Shared Links (weekly) Dec. 14, 2025
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AI is not without bias, and maybe the best thing we can do is know that going in, instead of assuming that technology would solve this problem.
Linked: Offboarding tips will prevent employee data theft when people leave the company
Now, I’ve left a few jobs over the years, including some that were remote, which I think is a new challenge for a lot of places right now. Most of the time, the departing employee is not exactly top of mind for the organization. You’ve got work to do, and they are no longer part of the plan. I get that, but somebody probably wants to at least pay attention to what the employee is doing on the way out.Â
Worth Reading – Purposeful Work Boosts Engagement, but Few Experience It
I would suggest that another partial explanation is that many jobs and businesses don’t involve work that feels purposeful because the work has no purpose. Too many jobs exist solely to make more money for CEOs and investors. They don’t sell anything that helps society. Employees don’t benefit directly from business improvements, and those same CEOs justify all of the efforts by talking about how much the stock price went up. That seems to be the entire point of the organization. That’s the purpose.Â
It’s not easy to feel like your work has a purpose when the real purpose is to make some number go up. It’s hard to be engaged with that.Â
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Going to Training
I really enjoyed this post by Kevin Eikenberry yesterday. Read This Before You Attend Your Next Training Session It reminded me of many of my pet peeves when doing training internally, let alone now that I’m an outside trainer. See if this sounds familiar: You send your folks out to a day of training on…
