Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider the future of employment and the work week in light of artificial intelligence. Differences of opinion as to the potential impact. The #bossrebellion doubles down on its side of the equation.DiscussedHuman labor as a valueJob losses not only offshoreGlobal economic ecosystem at riskProsperity requiring intelligenceTalentSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/ Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/ Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/ The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider changing attitudes about job fulfillment and the value of life in an organizational structure have changed. Differences of opinions. Shared view = a #bossrebellion will be required engage the newest workforce generation as it strives to align life goals with work context.DiscussedThe cost of failed accountability (2008 Financial Crisis)The locus of value in a work relationshipIs the vagabond response sustainable or more of the same?

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss the bid for creators to get compensated by AI firms for teaching AI (voluntarily or otherwise). Reddit's bid for compensation from ChatGPT and Bard. Acknowledging the economic value of creative intelligence is a central concept in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:Reddit wants to get paid by AIThe Monetary Value of Learning & DevelopmentThe Intellectual Property vs. Teaching ArgumentWriters Are on Deck, Musicians Next, Visual Artists Take NoteA New Business Model For Twitter and Facebook

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss the impact of layoffs on the profitability of a firm, its shareholder value, the fiscal cost of lost morale, and resetting when it's time to hire again. Facebook's "Year of Efficiency". Acknowledging the human wavelength and the revenue value of a firm's emotional life are central concepts in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:Emotions equal profitSubstituting business abstractions for human emotionsSelective application of efficiency and profitThe fallacy of severing permanent relationshipsSouthwest and the Airline Space Analogy

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss terrible jobs, the "do everything I don't want to do" role, and the disparity between executive privilege and the meniality of jobs in which one is expected to toil for pay but not joy or aspiration. Acknowledging the emotional realities of work is a central concept in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:The two tiers of work culture - aspiration and joy vs. menial grindLeadership privilege and self-awarenessThe problem of scope creep and attritionTerrible jobs vs. the job as an adventureEmploying the whole personInteresting challenges vs. unreasonable onesThe leader acknowledging his/her own emotional needsRESEARCH LINKSNYtimes: "High-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever" http://rb.gy/oi7okwTALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss Patreon founder Jack Conte's initiative to help creators make money and how eliminating friction and the middle man is key to aligning one's business model with one's purpose as well as filling an enormous cultural and economic need in the #bossrebellionDiscussed: Eliminating the middle man / friction in a commercial ecosystem Bringing one's whole self / creative intelligence / creative energy to work Removing the separation between one's own interests and the business does Being an artist and creator first - the Jack Conte example (Patreon) Eliminating dependency on others Aligning one's business model with one's purpose The value of direct relationships The competition to help creators make money as a second Renaissance Making what I want vs. what makes me happyThe predatory character of many existing modelsRESEARCH LINKS Interview with Patreon founder Jack Conte:https://www.theverge.com/22543655/patreon-ceo-decoder-interview-jack-conte TALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black wonder that activist investors are not more interested in pay transparency, given that it directly impacts shareholder value. Is the company paying inflated salaries to less valuable members, or utilizing subjective salary offers where a more transparent market could mean a more efficient one? C-suite executives that want more revenue options take note in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:Workarounds firms use to avoid pay transparency and preserve subjective pay scalesPay inequities based on location and demographic — pay subjectivityHow HR Departments enforce a system of non-transparency that penalizes womenThe objective value of work vs. the subjective value of people - why investors should be interestedHow pay confidentiality hampers investment transparency for shareholdersActivist investors and the possibility of a more efficient marketWho is worth the most in the lifeboat of salary costs - management vs. investor viewsRESEARCH LINKSHow firms are skirting the legal requirement for job listing salary range disclosures https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/25/pay-transparency-laws-companies-salary-disclosure/TALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black gawk at the current valley in the cycle of hiring and layoffs that typify firms' inability to match workforce to workload, and how business journalism euphemizes that problem. Of interest in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:The ugly cycle of hiring and layoffsJaded reactions after multiple bubblesThe security of jobs vs. workThe euphemisms around layoffs that conceal their causeThe end of job loss shame and the gift of getting back one's timeRESEARCH LINKSAge group reactions to tech layoffs https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/technology/tech-layoffs-millennials-gen-x.htmlThe usual suspects in journalism about layoffs https://madpipe.link/463039TALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider how terminating people by cutting off their email is normalizing what employees do when they ghost interviewers during candidacy or quitting. The transactional nature of employment is more pronounced than ever. Possible opportunity in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:Google normalizes transactional employmentGood and bad breakupsHedge funds driving layoffs = more transactionalOn scooping out more middle managementValues Based LeadershipCrying for the lostAlienation of firms from social elements of lifeRESEARCH LINKSGoogle Engineer Layoffs https://www.businessinsider.com/google-engineer-laid-off-on-vacation-boss-sent-linkedin-message-2023-2TCI Fund Management Limited letter to Google: "You didn't go deep enough" https://www.tcifund.com/files/corporateengageement/alphabet/20th%20January%202023.pdfTALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black kick around (in 7 minutes) Twitter CEO Elon Musk's offer to step down if employees prefer. Symptom of a brewing #bossrebellionDiscussed:Corporate Democracy & the Executive Function Applied to Every Role LevelWork as Values Laden vs. Values NeutralHardcore Employee CultureIs a Company a Culture or a Stable?"Would you rather love your work or be in charge?"LINKS & REFERENCESElon Musk's Twitter Poll https://madpipe.link/3313ea The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/ TALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/ Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/ Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

Steve Pruneau and Asher Black weigh (in 12 minutes) the challenge by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a cadre of oil and gas states to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on sustainable investment vs. shareholder profit. Fink as Jedi in the #bossrebellionDiscussed:Sustainable Capitalism, Sustainable ProfitFiduciary ResponsibilityCorporate Accountability & Tangible CommitmentValues Based LeadershipCEO as Leader vs. OpportunistWorker/Executive Utility and PragmatismEmployer-employee DisconnectLINKS & REFERENCESAttorney General (TX) Ken Paxton Press Release https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-demands-blackrock-account-its-underperforming-potentially-illegal-esg-state-pension-fund Larry Fink Investor Letter  https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/ TALENTSteve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/ Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/ Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/