Strategies & Practice

The Hidden Alpha: Reasoning Models + Great Prompts. Short-Term Wins are still Wins!

GPT-5 is way more autonomous, precise, and agentic. Here's everything you need to know to prompt your most capable "Chief of Staff" effectively.

Building systems that honor both protection and hospitality—without draconian measures that drive people away.

Plus: GPT-5 in Notion and Lovable, vibe coding a crossword game.

Mobilize mindset shifts. Cultivate capabilities and growth through curiosity.

You won’t just hire people in the future—you’ll hire agents to hire people. What does that mean for recruiters? You’ll want to read this.

While most of us are learning to use AI as a tool, they're using it to build a new kind of engine. Here's how to make sure you're the one building it.

“ChatGPT creates generic content" because most people never customize it. I’ll show you five ways to fix that, starting with Custom Instructions and Memory.

How cultural proxemics can bring workplace collaborators closer together.

Plus: Microsoft Copilot steps into the AI browser race, turning your browser into a true digital co‑pilot.

The White House just gave HR its biggest AI opportunity yet. It's not regulation—it’s an invitation. Are you ready to lead the shift?

Work is in the throes of a punctuated equilibrium. Let the revolution commence.

We’re barely scratching the surface of what today’s AI can do. Here's how reasoning models like GPT-o3 can finally help you ‘think,’ not just complete prompts.

From spreadsheets to GPTs, every shadow tool needs a playbook now.

Shift gears. Navigate change. Drive forward faster. Make shifts happen.

AI’s reshaping CRE careers fast. Gen Z might win, Boomers might adapt—and Millennials? They're stuck in a skills crunch. Read the playbook.

Save these 50 ChatGPT Agent examples for your inspiration and reference. Also: Generalist vs. Specialized AI, Human+AI Intelligence Environment, and more.

A real-world look at bottom-up AI adoption inside one of the most innovation-constrained functions in a major corporation.

AI recruiters like ​Apriora​ and Paradox​ are now screening candidates at scale for companies. What are the messages and impacts they have?

How change program role confusion masquerades as resistance, and what leaders can do to improve role clarity.

AI success isn’t launching tools. It’s also about shifting behavior, defusing fear, and involving your team before they’ve decided it’s “not their idea.”

ChatGPT-5 could be the iPhone moment for AI: collapsing complexity, enabling intuitive use, and shifting the adoption advantage to leaders who move fast.

New MIT research warns of “cognitive debt” when we over-rely on AI tools like ChatGPT. But the real risk isn’t the tool; it’s how we use it. Learn smart guardrails to stay sharp and in control.

It’s Hard to Connect the Dots from Employee Experience to Business Impact.

Why most transformation efforts fail due to the communication gap between leadership clarity and employee confusion.

Trust is the overlooked foundation of effective AI adoption. Discover why culture, transparency, and psychological safety are the real game-changers for AI success inside your organization.

Human-centric leaders run successful tech-driven businesses.

How the corporate real estate industry can evolve past 'second-largest expense' thinking to being the Chief Places Officer.

Most AI efforts stall between executive vision and frontline pilots. Learn how the AI Implementation Sandwich—strategic clarity, team experimentation, and connective infrastructure—enables true transformation at scale.

Unlock internal mobility with a skills-first approach to boost retention, agility, and workforce impact.

Why the future of innovation depends on breaking down walls between your team and the outside world.

Anthropic’s CEO says AI will erase 50% of entry-level jobs. The data agrees. Here's how workers can stay relevant—and how companies must rethink hiring and training to stay competitive.

Shift focus from rigid job titles to dynamic, skills-based work models for enhanced agility and growth.

What the Surat Diamond Bourse mega-project teaches us about building flexibility into big workplace decisions.

AI agents now act on your behalf, but can you trust them? Explore risks, shifting loyalties, and what safeguards we need before handing over control. Plus, more AI insights from the community.

Urgent action plan to future-proof your workforce: Critical combinations of coworkers, contractors, and AI collaborators.

Breaking down silos in and around the C-suite can create and sustain a better employee experience.

Moderna built 3,000 GPTs. J&J tested 900 use cases. Only a fraction delivered impact, and that’s the point. Here’s how pioneers let AI chaos bloom before scaling success.

Build faster flatter: avoid adding fixed hierarchies, by Sophie Wade.

Expanding beyond your professional conference comfort zone might be the key to solving your most persistent workplace challenges.

The best AI leaders aren’t tech-savvy; they think and act differently when it comes to working with AI. These are five ways that help "manager nerds" stay ahead in the AI era.

Scaling not scaring your talent; boosting not blurring boundaries.

Actionable insights from beyond the conference stage at Running Remote, and stories you can use to lead workplace change right now.

The title of “prompt engineer” may be fading, but the skill is more essential than ever. Learn why prompting is now a core part of every AI-enabled role—and how to get better at it.

Refining watercooler logic; building belonging through transparency.

A simple framework you can use right now for understanding and mitigating emotional and functional resistance to change.

Hacking what works, how to keep your Gen Zers at work, how to improve focused work.

The era of mandates is fading—now, it’s the vibe that draws people in and determines where creativity, focus, and collaboration come to life.

AI will take your job, or at least parts of it. The question isn’t if, but how fast, and whether you’ll be the one shaping your new role or left behind. This article dives into what leaders must do now to stay relevant.

Facing our reality, building on the basics, AI digital twins, copying Hollywood models.

Most people barely tap into what ChatGPT can do. This guide shows how to unlock its full potential, from multimodal prompts to custom GPTs, voice mode, agentic workflows, and much more to radically upgrade your work.

Why asking where someone is working might be the most important question in hybrid work and workplace innovation.

Actionable Insights for What’s Ahead: The New Work In Progress Report. A weekly ‘must read’ for human-centric workforce innovation in the age of AI.

AI is now a top hiring skill, but many employees still hide their use of tools like ChatGPT. Discover why open, creative, responsible AI use should be celebrated, and how to build a culture where using AI is a strength.

Feeling and seeing an organization's heartbeat reduces cognitive load and makes coordinating easier across distributed teams.

OpenAI and Claude make AI learning more accessible. Also: Microsoft Copilot levels up, and your personal AI boardroom is now just 5 steps away.

Discover what it really takes to lead AI-augmented teams, beyond tools and prompts. From KPIs to culture, learn how leaders must redefine roles, results, and what leadership means in the age of Human + AI.

Establishing clear, digital homes for our work can help leaders with opposing views bridge the hybrid work divide.

Where is the limit for AI-generated image and integrity? Also: Gemini 2.5 Thinking Model, Ideogram 3.0, generating a LinkedIn Carousel with ChatGPT-4o, the inside story of Sam’s firing, and more.

Discover what it really takes to lead AI-augmented teams, beyond tools and prompts. From KPIs to culture, learn how leaders must redefine roles, results, and what leadership means in the age of Human + AI.

How accounting policies and budgets make workplace change harder than many think, especially the shift from offices to gatherings.

Motivating people and measuring results without a clear, awe-inspiring “north star” vision is hard. Here’s how to make a good one.

AI helps you write much faster, but does it challenge your voice as a leader? Explore how AI reshapes authorship, transparency, and what truly matters when writing in the age of AI.

AI agents are transforming work, shifting from supportive tools to autonomous problem-solvers—helping leaders boost productivity, operate more efficiently, and even build billion-dollar companies.

Most AI implementations fail because leaders rush in without a plan. Learn the five essential steps to build AI agents that are effective, scalable, and truly aligned with your business needs.

Understand the differences between popular AI models, what elite executives are using (plus their best tips), and how to choose the best one to pay for.

Explore how OpenAI’s new "agentic" capabilities, Operator and Deep Research, perform real business tasks and if they are worth the $200 price tag.

Getting the most out of AI is treating it like a coworker: understanding what work needs to be done and then delegating it to AI. Here's how you can build AIs without technical skills.

Research shows that AI overuse could reduce cognitive abilities. How should we handle this for ourselves and our team? Also: ChatGPT can schedule tasks, AI helps lenders cut costs & more.

AI is transforming search as we know it. What are the implications, and how must businesses prepare? Also: AI helps cut a huge document backlog, an AI Playbook for government sectors, and more.

Sam Altman reflects on OpenAI's journey and boldly targets "superintelligence" as the next big milestone for the company. Also: 5 ways to level up ChatGPT usage, 10x cheaper Chinese AI chatbot, and more.

Explore what's new with the o3 family and its deliberate alignment method for enhanced AI safety. Also this week: The Rest of Shipmas, Perplexity’s Acquisition, Agentforce 2.0, EU’s €1.5 billion AI Factories, and more.

OpenAI Co-Founder and Former Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever suggests AI will evolve in these three key ways. Also this week, OpenAI's Shipmas summary, big launches from Google, and more.

HubSpot CTO Dharmesh shares a bold vision for AI agents in the workforce. Highlights: Copilot Vision reading your browsing, OpenAI's "12 Days of Shipmas" (o1, ChatGPT Pro, Sora), Amazon’s genAI model family, and more.

New global study from PwC x World Economic Forum highlights genAI’s potential with Case Studies and a Framework for Action. Also: breakthroughs in AI for image & sound, China’s model beats OpenAI’s o1, and more.

Key insights on how enterprises scale generative AI and push ROI with a $13.8 billion investment, JPMorgan's genAI rollout takeaways, Gemini gets a memory, Microsoft's SharePoint AI agents, and more.

AI agent system "Operator" from OpenAI, Gemini tops benchmarks for the first time, 200+ case studies of companies using Copilot and what we can learn from them, and more.