Three-Year College Degrees, Junior Tech Jobs Get Harder, and Why Performance Reviews Won't Die
August 24, 2026: I look at the rise of three-year bachelor's degrees and why the 120-credit college model was never really designed to measure learning. Then I get into new data showing softwAugust 24...
24 Aug 38min
CEOs Face Higher Borrowing Costs, NYC Beats San Francisco in Tech Talent, & Resumes Hack AI Screeners
August 21, 2026: I look at why the bond market is sending CEOs a blunt message: the era of cheap money is over, and higher borrowing costs may push companies toward leaner headcount and more automatio...
21 Aug 39min
Most Workers Reject Promotions, Anthropic Out-Earns OpenAI, & Boomerang Hiring Hits a New High
August 19, 2026: I look at new research showing that most workers would reject a promotion if it meant sacrificing their work-life boundaries, and why the traditional management promotion may no longe...
19 Aug 26min
Gallup's AI Culture Warning, Siemens CEO's No-Meeting Rule, and Dario Amodei's AI Trust Problem
August 17, 2026: I look at Gallup's new research showing that AI adoption can improve or damage workplace culture depending heavily on one person: the direct manager. Then I get into Siemens CEO Rolan...
17 Aug 31min
How CHROs Can Own AI Transformation, Reskilling, and the Future of Work
I talk with Lindsay Crawley-Herbert, Chief People and Transformation Officer at SCAN, about why AI transformation is really a people and workforce challenge. We get into why SCAN moved AI, data, and a...
17 Aug 45min
OpenAI's AI ROI Problem, Wall Street's Jobless Boom, & Elon Musk Calls Workers Grok's Parents
August 14, 2026: I look at OpenAI's own study on how companies use ChatGPT at work and why usage volume is not the same thing as ROI. Then I get into the Wall Street Journal's "jobless boom" argument ...
14 Aug 31min
Stanford Says Young Workers Feel the AI Squeeze, Companies Cap AI Usage, & Anthropic's Watermark Fight
August 12, 2026: I look at Stanford's updated Canaries in the Coal Mine research, which finds young workers in highly AI-exposed jobs are falling behind while experienced workers are holding up. Then ...
12 Aug 44min
