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Amid growing AI, humanise communication to strengthen relationships
Cole Clark, MIT SloanAI entered a new era when artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT became available to the public this year. These technologies are taking over more and more aspects of business as they seep into the collective consciousness. As Vox put it, generative AI is “suddenly everywhere,” and it’s poised to profoundly...
socio political environment
How to manage your team’s workload after layoffs
Dina Denham Smith and Frans van Loef, Harvard Business ReviewAll too often in the case of layoffs, the people who survive it are expected to pick up the work that their terminated colleagues left behind. Meanwhile, these layoff survivors are often struggling with survivor guilt, anxiety, and low morale. In short, after a layoff, more is being asked of people who have less to...
adaptive leadership
workplace
The four-day workweek: How to make it work in your organisation
Andrew Barnes, MIT SloanAs co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, Andrew Barnes has a front-row seat to the world’s largest experiment on the effects of scaling back the workweek.
It started with Barnes’s own New Zealand company, Perpetual Guardian when he wondered whether his staff members could do their jobs better if they worked the...
socio political environment
workplace
What roles could generative AI play on your team?
Misiek Piskorski and Amit JoshiThe recent advances in ChatGPT are merely the first application of new AI technologies. As such, companies and leaders need to think about the various applications outlined here and use the framework described in the article to develop applications for your own company or organisation. In the process, they will...
socio political environment
Don’t miss these three opportunities to improve work culture
Meredith Somers, MIT SloanA study from Columbia University and Duke University found that 92 per cent of CEOs and CFOs believe that improving their company’s culture would increase its value — not just in terms of increased employee engagement or job satisfaction but also better financial and operational...
socio political environment
Leading through a sustained crisis requires a different approach
Michaela J. Kerrissey and Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business ReviewThe pandemic has ended, but many executives are still leading their organisations as if a sudden crisis still exists. While the emergency is over, the crisis is not. Instead, we are now in a sustained crisis, a period of ongoing difficulty and uncertainty. How do leaders navigate this new...
crisis management
AI makes our journalism even more important
Misha Ketchell, The ConversationOne of the troubling things about modern life is the fact that so many of our ordinary decisions are manipulated by vested interests and opaque forces. The social media age we are living in today makes that sort of manipulation seem like child’s play.
socio political environment
Seven ways to make employees feel respected, according to research
Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, Harvard Business ReviewTreating everyone with respect is the foundation of good leadership. Employees who feel disrespected are more likely to also feel excluded or even inferior. The authors offer seven behaviours, based on their analysis of data collected from more than 4,500 employees, that lead to a demonstration and feeling of...
workplace
adaptive leadership
CEOs are predicting a mild recession in the US
Dana Peterson, Harvard Business ReviewA recent survey of CEOs suggests that most expect a recession in the U.S. but that it will be “short and shallow.” For that reason, many aren’t anticipating layoffs and some are even still hiring. It points toward a continuation of the current tight labour market, even as the economy cools in response to the...
socio political environment
CEOs, step into the front lines or risk losing touch
Leading change is both a top-down process and a bottom-up process. The goal is to educate and energise colleagues at every level, especially those on the front lines, about the power of your plans, and to be educated and energised by the pragmatic wisdom of their experiences. Change programs work when they shape...
adaptive leadership