A late July batch of links
Since the most recent batch of links went out, paying subscribers received an assessment about how a recent event I ran went, and prior to that a long essay about overcoming longstanding fears. This coming weekend, they will get a Q&A with a financial expert on how to successfully negotiate equity ahead of joining a company.
Below, you’ll find a batch of links dedicated to the themes of this newsletter: career development, community building, and self care.
One attendee told me his Gen Z kids want to have an in-office experience and reap the benefits of learning from older coworkers or bumping into an exec in the hallway. But, he huffed, they don't want to do it five days a week from nine-to-five!
Not to Jinx It, but Is the Commute Easier Lately? I’ve seen similar results on the off-chance I commute on a Monday. The problem with Mondays, though, is what I ran into this week, which is that people on Sunday cancel your in-person meetings for Monday, which was the whole point of coming in that day…
AI boom's big winners are all in four states.
How employers measure productivity is changing. The best measure of productivity is how many introductions you’re making on a weekly basis. Everything else is a vanity metric. Talk about productivity without a measure for it, and labeling it a gut instinct with better vibes, is the signal of an unserious person hoping to join an adult conversation.
A Fix for Worker FOMO Over Corporate Jargon and Mind-Numbing Acronyms.
The Hidden Career Cost of Being Overweight. I cannot believe people would actually say to Michael Hearn, cited in this story, that he doesn’t present well because of his size.
How Workers Really Spend Their Days.
Going viral sucks (even more) now. “I am just one person, and Redman is just one person, but the more apps prioritize strangers over followers, the worse time we’ll all be having, and more and more people will find themselves less inclined to post on them.”
Remote employees work longer and harder, studies show.
When so much at work has changed, why can't we shake presenteeism?
Despite these changes, little has seemed to meaningfully chip away at a pervasive culture of presenteeism that still plagues much of the workforce. Indeed, in some cases, new ways of working may even exacerbate it.
In Remote Work Era, Hotel Operators Make a Bet on Longer Stays.
Peak social media: Building better platforms. This is the right casting of what’s happening right now in the social media space. We should be asking whether the whole enterprise is helping us and, if so, how. Then to choose the platforms that indeed make us better. The ‘vs.’ narrative serves nobody well.
They took blockbuster drugs for weight loss and diabetes. Now their stomachs are paralyzed.
The Career Goal of the Moment Is a ‘Lazy-Girl Job’. The shift to a new generation with a different sense of what work must look like, and how, has begun. I would only reinforce that they were paying attention to their parents and what those careers looked like ahead of them.