Worth Reading - The trap of being promoted from within
When you get the title, people will bring you things and hand off responsibility to things that you didn't know existed. Even though you were sitting right there, in the team that you now lead, you don't know how many things the previous person in that chair never bothered to tell you about, or the relationships across other teams that made their life easier that you need to build. Many of those things didn't just happen; effort went into knowing what to do and who to talk to.
New Shared Link - CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/09/ceos-who-think-ai-replaces-their-employees-are-just-bad-ceos/ - In the last three months I’ve had people forward me four separate examples of a CEO losing his or her mind over AI. What’s been striking to me is the similarity in each case…
CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs
In the last three months I’ve had people forward me four separate examples of a CEO losing his or her mind over AI. What’s been striking to me is the similarity in each case: It would b…
New Shared Link - How managers can start mental health conversations
https://www.phillyvoice.com/how-managers-can-start-mental-health-conversations-059991/ - Managers play a key role in supporting their employees. But leaders may feel unsure about how to bring up topics like mental health. Mental health conversations at work may feel too p…
How managers can start mental health conversations
Managers play a key role in supporting their employees. But leaders may feel unsure about how to bring up topics like mental health. Mental health conversations at work may feel too personal or uncomfortable, especially because work discussions tend to focus more on performance and deadlines.
New Shared Link - Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #192
https://mikemcbride.substack.com/p/thought-provoking-things-worth-sharing-cf8 - An unplanned theme - leading humans
Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #192
An unplanned theme - leading humans
New Shared Link - AI-Enhanced Misappropriation: When Departing Employees Leave with More Than Just Client Lists
https://www.hrdefenseblog.com/2026/06/ai-enhanced-misappropriation-when-departing-employees-leave-with-more-than-just-client-lists/ - Consider the scenario: a higher-up employee uploads six months of internal strategy documents into a generative AI tool, generates a ten-pag…
M365 News Roundup for - June 2026
Scouting for the real cost of new Copilot features
New Shared Link - Legal AI Has A Growing Token Price Problem
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/06/03/legal-ai-has-a-growing-token-price-problem/ - If legal AI tools are the vehicles our work is now transported by, then tokens are the oil that drives it all. And that’s an issue because this ‘oil’ is getting increasingly expensive. Legal …
Legal AI Has A Growing Token Price Problem
If legal AI tools are the vehicles our work is now transported by, then tokens are the oil that drives it all. And that’s an issue because this ‘oil’ is getting increasingly expensive. Legal …
Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #192
An unplanned theme - leading humans
New Shared Link - Token Costs and the Future of Law Firm AI Spend
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/06/04/token-costs-and-the-future-of-law-firm-ai-spend/ - First, this is a thought experiment, so take a deep breath and a large pinch of salt….Artificial Lawyer asked ChatGPT to estimate the total token costs, plus enterprise licence fees, fo…
Token Costs and the Future of Law Firm AI Spend
First, this is a thought experiment, so take a deep breath and a large pinch of salt….Artificial Lawyer asked ChatGPT to estimate the total token costs, plus enterprise licence fees, for 10 o…
New Shared Link - Burnout Looks Different Across the Org Chart. Watch for These Signs.
https://hbr.org/2026/04/burnout-looks-different-across-the-org-chart-watch-for-these-signs - What leaders need to know about how it shows up, why it happens, and what they can do to help.
Burnout Looks Different Across the Org Chart. Watch for These Signs.
Burnout isn’t an individual problem—it’s a systemic design issue that shows up differently across the organization chart. Early-career employees burn out from ambiguity and lack of control, managers from “responsibility without authority,” executives from value conflicts and moral strain, and founders from over-identifying with their mission. Across all levels, the root cause tends to be not workload alone but unclear priorities, misaligned incentives, and poor decision structures. Generic fixes like resilience training miss the point; effective leaders prevent burnout by redesigning work. To address burnout proactively before it takes root, leaders need to understand how it can show up, why it happens, and what they can do to help.
