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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Workplace news you didn’t know you needed.
HBR
Harvard Business Review 4h ago

Embrace AI Without Damaging Trust: Lessons from the “Financial Times”

The Financial Times shows how to adopt AI transparently without eroding audience trust.

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Inc. yesterday

55 Percent of Leaders Regret AI Layoffs—and a Major Hiring Reversal Has Begun

Majority of leaders now regret AI-driven layoffs as rehiring costs and morale damage mount.

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Inc. yesterday

He Opened Up at a Netflix Retreat ‘Trust’ Exercise. Days Later, He Was Fired

Employee fired days after sharing vulnerably at a mandated trust exercise exposes the dangers of performative culture rituals.

FC
Fast Company 6h ago

Leaders: your calendar is your culture and your strategy. Set it carefully

How leaders allocate calendar time directly signals organizational priorities and shapes culture.

HBR
Harvard Business Review 12h ago

When Leading Transformation, Model the Behaviors You Expect

HBR finds transformation leaders who model expected behaviors outperform those who merely mandate them.

FT
Financial Times 12h ago

PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations

PwC's AI-generated reports containing hallucinations expose the reputational risk of unchecked AI output.

FC
Fast Company yesterday

The greatest mistake in AI transformation: automating what you should eliminate 

Leaders automating broken processes with AI are amplifying inefficiency rather than solving it.

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Ask a Manager 8 min ago

is it OK to reject a candidate based on their social media?

Screening candidates by social media carries legal and reputational risk employers often underestimate.

SR
MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 7d ago

A New Way to Address Troubled Team Dynamics

MIT Sloan introduces a fresh framework for diagnosing and repairing dysfunctional team dynamics.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 6d ago

Future business leaders intend to hide core aspects of their identity

Research finds future leaders plan to conceal identity at work, signaling a deepening trust and belonging crisis.

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Ask a Manager 9d ago

how can I be more patient with a frustrating employee?

Managing frustration with a difficult employee is a universal leadership challenge with real coaching implications.

SR
MIT Sloan Mgmt Review 9d ago

How Leaders Unlock Innovation on the Front Lines

Leaders who build psychological safety and autonomy unlock far more front-line innovation than top-down mandates.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 2d ago

Big Companies Are Starting to Hire Again, Defying Predictions of AI Wipeout

Large companies are resuming hiring despite AI disruption fears, signaling a more stable talent market.

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McKinsey 14d ago

The CEO’s role in transformation

McKinsey research clarifies what CEOs must personally own to lead successful organizational transformation.

FT
Financial Times 16d ago

Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired

Pushing employees to adopt AI without support is backfiring, damaging morale and productivity.

HR
theHRDIRECTOR 50d ago

Employees are staying silent about the issues HR most needs to hear

Employees are withholding critical feedback from HR, leaving leaders blind to their most pressing problems.

WSJ
The Wall Street Journal 21d ago

Air Canada Picks Outsider as Next CEO to Rebuild Trust After Video Fallout

Air Canada's choice of an outside CEO after a trust crisis signals how boards use leadership hires to signal accountability.

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McKinsey 22d ago

The operating model advantage: Why AI winners are rewiring their organizations

McKinsey finds AI winners are rewiring operating models, not just deploying tools — a strategic framing shift for executives.

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Fortune 11d ago

Goldman Sachs CEO says he’d hire someone ‘smart enough’ over the smartest person in the world because ultimately experience trumps brains

Goldman's CEO says practical experience and coachability outweigh raw intelligence in hiring decisions.

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Fortune 14d ago

Bending Spoons only hired 0.04% from its 800,000 job applications last year—its CEO says its cutthroat hiring process is unlike ‘useless’ interviews

One company's extreme selectivity in hiring challenges conventional wisdom about what interview processes should accomplish.