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Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

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The future of office attendance

The future of office attendance

Explore the evolving landscape of office attendance as remote work remains popular, revealing key trends and insights for the future workplace.

Is this the new normal? Will this last?

“Despite the corporate push for a return to the office, data suggests that office attendance is still below pre-pandemic levels. Placer.ai’s Nationwide Office Building Index, which looked at 800 office buildings, found that numbers were more than the majority at 60% of pre-pandemic levels."—

The Death of The Copier: Resisting the Return: Executives Ditch the Copier for the Comfort of Remote Work

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.

The power of high standards

Elevate your leadership by instilling high standards in your team, fostering accountability even in unseen moments for greater success.

The future of American jobs

Explore how AI and e-commerce will reshape American jobs by 2030, and discover the opportunities for workers in evolving industries.

The rise of remote work

Discover how top executives are reshaping the future of work by choosing remote options, blending strategy with personal preference.