Creating Good Vibes at Work: Platform

What makes work energizing? Platform. When a role is designed as a vehicle for growth — with daily learning, clear capability progression, and advocates who optimize for strengths — it builds forward motion. Purpose gives meaning. Platform provides the lift. When both are present, you feel it.

Cutting Managers Is the Easy Part: What Breaks and What Defines the Next Decade

As companies flatten and cut management layers, they risk losing the human support managers were meant to provide. This piece explores what breaks in “manager-lite” organizations, and why redesigning support systems, powered by AI, will define the next era of work.

Leadership Lessons: What We Can Learn from Bad Bosses

Bad boss behaviors are leadership curriculum hiding n plain sight. Best selling author, Mita Mallick, reveals how great leaders can turn them into lessons that build trust, reduce chaos, and create thriving teams.

The New Leadership Superpower: Regulating in High-Pressure

The teams that will thrive are not the ones that avoid pressure. They are the ones whose leaders know how to regulate it. In periods of great change, a structured approach to regulation isn’t a “nice to have”, it’s how teams stay aligned, grounded, and able to adapt without burning out.

Busywork vs Flow: the Right Way to Prevent Burnout

Some companies are bringing back busywork as "recovery time." That's backwards. AI isn't causing burnout, it's exposing how poorly we designed work in the first place.

Are you using the right AI? Don’t settle for sycophantic bots. Introducing Human-Positive AI.

What kind of AI is your company using? Understanding this question can transform the value you get out of AI. Most platforms just validate employee impulses. Human-positive AI builds real competency.