Notes from the science of workforce psychology.
Short essays on how organizations measure preconditions of performance, what the validated instruments actually say, and what we're reading in the research.
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Resistance to change is really a reaction to an incomplete decision
An incomplete decision doesn't stay incomplete - employees finish it, and they assume the worst
Attention is the scarcest resource in your company
Your brain wasn't built for this many open lines
Organizations think they measure productivity, but most don't.
Activity vs. Productivity vs. Performance
Employee experience is a revenue line, but most organizations are still measuring it like a perk.
Sentiment tells you something's wrong. Behavior tells you what, where, and why.
Beyond the org chart: what classic 360 feedback can't see
Behavioral 360 feedback vs. classic 360 feedback
Decision-making in uncertain times. The cost of waiting is higher than the cost of being wrong.
Organizations don't lose to faster competitors. They lose to themselves-one postponed decision at a time.
AI adoption is accelerating. The organizational blind spot is still there.
AI doesn't fix the blind spot. It just makes you faster at missing it.
Your organization isn't underperforming; it's bleeding.
Every organization is leaking value. The only question is whether you know where.
Productivity isn't about effort. It's about how work actually gets done.
Once you accept that the productivity problem is internal, the next question is: where exactly?
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