This really hit… especially the line about letting go of our old experiences to rethink.as someone building a business in a period when AI PR tells us our people who write and think and make money from knowledge are commodities.
To prove my point to myself about rethinking my self I wrote a book in 72 hours with a ChatGPT factory. To see how I would do it without compromising me, my core
A lot of us want to get ideas to page and I am getting good at showing them how to do it differently.
The optimistic view I hold is that in fact AI helps tremendously in the doing, but doesn't actually help much in the differentiated thinking. I don't see the need for the human overlay going away any time soon.
Brilliant perspective. As you know well, I write about empathetic team and brand leadership in the new world of work and how the leadership paradigm has shifted and we all must adapt. I often say leadership and workplace paradigms are not immovable laws of physics - they were invented by humans and can be changed by humans as they best suit our current world needs. Human-centered leadership is now required and demanded to achieve success, reach our goals and solve our complex challenges. I do have empathy for those having a hard time letting go, as they spent decades coming up and making their way with another paradigm and now we pull the rug out: Yes, CAN align our personal and professional selves and discuss this at work. Yes, brands CAN make statements about politics and societal injustice. This is not an excuse for them not to change, but as you say, and invitation (and imperative) for them to let go of what they thought they knew.
Change is hard no matter how you slice it, so I too find the very notion of letting go and rebuilding poignant. But the rug has been being pulled out from under line level employees for literally decades now, and I think that's easy to forget, so i wanted to highlight that!
So true! I myself am super nostalgic and find change extremely poignant. And...the desire for change from line workers has been loud and clear for a long time - and companies have been able to play with their futures and livelihoods for a long time. In the new book, I offer a brief spin through history about how the role of the company has changed in society and how it has hurt workers. If the goal is the get the best work out of our people so our companies thrive, then we need leaders willing to adapt and "let go"of either romantic rose-colored versions of the past - or the desire to haze the new pledges "just like we put up with!" We should be wanting to make the workplace better for ALL of us. These generations are just braver than we were to ask for respect and to be valued the way one should be in the place where we spend the bulk of our time. A rising tide and all of that!
That last point is exactly it. I've always hated the "I paid my dues, so you have to" mindset a weird form of amnesia. Paying our dues SUCKED a lot of the time. We were not treated like humans worth of respect. Since when is that such a big ask???
This really hit… especially the line about letting go of our old experiences to rethink.as someone building a business in a period when AI PR tells us our people who write and think and make money from knowledge are commodities.
To prove my point to myself about rethinking my self I wrote a book in 72 hours with a ChatGPT factory. To see how I would do it without compromising me, my core
A lot of us want to get ideas to page and I am getting good at showing them how to do it differently.
Love that I vibe with the zeitgeist here.
We love it too, Betsy :)
The optimistic view I hold is that in fact AI helps tremendously in the doing, but doesn't actually help much in the differentiated thinking. I don't see the need for the human overlay going away any time soon.
Brilliant perspective. As you know well, I write about empathetic team and brand leadership in the new world of work and how the leadership paradigm has shifted and we all must adapt. I often say leadership and workplace paradigms are not immovable laws of physics - they were invented by humans and can be changed by humans as they best suit our current world needs. Human-centered leadership is now required and demanded to achieve success, reach our goals and solve our complex challenges. I do have empathy for those having a hard time letting go, as they spent decades coming up and making their way with another paradigm and now we pull the rug out: Yes, CAN align our personal and professional selves and discuss this at work. Yes, brands CAN make statements about politics and societal injustice. This is not an excuse for them not to change, but as you say, and invitation (and imperative) for them to let go of what they thought they knew.
Change is hard no matter how you slice it, so I too find the very notion of letting go and rebuilding poignant. But the rug has been being pulled out from under line level employees for literally decades now, and I think that's easy to forget, so i wanted to highlight that!
So true! I myself am super nostalgic and find change extremely poignant. And...the desire for change from line workers has been loud and clear for a long time - and companies have been able to play with their futures and livelihoods for a long time. In the new book, I offer a brief spin through history about how the role of the company has changed in society and how it has hurt workers. If the goal is the get the best work out of our people so our companies thrive, then we need leaders willing to adapt and "let go"of either romantic rose-colored versions of the past - or the desire to haze the new pledges "just like we put up with!" We should be wanting to make the workplace better for ALL of us. These generations are just braver than we were to ask for respect and to be valued the way one should be in the place where we spend the bulk of our time. A rising tide and all of that!
That last point is exactly it. I've always hated the "I paid my dues, so you have to" mindset a weird form of amnesia. Paying our dues SUCKED a lot of the time. We were not treated like humans worth of respect. Since when is that such a big ask???
Same argument that is often given about student loan forgiveness (even though it's better for our economy)....but that is for another topic!!! :-)
Oh yes, totally.