Also a clear theme: Frontline/middle managers see what’s coming much better. Many are struggling hard to do the right thing. “Leadership” is often blissfully unaware and an active blocker/distraction.
Yes, and lots of middle managers can feel they’re being squeezed out (this is always happening to middle management, though, so take with a grain of salt). But some folks really believe that we’ll soon be in a world where line managers can manage many more people with the help of AI and there’ll be less need for layers to coordinate between line managers and executives. I’m somewhat skeptical about overcoming the information bottlenecks, but we’ll see.
Yes, and lots of middle managers can feel they’re being squeezed out (this is always happening to middle management, though, so take with a grain of salt). But some folks really believe that we’ll soon be in a world where line managers can manage many more people with the help of AI and there’ll be less need for layers to coordinate between line managers and executives. I’m somewhat skeptical about overcoming the information bottlenecks, but we’ll see.