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Perspectives for leaders building people-first companies on purpose. Candid, grounded, and conviction-led, with no hype and no manufactured urgency.
Social fluency is the trust-building capacity AI cannot replicate, and an organizational advantage leaders can deliberately activate.
Microsoft's latest cuts follow a familiar rhythm. One question separates the companies that get stronger from the companies that get smaller.
Why cutting heads to cut cost mistakes activity for value, and what it means to make AI a people strategy instead of a headcount one.