AI at Work Is the New Open-Office Plan
Every few years, leadership discovers a fresh way to liberate us. Here we are again.
She has been the most qualified person in the room for years. Power covers what she does with that now — the decisions, the negotiations, the scope she protects, and the authority she refuses to apologize for.
Every few years, leadership discovers a fresh way to liberate us. Here we are again.
The phone rings on a Tuesday. The client is in Munich and lands at Heathrow on Friday. The brief: a long weekend, no schedule, two people, one of whom is the client, one of whom the concierge has not previously met. The bill, including the markup, runs to the high five figures.
You get told your voice matters right before being talked over, interrupted, or watching your idea attributed to the man who repeated it louder. Entire careers get built in rooms where decisions are made by people who never had to fight to be in them.
What changes while she's gone, who absorbs her scope, and what to do about it before Day 1. The operational guide that doesn't exist anywhere else.