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What we needed to know earlier
We have a treat for you this week! We're featuring the amazing Joeli Brearley, the powerhouse behind Pregnant Then Screwed.
Why are Gen Z such a pain in the arse to manage?
Donât yell at me! Youâre all asking.
Iâve been running all over the country interviewing the under 25s and sharing the findings.
âDonât look back in anger,â I heard you say.
Hitting the big five-o this week got me thinking about the things that I regret in my life, but also what do I want change for the futureâŠđ§
Never lose perspective again
Interviewing people who have been in a job for a long time can be unsettling. They sometimes experience working life in extremely intense and vivid ways. Details feel significant, overwhelming and stressful.
Men are Gifted. Talented. And working VERY hard.
A report published last year found that women were adopting AI âat a much slower paceâ 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 ÂŁ250,000 for charity â 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
Iâve 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 canât 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 đ§
But you canât think straight long enough đ€ to find one.
You canât 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 techâs biggest unexpected impact isnât hallucinating data, or giving machines too much power but, simply, coming between the people? đ€
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 Womenâs Health Index). And thatâs 32% if weâre talking about British women. 32%!!!!
Can I have your advice? đ§
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 âOffâ online content
âI have to watch 4 hours of online training before the end of the month. Itâs why Iâve gone back to knitting, even though my friends think it's weirdâ 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 âWomen Who Work Too Muchâ.
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 Allenâs quip that her children âruinedâ her career has ignited a flurry of headlines.
When invited by Good Morning Britain to weigh in, I found their hunger for a âpolarisingâ view troubling. Working parenthood is all about nuance: personal choice, money and support systems.