Looking Busy Isn't Doing the Work
FrequencyJune 01, 202600:06:06

Looking Busy Isn't Doing the Work

Packed calendars, constant notifications, everyone permanently available — and somehow no one reaches any depth. Knowledge work inherited a model built for industrial work, where presence signalled performance and a chair at a desk counted as contribution. That model never got redesigned, and it's now actively working against the kind of concentration that actually creates value.

AI is forcing the reckoning. As automation eats the repetitive execution, the edge shifts to judgment, creativity, and problem-solving — exactly the work that dies in a day full of meetings, approvals, and message threads. Chuck digs into what that means for leaders still measuring input: if the advantage is now clarity of thought, how do you communicate and reward performance you can't see on a calendar?

https://m.economictimes.com/ai/ai-insights/the-end-of-9-to-5-how-ai-and-hybrid-work-are-transforming-enterprise-culture/articleshow/131009228.cms