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Why I Built an AI Training Company
Warnings aren't enough. So I built something.
 • Paul Sweeney
Putting McKinsey's AI claims to the test
Magical thinking, made-up metrics, £2.9 trillion of 'value' by 2030. Every AI case study a miraculous success…the usual twaddle.
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16:03
Stupidity at Scale: The Transformation Programme
The business transformation programme. Driven by overconfident leaders, outdated mental models, and reliance on simplistic methodologies. What could…
 • Paul Sweeney
Gallup has just released a research report: The Power of Purpose Study. And they've completely missed the point.
What they've really done, unwittingly, is provide further evidence that David Graeber's theory of Bullshit Jobs was valid.
 • Paul Sweeney
13:27
Beyond the Organisation Chart: Unleashing Hidden Talent
This episode critiques the traditional organisation chart as a simplistic and dehumanising model that misrepresents actual workplace dynamics and…
 • Paul Sweeney
A Very Dangerous Construct: The Organisation Chart
I’ve come to view the organisation chart as one of the most dangerous inventions of the 20th century.
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13:15
Episode 18: Pointless at Best; The Performance Appraisal
This episode critically examines the almost universal and bizarrely unchallenged practice of annual performance appraisals at work.
 • Paul Sweeney
I made an AI Bullshit Detector for Management Consulting research
Here's its review of McKinsey & Company's "Diversity Still Matters" research publication.
 • Paul Sweeney
Isn't time for some radical honesty about employer brands and value propositions?
Everyone's fed up with woolly, woke and bland nonsense that all looks the same but means nothing.
 • Paul Sweeney
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