Company culture is not a poster on the wall. It is not a values statement buried in a slide deck. Culture is behavior at scale. And it begins at the top. If you want to understand the health of an organization, do not start with the engagement survey. Start with leadership behavior. What leaders tolerate, […]
I got a press release proclaiming, “CEO spends over $500/month to avoid burnout!” Now, if you can tell me where I can get all that for $500 a month, I’ll be shocked. Add to that, his online bios say he lives in NYC, has “several kids,” and a wife. What is going on is he’s
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Stack planning is no longer a spreadsheet exercise. It’s how organizations transform fragmented systems and competing demands into strategic clarity by linking leases, occupancy, workplace experience, and long-term portfolio value. Enterprise leaders tell us the greatest challenge isn’t just how much space they control it, it’s whether that space fits how people actually use it.
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Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I recently published an article about 2026 predictions in pop culture. If you haven’t seen it, I hope you’ll check it out. I wrote the article because of an artificial intelligence (AI) experiment I did last year where I asked ChatGPT for predictions in business and pop culture. So today, I want
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Written by Austin Page Artificial intelligence is gaining momentum within organizations. Meetings are summarized automatically, reports are written in seconds, and the data patterns appear immediately. However, speed or savings is not the true measure of AI in the workplace. Whether it makes people feel more competent, more appreciated, and more connected is the question.
Is taking 2-3 days off per month an abuse of the system if you have unlimited PTO? It is if those 2-3 days are for chemotherapy, according to Tyler Wells‘ company. When Wells received his cancer diagnosis, his HR department told him that it would be an abuse of the system, and his time off
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In a law firm, friction shows up quietly. It’s the associate pacing the floor, looking for a private room before a client call. The partner whose meeting starts late because the conference room was double-booked. The receptionist is improvising visitor access because the system doesn’t match how the firm actually works. None of these moments feels dramatic, but over time, they
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at UKG, a leading global AI platform unifying HR, pay, and workforce management. They were recently recognized with seven different best place to work honors from Computerworld and Forbes. Congrats to them and enjoy the article!) It should be no surprise that artificial
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Senior leaders often encounter an uncomfortable inconsistency. They enter one meeting with a clear objective and leave with little to show for it. Decisions stall. Alignment feels forced. Progress is deferred. In another meeting, with comparable stakes and similar participants, momentum forms quickly. Decisions are made. Ownership is clear. Execution follows. The prevailing explanation is
“HR is the only department that gets a free pass for being completely useless.” Ahh, yes, it’s time for another rant about how awful HR is. This is from Amanda Goodall, who calls herself The Job Chick, posting on the social media platform X. She does corporate research. When people dismiss HR as worthless, or worse, damaging,
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