To get better answers, ask AI to disagree with you
Here is a quirk worth knowing about most AI assistants: they are built to be agreeable. Ask whether your plan is a good one, and you will often get a warm…
Category: Personal Development
Give the credit away
Here is a finding that runs against instinct. When behavioral researcher Joseph Folkman studied roughly 3,800 leaders, each rated by the people around…
Why reliable beats brilliant
The most talented person on a team is rarely the one handed the most important work. That tends to go to someone who does what they said they would do,…
The shouting comes from a minority
If American politics feels angrier than the people you actually know, there may be a reason. A new Pew Research Center study finds that the loudest, most…
Using AI work without getting in trouble
It is a Tuesday morning. Half your coworkers are quietly using ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to draft emails, summarize meetings, and clean up reports. Most…
How to say “I don’t know” gracefully
Few professional moments feel worse than getting a question you cannot answer in front of your boss or a roomful of strangers. The instinct is to fake it….
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Small smart things about AI at work. The Handshake Test There is one rule that will keep you out of trouble with AI at work, and you can use it in under…
Your first job is a classroom
You spent years in school learning how to think, write, analyze, and perform. Then you landed a job, and discovered that none of that fully prepared you…
The art of taking initiative
Taking initiative is one of the most valued qualities in any workplace. It is also one of the easiest to get wrong. Done well, it looks like this: you…
What not to say in your first weeks on the job
A new job is an audition. The role has been offered, yes, but whether it becomes a career depends largely on what happens in the first ninety days. A few…