Posts tagged with "labor-automation" (topic)

All posts tagged with "labor-automation" in the topic dimension.

AI wants to do your work. Ask it to teach you instead.

Oct 27, 2025 | What happens when you ask AI to slow you down instead of speed you up?

AI Coding (II)

Oct 2, 2025 | A lot of folks are asking if AI makes developers more efficient, but we'd have to know how to measure efficiency first.

We’re outsourcing to AI

Aug 25, 2025 | What happens when a business starts outsourcing the busy-work? Is that even useful? Or is it just another cash drain?

View from underneath an inflating hot air balloon. The balloon has a rainbow pattern, and you can see a jet of flame coming out of the burner.

Jul 25, 2025 | Ever heard that “work expands to fill the time available”? Let's dig into why that’s only half the story — and what Parkinson’s Law gets wrong about how real work (and real people) actually operate.

A branch of a shrub with a newly sprouted green leaf; the leaf and the branch are encased in ice

Why scrum fails

Apr 30, 2025 | Scrum seems like it works. I've seen it work; it's working for me now. Why do so many people think it's a failure?

An old sawmill with a water wheel sits in front of a bunch of trees. The wood is very weathered, the sun bright, and it is mid-summer.

18 months (or so) with AI

Mar 2, 2025 | A check-in on the AI front, both technically and culturally

A closeup photo of a Jacquard loom, a large wooden contraption with many threads attached and a thick stack of punch cards.

AI, computers, and looms

Apr 19, 2024 | We seem to be very selective about whose jobs deserve to be automated.

“Keeping up” should not be an extracurricular activity.

Apr 3, 2024 | Businesses that don’t strive for perfect efficiency are more creative and have happier employees.