What holds hiring back is a quest for human relevance

cover your ass hiring manager shuffle

Human beings want to be seen as relevant, and don’t want to be replaced by algorithms. This makes hiring right now even messier than normal. Continue Reading

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Bureaucratic management ain’t going anywhere

Bureaucratic management

9-14 layers of micromanaging is the new black. Continue Reading

Loss aversion explains a lot of business

Loss Aversion

The AI robots haven’t come for our jobs just yet. As such, work is populated by people — and hence an emotional place. We often remove psychology from these discussions, opting instead for focusing on supposed operational excellence. This fails us and creates turnover. And now: loss aversion! Continue Reading

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Worry less about how relevant you are

Relevant Elephant

I think there’s sometimes a big concern with the very “work is virtue” people — and you all probably know a lot of them — that if they stop working, they’ll just shrivel up and die. That happens a lot… Continue Reading