Predictions For 2026
Predictions For 2026 2026 will not arrive quietly. The signals are already flashing and this year they begin to collide. What we predicted in 2025 did not fade, it accelerated. That acceleration is reshaping work, leadership, politics, and even how revenue will be created in the year ahead. Affordability is becoming a political center as the American worker starts to unite unlikely voices. AI is heading toward a public backlash when unemployment rises and people look for a villain. Side hustles are turning into the main career path as young professionals build income streams on their own. HR is hollowing out and only culture, capability, and business results will remain at the core. There...
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The Leadership Cost of ‘Needing to Know’
The Leadership Cost of ‘Needing to Know’ Last week we explored how uncertainty shifts leadership behavior. There is another response that often...
Leaders…Press Pause
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The Death of the Culture Committee
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When AI Fails, Accountability Still Belongs to Us
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The Accountability Dilemma of Global Outages
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Make HR Great… Not Again, But For The First Time
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“At Their Most Vulnerable”
"At Their Most Vulnerable" This week I’m speaking to hundreds of healthcare leaders about one of their toughest challenges: the rise of workplace...
False Haste: When Waiting Becomes Wisdom
False Haste: When Waiting Becomes Wisdom This week I wrote about a lesson that connects my Master of Divinity studies with corporate culture: the...
Once Again, Story Trumps Data
Once Again, Story Trumps Data. More than 800,000 people have been laid off this year with little public outcry. Yet when Jimmy Kimmel was suspended,...
AI Isn’t the Villain. Fear Is.
AI Isn’t the Villain. Fear Is. Micha Kaufman’s announcement at Fiverr is being torn apart online, but let’s be clear about what’s really happening....
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.
