO @Textio.
Your favorite robot Everyone is talking about the impact of AI on the job market. The headlines say things like, "Jobs getting replaced by AI" or "Your Favorite Company just laid off another 1,000 people thanks to AI." Though the downsizing stories are real (and get all the clicks), this is just one part of what AI is doing to workforce planning. The jobs landscape is changing rapidly right now. Remember 2023, when everyone was hiring prompt engineers? These days, not so much. But some new...
A modern way to fail Here's the stereotype about your worst manager: They're harsh, impatient, lose their temper. They yell a lot. They are defensive and dismissive. Intolerant of others. Sometimes they're just mean. If you've had a manager like that, I'm sorry. I haven't seen very many of them. In most workplaces, abusive managers aren't allowed to stick around. By contrast, most modern managers care about you and want you to grow. They’re understanding when you have personal emergencies....
Easy as A-B-C In my first job at Microsoft, I made it possible for Windows, Office, and other applications to put words from any language in alphabetical order. I know, you're thinking: That was a whole job? Any eight-year-old can put words in order! But at the time, Microsoft was expanding into languages that had never been encoded on computers before. Many of them didn't have traditional dictionaries and had no unified concept of alphabetical order. I'll never forget the weekend I spent in...