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Little Helper, not Big Brother

Little Helper, not Big Brother

by Lee Bryant | Jan 10, 2023 | Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Technology | 0 comments

Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash Amid the AI hype and fear-mongering, there is value today in creating augmentative little helpers in the workplace, rather than trying to simply replace people. We make our tools, and our tools destroy us in a robot uprising make us Amid...

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It is Tuesday, and time for our first #LinkLog of 2023. @leebryant talks about how, amid the #AI hype and fear-mongering, there is value today in creating augmentative little helpers in the workplace, rather than trying to simply replace people!

https://postshift.com/little-helper-not-big-brother/

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3 Jan

Meetings are a bug. Today, we shipped a fix to this bug at @Shopify.

To start 2023, we're cancelling all Shopify meetings with more than two people. Let's give people back their maker time. Companies are for builders. Not managers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2023/01/03/shopify-is-canceling-all-meetings-with-more-than-two-people-from-workers-calendars-and-urging-few-to-be-added-back

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4 Jan

A big reason @zynga produced so many strong games founders & execs is bc game teams were trained to act like startups

1. New teams had to raise money VC style
2. Monthly board meetings for accountability
3. Outsized rewards for success

Here's what each tactic taught our teams👇

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20 Dec

From Tochka-Us to the Twitterdammerung, 2022 was an unpredictable one. For our last linklog of the year, @leebryant offers 4 techniques for navigating macro volatility & uncertainty: https://bit.ly/3jiRFKf - h/t @Noahpinion @FT @D_R_Goodwin @nmoryl @snowded @clayparkerjones @vgr

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