Who Owns the Hours Your Employees Create Through Efficiency?
Who Owns the Hours Your Employees Create Through Efficiency? What happens when your best employee can do a full day's work in three hours? As AI makes exceptional performers even more efficient, leaders will have to answer a question we've never really had to confront before: Who owns the hours that efficiency creates? The answer says a lot about how you think about work, trust, and leadership. It may also explain why the return-to-office debate has become so contentious. I explore that question in this week's edition of This Week in Culture Want to read the full article? Click Here!
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