For years, the mainstream narrative surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence has been trapped in a stark, binary choice: either humanity must race against the machine to protect traditional jobs, or we must retreat entirely to purely manual, artisanal, or civic labor. This false dichotomy creates an ...
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Guest Post from Douglas Ferguson |
A few years ago Voltage Control surveyed nearly 100 leaders on culture, mental health, DEI, experience, hybrid, leadership, facilitation, collaboration, technology, and change (in case you missed it). Within the findings, we explore leaders’ challenges, capability gaps, and opportunities to adapt to ...
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Every organization faces the same fundamental challenge: the future is arriving faster than most leaders can process it. Artificial intelligence, shifting workforce dynamics, geopolitical disruption, and technological convergence are reshaping industries at a pace that leaves traditional planning frameworks struggling to keep up.
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Guest Post from Geoffrey Moore |
The philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe is credited with a wonderful thought experiment that illustrates the concept of direction of fit. Imagine a shopper is doing her errands, working off a list of things to buy. She is being followed by a detective who is ...
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Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?
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Guest Post from Mike Shipulski
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When there’s too much to do and too few to do it, the natural state of the system is fuller than full. And in today’s world we run all our systems this way, including our people systems. A funny thing happens when people’s plates are full – when a new task is added an existing one hits the floor. This isn’t negligence, it’s ...
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We are standing on the precipice of a profound structural shift. The rapid convergence of generative AI, autonomous agentic workflows, and evolving demographic realities is no longer just reshaping industries — it is fundamentally redefining the ...
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Guest Post from Shep Hyken |
Recently, I heard from one of our subscribers, a sales and finance consultant at a luxury automobile dealership. He shared a story about how a customer was almost mistreated. In the world of auto sales, some salespeople are 100% commission-based, and ...
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Guest Post from Art Inteligencia |
While the Internet of Things (IoT) promises a fully interconnected world, traditional deployments consistently hit a hard wall of operational friction: battery lifecycles, replacement logistics, and mounting e-waste. This infrastructure overhead creates a ...
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Guest Post from Greg Satell |
When Lou Gerstner took over at IBM in 1993, the century-old tech giant was on its knees. Many thought it should be broken up into smaller, more focused companies. Others had different ideas. So at Gerster’s first press conference, people were curious about his strategy and disappointed when he failed to deliver one.
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