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Since coming back from my summer break in Austria and throwing myself back into the pace and energy of New York, I've been out and about a lot - having conversations with different people across fashion, business, technology and leadership. And there's something I keep noticing that I wanted to write about today, because it’s been coming up – one way or another – in almost every conversation. It’s a shift in what people seem to want, what they’re craving, and what they’re sta

In my last article, I wrote about AI as a consensus machine. About how the race to adopt, integrate, and optimize for AI might be producing the opposite of what we're hoping for — smoothing away the rough edges of original thinking, replacing instinct with output, and delivering the most agreeable answer when what we actually need is the most honest one. The response surprised me. Not because people disagreed. But because of how many people wrote back and said some version of

I have written critically about AI before. And since then, it feels like the criticism has been growing. Today I have more thoughts I felt I needed to share. Some of them may be unpopular. But they could mean the difference between actually moving forward as humans, leaders or businesses — or falling steadily behind. So here it is: The AI-enabled world we are all rushing toward may actually be producing the opposite of what we're hoping for. Not because AI isn't powerful. It

I recently attended several panels about the job market. Different industries, different speakers, different perspectives. And yet the message was surprisingly consistent. The market is tough. AI is accelerating change. And many of the rules we used to rely on are dissolving. Again and again, the discussion turned toward the same question: What actually makes someone stand out now? Not surprisingly, the answer wasn’t just technical expertise. The people who will thrive in the

YOUR ORG CHART IS LYING TO YOU. AND IT’S COSTING YOU PERFORMANCE. I’ll never be able to forget the amount of different org charts I have seen during my time as an executive recruiter and consultant. They all “flowed” differently, but every role was labeled, every role had a neat box and every reporting line was defined. The chart promised clarity and control, but more often, it boxed people in, constrained collaboration and slowed down decision-making. Meanwhile, the real w

As a society, we’ve decided to follow AI wherever it leads—even if that means walking ourselves over the edge. I know this opinion might not be popular. In fact, it might even sound a little naïve, cynical, or “anti-progress.” That’s fine. Because someone needs to say it — out loud, without the spin and without the hype. We’re all being swept up in a wave of AI "enthusiasm" that feels unstoppable. The momentum is intoxicating. Everyone’s talking about transformation, disrupti