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That's a lot of people.
People-people interaction should always win.
Question is - is there a possibility that this will happen again?
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Are they the only ones using chatbots on this platform?
@Korn_Ferry Great insights
I see a flaw in your article though
You assume that the fault entirely rests on the employee
The article should be renamed: Signs of a toxic manager
Sometimes the employee has no fault at all & the boss just doesn't just the employee
What should he do then?
In this AI dispensation, many smart smart people focus on #2 - upskill themselves with AI but they don't put much thought to #5
All are important.
However,
If I were to choose one of the 5,
It will be building connections.
Give your future self one hour this weekend.
☀️ Update your resume
🌱 Learn a new skill
📖 Read an industry article
🌞 Reach out to someone in your network
⭐ Reflect on where your career is headed
In the future, competence will be driven by your business judgement in a particular area of expertise.
When everyone can create an excel model with AI in hours vs days,
These 3 will set you apart:
-Business judgement
-Critical thinking
-Relationship management
My prediction:
AI will level the playing field of competency especially hard skills.
10 years ago, you have to be an excel guru to even make the cut for MBBs.
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@McKinsey The same way people shop for clothing using these LLMs, the same way they will shop for talents, and experts.
What does that say about you and how you appear online?
@McKinsey Interesting finding.
Generative Engine Optimization is becoming the main decision channel for whatever we want to buy.
People go to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok first before going to the stores.
Coincidentally, I wrote a post about this today on Linkedin.
The ones who will win this AI race are those who are laser focused on the time saving and efficiency benefits of AI, while doubling down on business judgement and relationships management.
The AI “honeymoon” is ending for many organizations right now.
Early on, novelty drove momentum. Employees enjoyed the cognitive stretch, the new capabilities, the sense of possibility. Adoption climbed, and satisfaction scores looked good.
But BCG's fourth annual AI at Work survey shows that as the novelty fades, employee joy usually drops unless something else takes over.
That something is strategic clarity.
Employees who receive clear direction on where AI is taking the organization and what to do with the time it frees up consistently outperform those with greater access to AI tools but no direction.
Read BCG’s 2026 AI at Work report here: https://t.co/vELkmc2PQv
10,000 executives were asked what AI will do.
44.6% said it'll raise profit margins.
12.1% said it'll raise wages.
That gap is the whole story of the next 5 years.
(WEF Executive Opinion Survey, in Four Futures for Jobs, Jan 2026)
Demand for AI literacy skills jumped 70% in one year.
Learn it. Get fluent.
Just know what happens when a skill goes from rare to everywhere in 24 months.
It becomes the floor. Not the edge.
(LinkedIn data, via WEF's Jan 2026 jobs paper)
I took 2 weeks off from posting on social media (@LinkedIn , @X , @Substack )
Not on purpose. Life got busy, and I kept waiting for the "perfect" post to come back with.
14 days:
10 ideas.
3 unfinished drafts.
1 finished draft.
0 posts.
James Clear: "It's better to do less than you hoped than to do nothing at all."
Morale of the story - just do it and keep going.
Poco a poco.