Executives set the vision and teams test tools, but transformation happens in the middle. Equip managers to drive AI-powered workflow change. By Talisha Padgett Published on March 17, 2026 Last updated on March 17, 2026 Leadership has bought in. Teams are curious and experimenting. The technology is working. Yet AI adoption in your marketing … Continue reading Middle managers are the missing link in AI adoption
March 17, 2026 What happens to middle management when AI flattens your organization? BY Nik Kinley It’s being called the Great Flattening: a global wave of layoffs triggered by the adoption of AI that is primarily hitting middle management. Amazon is currently leading this managerial reset, aggressively streamlining its corporate structure to reduce bureaucracy and speed … Continue reading What happens to middle management when AI flattens your organization?
March 16, 2026 Is there anyone middle managers can trust? BY Farah Harris A middle manager sits in a 1:1 with their boss. They nod along to strategic priorities they already know are unrealistic. The deadlines don’t match the staffing plan. The “new initiative” competes with the last “top priority.” The team is already stretched thin. … Continue reading Is there anyone middle managers can trust?
July 30, 2025 Middle management is dead BY Krish Ramineni Everyone’s obsessing over whether AI will steal their jobs. They’re asking the wrong question. While headlines scream about AI replacing workers—41% of employers are planning to downsize, half of entry-level jobs are vanishing—they’re missing the real transformation. The question isn’t who gets replaced. It’s what happens … Continue reading Middle management is dead
April 13, 2025 Why the best time to solve problems might be the middle of the night BY Alina Dizik Waking up in the middle of the night used to spike my anxiety. I’d panic about losing sleep, which would only lead to more lost sleep, and more panic, until I wore myself out or the … Continue reading Why the best time to solve problems might be the middle of the night
April 21, 2024 What does it mean to be ‘middle class’ in 2024? The idea of the middle class may seem mythical and out of reach for more Americans. We talked to people across the country to hear their experiences. BY Kathleen Davis When I was a kid, $100,000 sounded like an impossibly large sum of … Continue reading What does it mean to be ‘middle class’ in 2024?
By Next Big Idea Club February 10, 2024 Chip Conley is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and the founder of one of America’s first boutique hotel companies. He was the previous head of Global Hospitality and Strategy for Airbnb and CEO of the Modern Elder Academy. He received his BA and MBA from Stanford … Continue reading U-curve of Happiness research shows how life improves after middle age. Here are 5 reasons why
By Christopher Zara March 11, 2022 It’s not just gas. With inflation worse than it’s been in four decades, the price of just about everything is going up these days. That means even if you’re one of the lucky Americans who got a raise last year, your total income may not be going … Continue reading Are you middle class? Use this cost-of-living calculator and map to find out
Sumit De February 24, 2021 The big picture is broken. Sixty-eight percent of businesses admit to working in silos and it’s affecting everybody from the C-Suite down to your front-line IT service desk. There’s a real, tangible disconnect between the top, bottom, and everything in between epitomized by Enterprise Service Management (ESM). The Transforming the … Continue reading The Disconnect Between Top, Bottom, and Everything in the Middle
Anthony Mersino July 29, 2020 Many people think of transformation as a linear process. Whether it is a digital or agile transformation, or even a personal transformation, we like to think of it as a straight line from where we are to our goal. As a coach, and a “change agent”, I’ve been overly enthusiastic … Continue reading The Messy Middle Ground of Agile Transformation
