The rules are changing not just in technology, but in how we lead, how we work, and how we raise the next generation. This week, five reads that made us think.
1️⃣ Your most experienced people are leaving. Most organisations are doing nothing about it.
Most organisations filter out their most experienced people before the first conversation starts. Not out of malice. Out of habit. In case you missed last week’s latest Elephants in the Boardroom podcast episode, Lucy Standing and Lynda Smith joined Dean and Graeme to talk about why ageism and the productivity crisis are not two separate problems. They are the same problem, and most leaders are not doing anything about it.
Listen to the full episode and get the practical steps your team can take right now.
2️⃣ Gen Z is not becoming socialist. The system just stopped delivering.
Dean van Leeuwen has been watching this one build for years. He calls it The Rising Rage. A generation that grew up believing hard work leads to a better life is watching housing prices, wage growth, and career opportunities tell a different story. Add AI disruption and declining trust in institutions, and you have multiple pressures converging at the same time.
His research points to a tipping point. Not the end of capitalism, but a shift in what version of it comes next. The leaders paying attention now are the ones who will have a say in what comes next. Read Dean’s full post on LinkedIn.
3️⃣ The AI hype is collapsing. Watch who quietly changes their story.
Jensen Huang spent three years telling the world AI was coming for your job. Now he is calling out CEOs who blamed layoffs on AI. Stephen Klein breaks down what changed, why it changed, and who quietly changed their story.
The rehiring is happening. The apologies are happening. The rewrites are happening. Graeme Codrington shared Stephen’s post and summed it up well: we are firmly in the ‘find out’ stage of FAFO with AI. Read the full post and see for yourself.
4️⃣ Your team is moving faster than your management system.
AI did not replace your team. But it did change how fast they work. Managers are dealing with a new problem: their teams are producing more, faster, and the old ways of managing are not keeping up. The bottleneck has shifted. It is no longer the work. It is the system around it. This Harvard Business Review article lays out five practical ways to adapt before the gap gets wider.
5️⃣ 90 minutes to build the AI framework your organisation actually needs.
The AI replacement narrative was wrong. But AI has changed how fast your teams work, and most managers are not keeping up. Most leaders know AI matters. What is harder is knowing what to do with it inside a real business, with real teams, real clients, and real deadlines.
The 5T AI Impact Masterclass was built for that gap. In 90 minutes, Graeme Codrington shows you and your team why most AI efforts stall and gives you a clear framework and a real next step to take. If that sounds like a conversation worth having, book a discovery call here.
This is exactly what we do at TomorrowToday. Helping organisations and their people become bionic. If any of this resonated, contact us and let’s talk.