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How OpenAI Eliminated the Coordination Tax
November 04, 2025Opinion

How OpenAI Eliminated the Coordination Tax

OpenAI shipped two category-defining products in 30 days by eliminating coordination overhead. Learn why traditional enterprise processes are now obsolete and what parallel execution at scale means for your organization.

Why AI Agents Are Just Outsourcing 2.0
October 31, 2025Opinion

Why AI Agents Are Just Outsourcing 2.0

Companies replacing workers with AI agents repeat outsourcing mistakes. Learn why augmenting humans beats replacing them, and how core competencies require human ownership.

Why Toxic Leadership Costs You Top Talent
October 18, 2025Opinion

Why Toxic Leadership Costs You Top Talent

Discover how outdated management practices—no WFH, banned conversations, 100-hour weeks—drive your best people to competitors. Modern leaders prioritize results over presence.

Why One-on-Ones Aren't Broken: Manager as Multiplier
October 17, 2025Opinion

Why One-on-Ones Aren't Broken: Manager as Multiplier

Discover how strategic one-on-ones compound human capital through coaching and connection, transforming managers into multipliers rather than problem solvers.

The Director Model: Why Maker/Manager is Obsolete
October 13, 2025Opinion

The Director Model: Why Maker/Manager is Obsolete

AI agents are dissolving the maker/manager divide. The new role is director—orchestrating parallel systems while maintaining creative control and vision.

Financial Products Are Dissolving Into Everything
October 10, 2025Opinion

Financial Products Are Dissolving Into Everything

NYSE and CME are blurring lines between prediction markets, sports betting, and derivatives. Financial services leaders must rethink their business model as entertainment becomes an asset class.

Why Blockchain Education Beats Technical Excellence
October 09, 2025Opinion

Why Blockchain Education Beats Technical Excellence

Infrastructure without education fails. Learn why blockchain adoption requires regulator understanding, not just elegant code—lessons from building since 2017.

Leadership in the Age of Disruption: A Navigation Framework
December 18, 2024Opinion

Leadership in the Age of Disruption: A Navigation Framework

Essential leadership strategies for executives navigating blockchain, AI, and technological disruption while maintaining organizational stability.

The Future of Consulting: Embracing AI Without Losing the Human Touch
December 15, 2024Opinion

The Future of Consulting: Embracing AI Without Losing the Human Touch

A deep dive into how management consulting is evolving with AI, featuring insights on client expectations, service delivery transformation, and maintaining competitive advantage.

October 18, 2022Opinion

The Ability to Rethink and Unlearn

Lessons from Adam Grant's Think Again

October 14, 2022

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work?

Insights from 30,000 Emails

February 29, 2016Opinion

The Rules (of how not to be a Fake, a Robot, or a Jerk)

Today’s post is by Richard Kim.

Jay Schulman — Plan for Thursday