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Men are Gifted. Talented. And working VERY hard.
A report published last year found that women were adopting AI “at a much slower pace” than men. 54% of men versus 35% of women.
Productivity advice misses the point
Our friend, Chris Mitchell, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean this year. He and teammate, Robbie Laidlaw, raised over £250,000 for charity — an incredible achievement. Chris and Robbie have been given awards, written about, and invited onto stages, podcasts, and panels to talk about their epic row and the three years of work that led to it.
Never see productivity advice the same way again
I’ve been interviewing people with complicated lives who still get a huge amount done.
People who rely on carers to get out of bed. Kids with additional needs. Parents who can’t remember if they ate their dinner or left it in the microwave. Or any combination of these and other challenges.
What will your kids say when they grow up?
In the early years of working parenting, you need a strategy 🧭
But you can’t think straight long enough 💤 to find one.
You can’t unscramble this egg
Half-term has been all about chasing my kids around theme parks and water slides. Their enthusiasm for new experiences, especially the thrill of being thrown into the air, never ceases to amaze me.
The silent killer of connection
What if new tech’s biggest unexpected impact isn’t hallucinating data, or giving machines too much power but, simply, coming between the people? 🤔
Can AI change my life?
A year into tinkering around the edges of AI it was time to up my game and see what this baby can really do.
Is it more productive to be alpha?
Women are 20% more likely than men to say they feel sad (data according to global data from the Hologenic Glocabl Women’s Health Index). And that’s 32% if we’re talking about British women. 32%!!!!
Can I have your advice? 🧠
Inspired by my chat with Isabel Berwick of the FT and the Working It podcast and newsletter yesterday (see the post and do comment) I am asking you to share the best work advice you know.
The difference between Good and ‘Off’ online content
“I have to watch 4 hours of online training before the end of the month. It’s why I’ve gone back to knitting, even though my friends think it's weird” says a manger in her 30s in financial services.
Navigating magical tech solutions
I talk a lot about the tech paradox: everyone is wanging on about machine learning while also moaning about how rubbish and disjointed their current tech stack is.
20 years of Gmail: has it ruined our lives?
20 years of Gmail. For those too young to remember it was when email storage got big. Huge!
Leading directly to the joyless digital swamp that is my inbox.
Could you send THAT email?
Tamu Thomas has views!
Hear her thoughts as she launches her new book “Women Who Work Too Much”.
What Role Do Humans Play in an AI-Driven World?
A central theme at the LinkedIn Talent Connect conference, that I had the pleasure of hosting this week was: In a world shaped by AI, what roles will we, the humans, fill?
Slow productivity or more toxic productivity?
Cal Newport (of Deep Work fame) has written a new book. Inspired by his audience bristling against toxic productivity. Which has largely been his jam until this.
Unveiling the truth about working parenthood
Lily Allen’s quip that her children ‘ruined’ her career has ignited a flurry of headlines.
When invited by Good Morning Britain to weigh in, I found their hunger for a ‘polarising’ view troubling. Working parenthood is all about nuance: personal choice, money and support systems.
IWD. A big mistake?
In my poll this week less than half of you (44%) said International Women’s Day events are useful. Over 55% of you either think they should be done away with or were not sure if they are useful at all.
Good presentation vs bad presentation
A question I battle with daily is how much workplace content is DULL. So many smart people with big ideas creating boring outputs no one wants to see or hear 💤
“What we need is a good recession”
This week I’m exploring some of the rage about changes to how we work, my response to on default answer and sharing more data on women’s feelings about the office. It’s not what you think.
One group is VERY UNHAPPY with the office.
The week that EY got flack for announcing they are tracking attendance data, I’ve had a secret data drop from our friends at Randstad (“the leading global partner for talent”) this week.