I’m an objectively poor manager. It’s not my skill set. I don’t have a ton of patience with people. I get frustrated easily when people don’t follow instructions. As a GenXer and the son of an Army captain, I grew up in a culture where management followed a strict command and control structure. So I…
Summary In today's episode, I tackle how to handle compensation and performance reviews for employees who use AI to finish work in a fraction of the time. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that the answer hinges entirely on having clear KPIs, because you cannot reward or adjust anyone you haven't defined a…
Summary In today's episode, I tackle how a manager can shift a creative team's mindset from crafting original work to reviewing and refining AI-generated outputs. Here's what this means for you. You gain a practical framework for easing the psychological strain that AI introduces onto creative teams. You'll also learn these concepts: why empathy and…
Summary In today's episode, I explore how to prevent junior employees from using AI as a crutch and losing their foundational critical thinking skills. Here's what this means for you. You learn that AI misuse in the workplace usually stems from culture and leadership messaging rather than from the technology itself. You'll also learn these…
“when everyone’s super… no one will be!” – Syndrome, the Incredibles When everyone has access to state of the art models, your AI is no longer any kind of advantage, and depending on you or your team’s level of skill, might even be a disadvantage. So, if AI isn’t an advantage any more, then what…
Summary In today's episode, I unpack why junior employees lean on AI as a crutch and how leaders can stop that pattern from eroding their critical thinking skills. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that the root causes usually sit in stressful, psychologically unsafe workplaces rather than in individual laziness. You'll also learn…
Choose which bots to block carefully. Cloudflare, a couple days ago, made significant changes to how they identify AI bots. You can now block specific classes and types of AI bots, and they’re in three categories: AI Crawler: this vacuums up your content to feed model training data AI Search: this bot searches for stuff…
