13. Connecting the Contours Resource Roundup
happiness, decision making, and workforce worries that no one is talking about.
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the latest | from the blog.
ai and the biggest workforce threat that no one is talking about.
transitioning from point-and-click to search-based navigation.
File governance systems, currently propping up the corporate landscape, were built for manual cataloging; they were not designed to facilitate search functionality for generative AI.
Functional search has changed.
Most existing file repositories found within businesses don't have the right (or any) unique identifiers, metadata, or content tagging to best support modern and future search of internal company files.
Employees are now unable to find what they need because we took away the menus, the drop-down descriptions, and the hero links pointing to the folders and files containing their desired answers.
Some thought those weren’t needed anymore; people can search for what they need instead.
The search bar we gave them sends back the wrong batch of info because the right stuff isn't wearing name tags — the files don't know to say "polo" when the search bar says "marco".
the latest | from my own rotation.
watch.
Your Tardy Friends Suck. 7 Principles with Van Neistat.
How the US is Destroying Young Peoples’ Future with Scott Galloway.
When the NBA Hires Just One Guitarist for a Halftime Show with Marcin.
listen.
Mo Gawdat on happiness with Steven Bartlett.
Dr. Ellen Langer on mindfulness, stress, and decision making with Rich Roll.
read.
Give Away Your Legos by Molly Graham.
Sixty Meters to Anywhere by Brendan Leonard.
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.
spotlight.
Simon Sinek is one of the biggest influences behind the creation of more positive trends in modern workforce culture. Books like Leaders Eat Last and Start With Why launched his ideas into broader social discourse. Simon weaves emotional intelligence, transparency, and humanness into conversations about their application in the workplace.
“there are entire sections of book shops dedicated to self-help but none dedicated to helping others, and we aren’t taught in school how to listen or about the value of being a good friend. In fact it seems one of the radical acts you can do in the modern world is to live a life of service.”
I listen to a lot of podcasts. Like a lot. I’ve listened to thousands and thousands of hours of interviews because I love learning how people think about things.
This was one of those moments in life where the universe seemingly served me up the right thing at the right time. Intending to listen for a while now, I finally pressed play on a recent run and I’m glad I did.
So will you.
talk soon.
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onward.
-dm
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