A management practitioner's blog covering organizational design, learning culture in the workplace, and the role of managers in agile teams, with reflections from XP conferences. Readers get practical framing on making learning a daily habit and a candid look at the tension between agile teams and management.
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Essays on leadership, governance and organisational judgement, grounded in Australian case law, survey data and political philosophy such as Burke. Readers get structured arguments with practical recommendations, plus occasional guest interviews on management methods.
Each issue explains one behavioral science finding, such as attention residue or the illusion of transparency, with the original studies cited. It ends with a small, concrete action HR leaders and managers can try at work.
Ethan Mollick, a business school professor, writes about how fast AI is advancing and what it means for work, education and daily life. Issues combine hands-on experiments with current AI models and analysis of broader trends such as agents, the Bitter Lesson and the gap between capability and adoption.
Commoncog publishes essays, case studies and interviews about developing business expertise, drawing on real company histories and practitioner experience. Readers get in-depth analysis of topics like handling disruptive change, organisational transformation and management tools, plus updates on the Commoncog membership and Case Library.
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