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The discourse around AI has often been painted in a tone of gloom and doom, with critics suggesting that we are bound to lose essential skills to our AI counterparts, a phenomenon we can call the "ChatGPT effect." Yet, as an expert in hybrid work models and AI integration, I challenge this perspective, and tell my clients that having their employees lose certain skills to AI is not only inevitable, but also beneficial to human progress, much like the advent of calculators and the internet.

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"I didn't know what to do about returning to the office. On the one hand, the large majority of my employees wanted to work from home and only come to the office when needed. On the other hand, my peer executives from other companies were telling me that I needed to return everyone back to the office at least a few days a week for the sake of effective collaboration, innovation, and company culture. That put my goals of retention and recruitment against the goals of company culture and productivity. My consulting with Dr. Gleb provided clarity on the issue. His expertise in the future of work, especially in returning to the office and leading hybrid and remote teams, enabled me to make an effective strategic decision going forward. He provided invaluable insights on how to optimize collaboration, innovation, productivity, and company culture in a home-centric, remote-first company. With these strategies in mind, I was able to proceed with a win-win solution that should help to maximize retention and recruitment, while continuing to promote collaboration, innovation, productivity, and company culture, by transitioning to a home-centric model with the approval of the Board of Directors secured through the insights provided by Dr. Gleb. Thank you, Dr. Gleb, for providing the research-backed best practices that enabled me to make this crucial pivot in the future of work for my company!"

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What's Up With Me

My wife and business partner Agnes and I worked out a nice system for "workcations." I often fly to other cities to give presentations, and at least some of these are places she would like to visit, especially when it's the middle of winter in our hometown of Columbus, Ohio. We used to fly together to the destination a day before my talks, then I would spend one (or several) days giving talks, and then we’d vacation for a few days. But the problem is that she didn’t much enjoy the days when I was giving talks, as I would take the rental car to the talk and it’s kind of boring to explore by yourself, and expensive if you have to take Lyft rides everywhere. So, after some experimentation, we figured out a solution. Instead of flying in together, I arrive first, give my talks, and then Agnes joins me after I’m done. Last week I gave three days of talks on AI adoption in Phoenix, and then on the afternoon of the last talk, Agnes flew in, I picked her up at the airport, and we drove to Tucson to visit Saguaro National Park and Sabino Canyon. She gets to enjoy the best of both worlds: warm weather and beautiful natural sights without having to spend days alone in a boring hotel room or spend extra money sightseeing by herself. In addition, we don’t need to worry about pet-sitting for the extra three days. A great win-win.

I’m glad we figured out this new pattern, after many years of the old pattern. While it would have been great if we figured it out earlier, this was a good lesson for me that it’s never too late to innovate and figure out new patterns for yourself and your relationships. Where can you do the same?

Here's a photo of me dwarfed by a mature Saguaro cactus in Saguaro National Park.

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Dr. Gleb

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

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