Missy Lafferty

Love hiring strategy & future of work, making music, the great outdoors. Entrepreneur & consultant. Former @Greenhouse @Bloomberg. Alumna @Columbia_Biz.

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@jamieloftusHELP I lost my dad 11 years ago and this was so relatable and poignant. Thank you for sharing and I’m thinking of you and your family. Cancer sucks.

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@eviljordan Happy birthday!! 🥳

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Now that I've lived through another Northeast US earthquake, here's my favorite meme from the last one.

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I previously trained negotiation skills. This tool is awesome!
To become a better negotiator, you need to practice and get comfortable doing it -- this prompt is fantastic for that.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

With a prompt, GPT-4 with voice does a pretty good job of acting as a negotiation simulator/instructor. It is not all the way there, but as someone who builds educational simulations, I can tell you this is already impressively far along towards an effective teaching tool.

Prompt: I want to do deliberate practice about how to conduct negotiations. You will be my negotiation teacher. You will simulate a detailed scenario in which I have to engage in a negotiation aimed at teaching me BATNA. You will fill the role of one party, I will fill the role of the other. You will ask for my response to in each step of the scenario and wait until you receive it. After getting my response, you will respond in character trying to make sure to focus on the learning objective. When I say Give me a Grade you will grade my response so far and give me detailed feedback about what to do better using the science of negotiation.

To start you will say Ready and wait for me. When I say go you will start the negotiation. Describe the scenario and afterwards just speak in the role of the character until I say grade. Remember to wait for me to reply in each round. Don’t expect me to make up details outside the scenario. Tell me what I need to know

Grade it gave me:

Grade: B+

Feedback:

Strengths:

1.Clear Objectives: You had a clear understanding of your needs and limitations. This is evident from the way you highlighted your cafe’s reputation and your existing setup of roasting beans.
2.Use of BATNA: You effectively communicated your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA) by indicating that you could continue to roast your own beans, which created leverage in the negotiation.

Areas for Improvement:

1.Initial Offer: While it’s good to negotiate and not accept the first offer, starting with a counteroffer that’s too far from the supplier’s price might make them less willing to negotiate. Aim for a more balanced initial counteroffer.
2.Specificity: When discussing terms, try to be more specific in your proposals. For instance, when mentioning promotion, it would have been good to specify how often or

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@eviljordan Peepin’ those stems 🦵👀

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Starting 2/5 calls with someone having connection problems.

AirPods connecting to every Bluetooth thing around (computers, MY CAR) except the device I use most often.

They’re terrible.

[Mr.Karlous @KarlousM]

AirPods are fucking terrible. But won’t nobody say it.

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Beyond efficiency. Why business leaders need to embrace AI not just for efficiency, but innovation.

Check it out and subscribe at my Substack, https://t.co/0s8w8Z8WIX

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[Santiago @svpino]

An argument I hear:

"AI will 10x developers. We will do more with less and won't need as many of them."

I think it will be the opposite.

Today, we can't afford to build all the software we need. If costs go down, we will build more, and demand for developers will increase.

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“all technologies and processes now known or hereafter developed, throughout the universe and in perpetuity”
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Help! My job applicants are using ChatGPT to apply.

https://t.co/TldiHlqqRb

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Recruiters do a ton of communication in their jobs, and ChatGPT is a helpful partner in drafting this given the right inputs.

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Great job candidates will drop out of your interview process if you're asking them to work for free in order to assess them.

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Well this is fun.

Glad I watched on mute for the first 10 seconds 😜

[AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 @ask_aubry]

I absolutely love this.

Song: Cupid by Fifty Fifty

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When I started Beam Talent ☀️, my goal was to help founders and leaders build winning teams through intentional hiring practices. When I hear from clients like this, I know I'm on the right path.

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I've followed AI and hiring for nearly a decade now and in 2019, I wrote about it every day for a month.

Looking back, I'm curious to see how my predictions have held up. Check out my key takeaways and share your thoughts! #AI #hiring #futureofwork

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This comes up with all my clients hiring experts. As an employer, it’s no longer just your competitors who poach your best talent; it’s entrepreneurship, fractional gigs, and portfolio careers.

Do you have a people retention strategy?

[HR Brew ☕️ @HR_Brew]

In addition to other employers, your competition for talent now includes entrepreneurship. https://t.co/6790xlbpFZ

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@zoescaman What do you use to make your decks?

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@diffendale Good times!