You know the feeling: You’re replying to emails, navigating open tabs, responding to direct messages, when suddenly, it happens—your standing weekly 2 p.m. gets canceled abruptly. “Giving everyone 30 minutes back today,” the organizer says. A rush courses through your nervous system: You’re free. Nothing about this recurring meeting is particularly onerous or necessarily stressful.ContinueContinue reading “Why it feels so good when a meeting gets canceled, according to science”
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Why Anthropic’s new ‘Cowork’ could be the first really useful general-purpose AI agent
Anthropic’s Claude Code tool is having a moment: It’s recently become popular among software developers for its use of agents to write code, run tests, call tools, and multitask. In recent months the company has begun to stress that Claude Code isn’t just for developers, but can let other kinds of workers build websites, createContinueContinue reading “Why Anthropic’s new ‘Cowork’ could be the first really useful general-purpose AI agent”
What Taoism can teach us about learning in the age of AI
As our attention spans and cognitive abilities are increasingly damaged by digital overuse and AI-mediated shortcuts, the ability to focus deeply and learn something in depth is quickly becoming a critical skill. Never have we had such broad access to information. And never have so many people felt unable to concentrate long enough to trulyContinueContinue reading “What Taoism can teach us about learning in the age of AI”
Macro Shocks Prompt Reset in APAC Risk Management
The frequency and severity of macroeconomic shocks are increasing, driven by geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions, interest-rate volatility and liquidity stress. Our latest report produced in partnership with Regulation Asia examines how banks and market participants across Asia-Pacific are reassessing risk frameworks that were built for more stable conditions. source https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/insights/risk/macro-shocks-prompt-reset-in-apac-risk-management/
Your employees aren’t disengaged. They’re fed up
Quiet quitting. Silent space-out. Faux focus. Call it what you want, a lot of today’s workers are going through the motions on the surface while quietly powering down beneath it. Nearly half of Gen Z employees say they’re “coasting,” and overall U.S. employee engagement sits at a decade low. When engagement fades, performance becomes performative.ContinueContinue reading “Your employees aren’t disengaged. They’re fed up”
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