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Thoughts on leadership and organizational dynamics.
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Elephants (and Employees) Never Forget. But They May Change Their Minds
As AI supercharges the pace and scale of change, leaders need to strike a difficult balance between maintaining trust and motivation while enacting needed technology-driven improvements. People are notoriously resistant to change and this challenge will only compound as public skepticism towards AI grows. And yet, leaders need their employees’ help to adopt these tools – not only to identify priority use cases for AI, but also to effectively embed the models into existing and

Alison Shaw
Sep 3


Dandelions & Orchids: How Organizational Texture Creates Value
When I was expecting my first child, a good friend shared with me some advice about children. According to him, children fall on a spectrum of needs with the poles illustrated by an Orchid and a Dandelion: Orchids are delicate and require deliberate care and specific conditions to grow, but once their desired environment is found, they grow into exceptionally beautiful flowers. Conversely, Dandelions, while beautiful in their own right, are weeds: less discerning in their con

Alison Shaw
May 24
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