Tech enthusiasts and AI venture capitalists: One big thing to keep in mind about the Hugging Face incident is that even highly capable AI agents decided they needed middle managers.

Sorry to say, but #MiddleManagement ain’t going nowhere in the AI future. 🤷

Can AI ever be your colleague?

Read my Substack article vukmirovic.substack.com/p/can-ai-eve...
#ai #middlemanagement #empathy #futureofwork #creativity #criticalthinking

But but but what about my KPI's??? We need to hit them to satisfy quarterly goals so we can hit bonus?? C-Suite only cares about metrics!!! CLEAR THE TICKETS!!! #MiddleManagement

Your best person didn't quit this week — they quit months ago. The notice is just paperwork.

Run the stay interview before the exit interview: "What would make you leave, and what makes you stay?"

https://youtu.be/cpERm0Kz5iU

#employeeretention #workplaceculture #middlemanagement

Middle managers arent machines, but senior leadership treats them that way. Enjoy the preview of Ep 016 of The Human Factor Podcast. Subscribe, watch or listen to the full episode on your fav podcast platform. #middlemanagement #anxiety #change #leadership #changeagent

Middle managers arent machines, but senior leadership treats them that way. Enjoy the preview of Ep 016 of The Human Factor Podcast. Subscribe, watch or listen to the full episode on your fav podcast platform. #middlemanagement #anxiety #change #leadership #changeagent

A team that's angry tells you. A team that's checked out doesn't.

Gallup: only 31% of U.S. employees were engaged at work in 2025.

Five tactics to wake them back up 👇
https://youtu.be/mMq7mqL0fLE

#employeeengagement #middlemanagement #teamculture

Onward and Upward 🚀

Motivation topped up with goals runs out. A reason that predates the job doesn't.

You can't install that in someone, but you can ask. Most managers never do.

When did you last ask why someone picked this work?

Onward and Upward 🚀

Watch: https://youtu.be/rDXv3BgKZF

#oneonones #middlemanagement

A practice that requires a good day isn't a practice. It's a mood.

Twelve minutes survives a bad day. That's the whole argument for going smaller than feels serious.

What would you put in yours?

Onward and Upward 🚀

Watch: https://youtu.be/FqUv0ISjXmU

#dailyhabits #middlemanagement

Nobody in an integration is really arguing about the process.

They're watching whether you'll say the old way was craft, not sloppiness — and whether anyone represents them upward.

Onward and Upward 🚀

#acquisitions #middlemanagement

Colin Powell's rule had two numbers and everyone only ever quotes one of them.

The floor matters more than the ceiling. Below it, fast isn't decisive. It's a coin flip with a story attached.

Onward and Upward 🚀

Watch: https://youtu.be/kJwdaI4ZRFA

#decisionmaking #middlemanagement

Achievement fatigue doesn't look like struggling. It looks like a good quarter and someone who has stopped arguing with you.

When did your sharpest report last push back?

Onward and Upward 🚀

Watch: https://youtu.be/-zSwQgv_Wzs

#burnout #middlemanagement

Handing a task over takes longer than doing it yourself. Once.

That "once" is the entire reason your calendar looks like that.

What's on next week's that only you can really do?

Onward and Upward 🚀

Watch: https://youtu.be/-lRlN6UZQW4

#delegation #middlemanagement

In a brand-new team, whatever happens once becomes policy by accident.

Write down the first time you handle something, and why. You're choosing precedent before it chooses you.

Onward and Upward 🚀

#newmanagers #middlemanagement

A stand-up everyone attends sitting down is a meeting in a costume.

Could one person skip tomorrow's and lose nothing? Then it stopped doing work.

Onward and Upward 🚀

Watch: https://youtu.be/gmTorxAs8tA

#dailystandup #middlemanagement