- “LEADERSHIP MATURITY DOESN’T ALWAYS FOLLOW PEOPLE WHO ASSUME MANAGEMENT ROLES, impacting how they handle pressure, navigate conflict, and address people-related problems.” The major impacts involve: (1) Hesitation around difficult conversations which allow problems to grow; (2) Failing to deliver feedback directly… (3) Addressing accountability without prior clarity & conversations… (4) Influencing decisions by politics… (5) Emotional reaction enabling frustration… (6) Expectations being assumed instead of clarified… (7) Avoiding conflict in the name of collaboration… “Executive maturity is the discipline to face reality, regulate reactions, and engage in conversations that move the organization forward.” [SMARTBRIEF]
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS RAPIDLY CHANGING THE DEMANDS OF ORGANIZATIONS, “having fundamentally different implications for how Boards think about their oversight responsibilities… By 2030, companies will operate less like pyramids – with clear chains of command, functional silos and decision-making across management layers – and more like networks… Main point is that while technology issues belong to Management, Judgement matters will belong to Boards.” [CORPORATE BOARD MEMBER]
- APART FROM ILLEGAL & PHONY BALLOT VOTING, a more critical issue may be whether ‘equal’ voting based on simple majority results from each (qualified) person residing in the country… “What if the right to vote were tied not to gender or background, but to demonstrated stake and having something tangible within the system to maintain, protect and carry forward, whether through property, business ownership, or some other long term contribution…” [EPOCH TIMES]
- IS AMERICA’S ENERGY SYSTEM ABOUT TO BUST from mass failure of oil & diesel supply, huge blackouts which cripple the economy, and all having started in California? A very intriguing analysis: https://secure.ferrisreport.com/
- THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK: Gen Zers are now taking up Boomer hobbies, according to reports in America & Britain… including: bingo, baking, puzzle competitions, birdwatching, pottery, knitting, and even ship cruises. The trend is being called ‘Grannycore’ – the pastimes of pensioners. [ECONOMIST]
- Latest analyses show that AI is already woven deeply into the workplace, with up to 75% of knowledge workers worldwide now using chatbots before any official guidance. A global survey of employees over 15 countries found half using it to save at least five hours a week, with two-thirds paying for the tools out of pocket. Global modeling from McKinsey estimates that share of workhours technically automatable may be as much as 70%… [SMARTBRIEF]
- Latest perspective from one of AI’s top creators: “We’re entering the most dangerous transition phase of AI yet. Within five years, most jobs will be taken as computers perform above the level of human intelligence, most of us will have robots in our homes, and our entire capitalist system will collapse.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RljBVCnt9AQ
