Stop Chasing Shiny AI Tools: The Mid-Career Blueprint for Staying Untouchable
Aparna Rae Aparna Rae

Stop Chasing Shiny AI Tools: The Mid-Career Blueprint for Staying Untouchable

Panicking about AI taking your job? Stop downloading every shiny no-code app and deep-breath it out. The corporate AI hype engine wants mid-career professionals to believe they're obsolete without a computer science degree. The truth? AI doesn't have your lived experience, your domain expertise, or your bullshit detector. In this recap of Trust by Design, Shujaat Ahmad and I tear down the "tools fool" trap and map out how to turn your institutional knowledge into an untouchable AI strategy—without losing your mind or your soul.

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Beyond Engagement Scores: Why Trust at Work Has to Be Rebuilt in the Body, Not the Slide Deck
Aparna Rae Aparna Rae

Beyond Engagement Scores: Why Trust at Work Has to Be Rebuilt in the Body, Not the Slide Deck

Employee engagement isn't flat because people stopped caring. It's flat because most engagement programs train the brain and skip the body — and trust, like fear, is something people feel before they can explain it. That gap between what a survey measures and what a room actually feels is why so many culture initiatives produce a great slide and no change in behavior.

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