From Fear to FOMO: The AI Whiplash in the Workplace
AI has gone from public enemy number one to the golden child of innovation in record time. Just look at this week’s AI summit in Paris. JD Vance made his first major policy speech there, declaring that the U.S. is going all in on AI and urging other countries to follow suit by deregulating. Emmanuel Macron, who not long ago was warning about the dangers of deepfakes, used a deepfake video of himself to promote the event —calling it “well played” and even laughing about it. The message was clear: The world’s power players have officially pivoted from fear to FOMO. Vice President Vance said in his speech that AI will never replace human beings. Such a bold and absolute statement that is...
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Et tu, Patagonia?
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My Predictions for the 2025 Workplace Trends
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A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
