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The Ladder That Never Comes Down
Harish Jose
In my earlier writing I’ve leaned on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ladder. This is the closing move of his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, where once you have climbed through the propositions you discard them, because they have “served their purpose.” I’ve used this language game often enough that I want to look at it more closely. On the surface this routine can seem like a weakness. I’m using…

Management

Queen Bee Syndrome: The Workplace Dynamic Holding Women Back

When former United States secretary of state Madeleine Albright said, “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other,” that quip captured a widespread expectation that women who reach the top should pull others up behind them. Yet it’s not uncommon for junior female…

Avoiding the 7 Deadly Killers of Projects

Projects go off the rails all the time. Some statistics I’ve seen say only one in eight projects can truly be declared successful.

Why are we so horrible at executing projects, especially when we have all these “tried and true” project management methodologies?

There are…

How to Succeed With Systematic Improvement Work

Establishing a long-term improvement effort is one of the best investments an organization can make. This is because almost all industries and businesses today are in, or facing, a major digital transformation where business models, services, and working methods are rapidly changing. To succeed…

Is Overreliance on AI Causing Agency Decay?

When OpenAI introduced ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, it arrived as a research preview: a conversational system that could answer follow-up questions, draft fluent text, and give millions of people their first direct experience of generative AI. The early mood was experimental. People tested it,…

A Simple Fix for Better Board Meetings

Board meetings are a total pain. They can also be some of the most powerful get-togethers for your company. The difference lies in how you approach the meeting itself.

Before you say, “I never present to the board,” and stop reading, allow me to expand the definition of a board…

AI Layoffs Need Evidence, Not Executive Storytelling

A new Financial Times analysis reports that U.S. technology companies have cut nearly 140,000 jobs in 2026 while pouring record sums into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The obvious story is that AI is replacing workers. The more important story is that executives are using AI to justify…

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