Johnathan Nightingale

Johnathan Nightingale

@johnathan.bsky.social

I’m working on your boss. worldsbestnewsletter.com (he/him)

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)
@lizthegrey.com

www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a... from @rawsignal.ca is worth reading. there's an expression 不順手 that encapsulates this concept of using the wrong tool, or using it poorly. like using a screwdriver at a tilted angle, or a hammer instead of screwdriver. a system works efficiently (順手) or it doesn't.

rawsignal.caThe wrong tool for the job - Johnathan & MelissaMore difficult. Messier. Slower. These are not selling points.

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Pete
@barleywhiner.bsky.social

Feeling this quote as a fairly new manager. “Management is nearly unique as a discipline in that most people doing it were trained to do something else, promoted because of that other skillset, and given little to no guidance on how to do their current job”

Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca

As a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

rawsignal.caHave you ever had a bad boss? - Johnathan & MelissaAs a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you.
Johnathan Nightingale
@johnathan.bsky.social

The number of questions we've gotten from bosses in the last year who are really trying their best to both manage their teams, their goals and commitments to the org, and their org's AI mandates, but where those things are all entirely out of alignment with each other... this is everywhere.

Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca

There's a massive difference between what a lot of workplaces THINK they're asking of their people re: using AI... And what's actually happening. @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social talked about that difference with @theatlantic.com recently:

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Raw Signal Group
@rawsignal.ca

On AI, margin pressure, and outsourcing all the best parts of work. Oh, and on inventing tomorrow. How's that for clickbait?

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Melissa Nightingale
@shappy.bsky.social

Shocking, I know. But the loudest conflict going on at work right now is not between prod and eng.

Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca

@shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social are on @theatlantic.com's Galaxy Brain with @cwarzel.bsky.social to talk about AI 🤝 management. And this part pretty much spells out one of the loudest conflicts going on at work right now:

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Scott Richards
@discuit.bsky.social

Yes! This! “…management is a specifically human practice that seeks to get the best from a group of people by aligning their individual talents, motivations, and creativity with clearly communicated goals and opportunities. Good management centres the humanity of each employee…”

Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca

Here are three, quick ways to spot AI bullshit in the wild: www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

rawsignal.caNonsense masquerading as insight - Johnathan & MelissaHere are three, quick ways to spot AI bullshit in the wild.

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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social

To acknowledge the ways AI systems are changing does not buy into hype, it sharpens the precision of critical thinking about their impacts. To make sense of what AI does to people, you also need to understand what it does for them, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

techpolicy.pressStochastic Flocks and the Critical Problem of 'Useful' AIAcknowledging that AI systems are advancing does not buy into hype, it sharpens the precision of critical thinking about their impacts, says Eryk Salvaggio.

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Laura Hug
@lhug.bsky.social

If you manage people, and you don't read @rawsignal.ca's newsletter... well, that's probably fine but you definitely should start. On managing teams when you don't have the relevant expertise: "The tools are getting faster but the core issue was never that you were bullshitting slowly."

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Nicole Bedera
@nbedera.bsky.social

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

ms.nowOpinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

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Hamilton Nolan
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."