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Mental Health

Linked – Survey Finds Employee Mental Health Suffering From ‘Political Turmoil’ and ‘Economic Uncertainty’
ByMike McBride March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Pay people enough money so that they can live and stop the mass layoffs every time the stock price dips a little bit. Much of the financial stress people face is because they don’t make enough money to pay for things like childcare and are constantly worried about losing their jobs. If you want to help your employees struggling with stress, anxiety, and burnout, there’s a good place to start.

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Artificial Intelligence

Linked – Not All Revolutionary or Garbage: A Moderate Take on AI
ByMike McBride March 25, 2025March 27, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Generative AI is already creating positive change and will continue to do so. It is also making very negative changes as well, with deepfake porn, fake video and audio, scams and disinformation proliferation, etc.

I believe it will change our world, but not in the way AI founders think it will or promise that it will. It will also hurt a lot of people along the way. History will have to decide if it was worth it.

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Career

Linked – How you can help others right now
ByMike McBride March 22, 2025March 21, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is a good reminder of how we can all help anyone dealing with layoffs, job stress, anxiety, etc. After I was laid off in 2023, one of the best things I had going for me was my network. There were people who connected me with people, offered to chat, texted me to check in,…

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Artificial Intelligence | Microsoft

Linked – SharePoint Agents PAYG costs
ByMike McBride March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

So much of Copilot is work behind the scenes. The $30 per month cost per license is just the icing on the AI cake. The actual cost of ownership is the work involved in Information Governance and Security, planning, training, etc. You should never forget that when integrating any new technology, especially with AI.

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Mental Health

Linked – Why Most Workplace Mental Health Programs Fail
ByMike McBride March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

If your employees don’t feel safe, all the policies and resources in the world won’t matter. Having good mental health benefits is great, but making the environment safe for employees who take advantage of them is better.

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Career

Linked – Retention Crisis: 46% of Managers Want Out – What’s your plan?
ByMike McBride March 10, 2025March 9, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

In my opinion, most managers are in an untenable position. The people reporting to them are expected to be engaged, productive, and successful. That requires managers who care about them and provide flexible solutions that block any obstacles to their work being done in an engaged and productive way.

But wait—the C-suite is one of those obstacles! Layoffs, ridiculous RTO mandates, demands to “do more with less,” and a focus on shareholder profits above everything else don’t encourage employee engagement. They destroy it, but managers are expected to toe the line and support what’s happening.

That seems pretty stressful to me.

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