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Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas

Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas Issue 233, October 9, 2025 Here’s a test: Think about yesterday. How many AI recommendations did you follow without a second thought? Your Netflix queue. Your GPS route. Maybe even what to cook for dinner. Now think about the last major strategic decision you made at work. Did you trust AI the same way? Or did something in your gut say, “Wait. I need to think about this.”…

Kevin Novak
October 9, 2025
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The Human Factor Behind Employee Retention: Why Job Embeddedness Beats Perks

The Human Factor Behind Employee Retention: Why Job Embeddedness Beats Perks Issue 227, August 28, 2025 We’ve been solving the wrong problem. Organizations are spending billions on yoga studios, free meals, and basketball courts while their best talent walks out the door anyway. U.S. median job tenure sits at just four years. For employees aged 25-34, it’s a mere 2.7 years. According to Axios, small businesses face the highest churn rates and must pay an estimated 20% of an average…

Kevin Novak
August 27, 2025
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

The Leadership Paradox: Why AI Should Make Us More Human, Not Less

The Leadership Paradox: Why AI Should Make Us More Human, Not Less Who’s the Fittest to Survive? Issue 216, June 12, 2025 We’ve all been taught Charles Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest. The theory has ruled in the animal kingdom as well as the boardroom. The strong, the bullies, and the ruthless were always perceived to be the survivalists. We admired the fittest and sought to emulate them. This interpretation of success was mirrored by the top-down,…

Kevin Novak
June 12, 2025
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035

Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035 Issue 209, April 24, 2025 If you’ve been working with any Large Language Model (LLM) – ChatGPT, Claude, et al. – you’ve probably noticed how weirdly polite and eager to please these tools are. That’s no surprise because they are trained to please you. It’s refreshing to have a handy research tool that responds like a friendly, faithful dog within seconds. It makes it tempting…

Kevin Novak
April 24, 2025
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Are We Playing Monopoly as a Society?

Are We Playing Monopoly as a Society? Issue 153, March 28, 2024 Big tech has been taken to task repeatedly often without a complete understanding of who they are, what they do and how their business model functions. For many, it seems elusive to understand their motives, wrapped up in proprietary strategy. And frankly, just about no one (certainly not the average individual) can figure out what they’ve been up to and what their intentions are.  Are they out to…

Kevin Novak
March 28, 2024
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Why Do People Lie? – Ideas + Innovations from 2040

Why Do People Lie? Issue 66: July 28, 2022 Last week we discussed inferences that can be made based on what we do versus what we say— all revealed by data from our physical and digital footprints. We offered several observations about how what we say often reflects what we think others want to hear from us or how others expect us to respond. Several months ago, we focused on how individuals and organizations earn trust. This week, we turn…

Kevin Novak
July 28, 2022
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