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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The most important skill for the next decade of work isn't AI literacy or emotional intelligence... it's the combination. I've been calling it calculations and connections: the ability to work with technology precisely AND with people effectively.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Here's a decision-making tool I use with leadership teams that sounds too simple to work. When you're stuck between two options, and both look equally valid on paper, flip a coin. Not to let the coin decide.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I think the most important leadership feedback I ever gave... was to myself. I had a team member. Talented. Self-directed. Producing excellent work by every measurable standard. BUT... I was micromanaging her anyway.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Owls have fixed eyes. They can't move them. To track something, they have to rotate their entire head. But during that rotation, they use something called gaze stabilization. Their eyes stay perfectly locked on the target, even as everything else moves.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Received a question and thought I'd answer publicly... my main audiences are orgs that are navigating real pressure, not the theoretical kind in MBA case studies (though I like those too), but the kind where:

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Confession... I didn't get into wellbeing research because I was passionate about wellness. The real reason? A person I know died from what I can only describe as work dread. Seriously.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The most important EQ skill for senior leaders isn't what most of them think it is. They assume it's empathy or self-awareness. Both matter... but neither is what separates the exceptional ones.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My research started with a simple question: Why do some organizations get more out of their people than others with the same talent, the same resources, the same competitive pressures? The answer wasn't what I expected.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Six months of workshops, a vision statement, a roadmap, consultants. And 18 months later, the culture is exactly where it started. I've seen this play out across organizations from 30 people to over 30,000.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

IGI Global sent me this. Seeing your name on a Certificate of Publication is still pretty cool. Grateful for the recognition. Grateful for the students and colleagues who pushed these ideas further than I could have on my own.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Burnout doesn't go away on its own. Most leaders I work with already know something's wrong. They're either exhausted, losing their edge, or somewhere along the way they started believing it's because they care too much. But my research tells a different story. Burnout isn't a personal failure...

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#Impostersyndrome in medicine is real, and it was an honor to dig into it with Maddi and the Contrast & Clarity team. We talked #EI, #perfectionism, and why high performers are often the worst at giving themselves grace. If you work in healthcare (or know someone who does), this one's for you.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

One student told me she'd never thought of herself as creative. By week three she had an original image series and a two-minute video. Both built from text prompts. That's the AI + EI argument from the chapter running in real time. Not a theory, a person.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

IGI Global published my research on redesigning education for the age of AI. Babson asked me to turn it into a course. Founderz and Microsoft made it accessible. Babson is the first U.S. institution to partner with Founderz. The chapter makes the case at the level of systems.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The machines are getting smarter. The question is whether we're keeping up, not technically, but humanly. Self-awareness. Empathy. Resilience. These aren't nice-to-haves anymore. They're the skills that determine who leads in an AI-driven world. #AI #EmotionalIntelligence #FurtherFaster

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

End of week thought... AI makes you faster. It doesn't make you wiser. In my EMBA courses, I watch students cut their research time in half. What they struggle with is knowing what to do with the time they got back.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I do this to all my Professional and EMBA students... most of them mid-career. First day I ask: how many of you use AI regularly at work? Half the room raises their hand.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The grading rubric I used five years ago rewarded students for doing things AI can now do in thirty seconds. I didn't notice it when it first happened a few years ago. Some professors still haven't. Summarize this article. Analyze this case. Write a response to this prompt.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

General education was built for a world where knowledge was hard to find. That's not the world anymore. When I teach my EMBA students, I see two camps every semester. Those who are skeptical of AI, and those who are overconfident in it. Both get into trouble.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Higher education is changing. Not incrementally… but fundamentally. As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in how we learn, work, and make decisions, the question isn't whether students can use these tools… #FutureOfEducation #Leadership #AcademicPublishing

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Years of research on emotional intelligence. That's still where I land. Not because the training doesn't matter. But because the gap most teams have isn't knowledge, it's attention to how they feel, to how they affect the people around them.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This is something I hear most often from the leaders I work with. Sometimes it sounds like resignation. Sometimes it sounds like pride. Either way, it usually means the same thing: nobody has ever shown them a different option.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is the part of the burnout research that's hardest to sell. When everything is going well, the last thing people want to do is slow down for a walk or an early night. That feels like wasted momentum. So they push through, and save rest for when things get hard.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Got to spend some extra time with a really sharp group. I joined a panel at a #NAWBO-Houston event and there wasn't enough time to cover everyone's questions... so, we chatted after online... a conversation on emotional intelligence with business owners and leaders.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Next week I'll be speaking at the Case Western DBA Preview with the Weatherhead School of Management, and these are the three questions I hear most from people considering a doctoral degree: Who is it for? What does it take? How can it actually help you?

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here’s something that comes up in every room of leaders I’m in, including a recent Rice MBA session: AI without ethics isn’t innovation. It’s fast chaos.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Something I keep coming back to with my students: The first question most leaders ask about AI is "where can we use it?" But I think that's the wrong place to start.

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Jeff Frey @furtherfaster.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

What’s your data actually worth? Most leaders can list tools, but not what they produce or what the insight gap costs. Organizations are data-rich but insight-poor. The issue isn’t data, it’s knowing what to do with it. #DataStrategy

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