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
Meta's Superintelligence Bet, Nissan's AI Worker Cameras, and the Problem With AI Job Interviews
August 10, 2026: I look at Mark Zuckerberg's new Meta manifesto and why he's positioning open superintelligence as a direct challenge to OpenAI and Anthropic's more centralized approach. Then I get in...
10 Aug 35min
Bad Pay Costs Talent, Worker Share Hits Record Low, and LinkedIn Cracks Down on AI Slop
August 6, 2026: I look at why more than a third of U.S. employers are handing out flat "peanut butter raises" even as top performers use AI to do more. Then I get into new data showing workers' share ...
6 Aug 25min
Parents Invade Gen Z Careers, KPMG Interns Want the C-Suite, and LinkedIn Ranks Top Colleges
August 5, 2026: I look at the Wall Street Journal story on parents getting involved in their adult children's careers, from job fairs to calls with hiring managers. Then I get into a new KPMG survey s...
5 Aug 28min
