Is somebody around you drowning? This is a super important question and, as Carlos put it in his post, a question which naturally translates also to the work environment.

I’ve been in situations where I didn’t realize that co-workers weren’t doing well, even burned out. Right next to me. Because I hadn’t been able to read the signs. What I took from that is the conscious effort to connect to co-workers and build a trust relationship. This helps me to get better at reading the signals, which also vary highly between humans. Based on the trust being built, I’m more likely to get clear—and hopefully—early enough signs.

Humans by nature are influencing each others independent from the context. At work the ability to influence others and to be aware of being influenced by them is becoming more and more key. In most of current jobs we can not just command others to do something for us, but we only can influence them towards certain goals. Which is good, but how does it work?

Many of us do that in a natural fashion and can not really name and explain how they are doing this. Others struggle. In the article below I walk you through a book, I recently read on this subject. Highly recommended read!

Thanks Mo for sharing this. Just a little after 9am Monday morning and you already opened up my perspective. Curious to try this - possibly this could work well in a team off-site setting?

Highly recommend to not just read the LinkedIn post but also take a dive into the linked blog post 🙂

On the post election Monday in Germany. Difficult results. I was reflecting on the Amazon Leadership principle of “Disagree and Commit” during my morning jog today. Recap of the principle:

Leaders must respectfully challenge decisions they disagree with, even when uncomfortable or exhausting, but fully commit to implementing decisions once they’re made.

There are two Phases, Disagree Phase and Commit Phase.

🔄 DISAGREE PHASE 💬 Leaders have a duty to push back on decisions before they become final 📊 Must bring evidence, examples, and compelling rationales to the table 🗣️ Speaking truth to power - regardless of org level or rank 🎯 The goal is finding what’s true, not meeting in the middle

👀 Just watched the interview of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at WSJ Journal House Davos. Highly recommended! While obviously not mentioning any exact targeted launch dates for features, he gave some good insight in his thinking of policies over politics, safety and navigate-able challenges for the future of work. Mindset of collaboration over of replacement. 30 mins of time well invested.

A few things I noted: 🗺️ Product Roadmap • Web browsing capabilities coming in next 3-6 months • Memory features and virtual collaborator functionality in development • Voice interaction planned for future releases • Focus remains on enterprise solutions while expanding consumer offerings 🏗️ AI Development • Anthropic’s revenue grew 10x in 2024, reaching ~$1B • Partnership with Amazon to deploy hundreds of thousands of Trainium 2 chips • Novel approach to reasoning capabilities, focusing on continuous improvement rather than separate models 📈 Future of Work • AI expected to match or exceed human capabilities in most tasks by 2027 • Focus on complementary AI deployment rather than replacement • Emphasis on comparative advantage - humans leveraging the 10% AI can’t do 👓 Industry Perspective • Call for serious dialogue about AI’s societal impact • Strong focus on responsible scaling and security testing • Bipartisan approach to AI policy and regulation

I woke up with some loose ends in my mind about binary encoding and impacts on human life. Needed to reflect on this: Binary encoding is simultaneously powerful for computers yet limiting for human decision-making, creating an interesting paradox worth exploring.

Binary encoding is incredibly effective in computing because it maps perfectly to the fundamental nature of electronic circuits - they can be either on or off. This two-state system is simple to build, highly reliable, and less prone to errors compared to systems with multiple state.

Go ugly to be successful ?!

🎯 Just watched a fantastic TEDx talk by Prof. Martin J. Eppler about unleashing the power of visualization at work(available at YouTube: [1]). He outlines three Key Practices for Better Visual Communication:

1.	Make it intentionally “ugly” - polished visuals can inhibit collaboration. Rough sketches invite participation and improvement.
2.	Lead with visual metaphors instead of bullet points - they tap into existing knowledge and spark new solutions. A simple bridge or mountain trail can convey complex ideas more effectively than slides.
3.	Use visual variations - create a series of related images that others can build upon. This invites collaboration and deeper understanding.

💡 The most powerful insight: Beauty can be the enemy of collaboration. When something looks too perfect, people stop thinking critically and contributing ideas.

How do you create results being limited in your scope of influence.

💡 Great 2min time investment to start your week - or actually at any point in time, but soon 😉 : https://lnkd.in/env_WPjb Simon Sinek reminds you to focus on your direct scope of influence, because this is where you can influence - directly. But you well can influence things outside of your direct scope, by having influenced people take it forward to their scope of influence. Listen to the original, much better than my own summary.