Elaine Ezekiel on Atomic Spin

Demystifying AI Agents for Managers: A Practical Setup That Improves Delegation and Reduces Rework

When I say "AI agents," I don't mean a general-purpose AI assistant or a clever bot scurrying around the internet on your behalf.

Artificial Intelligence

Looking Back on the First 100 Days of Our Website’s AI Chatbot

We recently decided to deploy an AI chatbot on our website, trained on our website’s content. Here's what we've learned.

Artificial Intelligence

How to Kindle an AI-Curious Culture in Your Team

AI doesn’t need to be a strategy. It can be a habit, and habits scale. Here's how we built an AI-curious culture.

Culture

What Snap (Improbably) Taught Me About Generous Attention

I facilitated Councils with my family and with my team. Each one build an ineffable sense of attention, culture and care. I'm hooked.

Project & Team Management

Hold Less-Awkward Managerial Feedback Syncs with this Template

I set out to create an annual managerial feedback process to help my team reflect, align, and grow. Here's what we learned.

Business Practices

The Manager’s Guide to Parental Leave Planning: A Timeline

In the wealth of articles on what to pack in my hospital bag, I found nothing useful on parental leave planning. Here's what worked for us.

Personal Optimization

Job Crafting: The Cure for Career FOMO?

If you’re feeling a little fear of missing out — a sense that work could be about 15 percent better, try an exercise in Job Crafting before you quit.

The Software Life

Snaps and Buttons are for Chumps: Working Parents’ Practical Advice to Manage Baby-Raising

I pride myself on being coachable and listening to smart people around me. This MO has served me well... until I sought parenting advice.

Personal Optimization

Are You an “Asker” or a “Guesser” at Work?

The concept of ask vs. guess culture has fascinated me for years. When it comes to work, are you an asker or a guesser?

Business Practices

Talent Profiles Streamline Hiring and Onboarding. Steal Our Template.

Talent profiles become invaluable guides before and after hiring, ensuring new employees transition smoothly into their first year.

Business Practices

Who’s Doing the Glue Work at Your Company?

When a few employees pick up all the little, invisible jobs, it harms their careers. We should identify and share that work, and make sure it gets rewarded.

Personal Optimization

The Low-Tech Tool I Use to Wrangle Runaway Worries at Work

Often, worries show up in the shadowy, less-conscious parts of my mind. This tool helps me gain perspective on worrying at work.

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