Bookmark: 3 ‘workplace paradoxes’ to secretly boost your career— by a psychologist
Unlock career growth by mastering three key workplace paradoxes that enhance influence, confidence, and long-term success.
Balancing career opportunities is crucial as too many options can lead to missed long-term growth. Subtle influence is often more persuasive than loud proclamations, as gaining trust quietly establishes true influence. Taking on challenging tasks can increase confidence and proficiency, making difficult accomplishments more rewarding.
Success in your career is often messy, complicated and full of contradictions—but that’s not necessarily bad. The contradictions are not the issue; the real challenge lies in finding ways to resolve them.
3 ‘Workplace Paradoxes’ To Secretly Boost Your Career—By A Psychologist
The agent-shaped org chart
Every real org has the same topology: principal, role-holder, specialists. Staff AI maps onto it, node for node, and the cost collapse shows up in the deliverables that were always just human-handoff overhead.
AI as staff, not software
Two frames for what AI is doing to work. The tool frame makes tools smarter. The staff frame makes roles unnecessary. Those aren't the same product, the same company, or the same industry.
Knowledge work was never work
Knowledge work was always coordination between humans who couldn't share state directly. The artifacts were never the work. They were the overhead — and AI just made the overhead optional.
The work of being available now
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The practice of work in progress
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
How do I get my dev team to adopt AI?
A stub on helping mixed-interest development teams find their own useful ways into AI.
Want to learn about agents? Talk to someone who ran an agency.
I spent 20 years running consulting engagements at Fortune 500 companies. Turns out that's the best preparation for running a fleet of AI agents ... because the problems are identical.
Your AI agents need a water cooler
We run a twelve-session AI fleet that coordinates through an IRC breakroom. A friend asked: why are you making AI agents act like humans? The answer turned out to be more interesting than the question.
Bookmark: Workplace loneliness isn’t getting better [new data]
Discover new data revealing the rise of workplace loneliness and its impact on mental health. Explore effective solutions to foster connection at work.
Bookmark: The next wave of automation: Will AI disrupt more high-skill jobs?
Explore how AI is reshaping high-skill jobs, driving the need for new skills and offering opportunities in a rapidly evolving job market.
Article analysis: We need to talk about the emotional weight of work
Explore the emotional weight of work and discover strategies to manage procrastination, boost productivity, and foster personal fulfillment.