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Stall Speed Meets Automation Hype
Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/04a83e0d-0128-4f59-9835-cb434a4257ec
The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/artificial-intelligence-replacing-jobs-report-b2800709.html
Futurism: https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistakes
Leader Talk vs Worker Reality
Financial Express: https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-tells-employees-amid-massive-it-industry-layoffs-i-think-we-have-to-3935901/
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/ai-labor-market-young-tech-workers-goldman-economist.html
Control Fever vs What Works
Entrepreneur: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-plannings-return-to-office-mandate-report/495561
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/companies-monitoring-enforcing-office-attendance.html
Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2025/08/its-time-to-streamline-how-we-communicate-at-work
Yahoo Finance AU: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/major-work-from-home-turning-point-as-employees-return-the-office-worst-behind-us-003808446.html
The Quiet Rebuild: Freelancers and Fragile Focus
Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91379675/how-to-respond-to-quiet-cracking-a-new-workplace-threat
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