Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 5, 2025
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Linked – AI Agents Come For White Collar Jobs
How often have we watched a C-level person from Microsoft remind us that AI will not take our jobs but help us do our jobs better? It was there to assist us, not work for us.
“It’s even in the name, Copilot.”
When I heard them talk about agents being our team members and eventually managing other agents and their tasks, I immediately thought this was no longer a copilot. If it’s a team member, that means fewer human team members to do the work.
Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 23 2022
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U.S. Surgeon General Releases New Framework for Mental Health & Well-Being in the Workplace
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Cybersecurity awareness tips from Microsoft to empower your teams
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Remote work isn’t hurting our mental well-being. The lack of work-life boundaries is
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As Employees Move, Keeping Data in All the Right Places is Crucial
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The Impact of a Recession on Hiring: Four Things to Keep in Mind
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Remote Work: A Win-Win-Win for Employees, Employers, and the Economy
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Linked – Over Half of IT Professionals Don’t Know Where Sensitive Data is Stored: Survey
This isn’t a great statement on the security of sensitive data, and the last sentence isn’t a great statement in terms of the litigation readiness of organizations either. “Polling a little over a thousand IT professionals around the world, the survey found that 76 percent had reported that their companies had increased investments in perimeter…
Quick Thought – What Does It Say That You Need To Shutdown Your Business for People to get a Break?
If the issue is that people are getting burned out because they are either not taking time off, are continuing to work during their time off to avoid being overwhelmed with work that piled up, or are actually being contacted by their team members during their time off, how about we figure out how to create a culture that allows people to disconnect during their time off, instead of literally just closing up shop for a week?
Worth Reading – Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point
The problem wasn’t trying to keep kids safer by limiting the time they spent away from home unsupervised; it was not giving them alternative ways to build the same connections and skills. When I read about social media bans, I have the same question. How are we replacing the connections to friends, family, supportive communities, and educational information? Because if we aren’t, we’ll protect them from one thing and create other issues.
If not social media, then where?
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Linked: Time to end workplace stigma of mental health treatment for employees
Annalise describes a fairly typical situation, and what goes through our minds when we try to decide whether to say anything at work: “Let’s take something as simple as, theoretically: “My therapist is booked because demand is so high. I need treatment but they only have morning appointments available.” That may wrack your employee with…
