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jamie ☺︎ @jazzyjams.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Today's newsletter includes a lot of things I've personally complained about, so naturally it resonated with me quite a lot

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 11/06/2026

www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a... from @rawsignal.ca is worth reading. there's an expression 不順手 that encapsulates this concept of using the wrong tool, or using it poorly. like using a screwdriver at a tilted angle, or a hammer instead of screwdriver. a system works efficiently (順手) or it doesn't.

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The wrong tool for the job - Johnathan & Melissa

More difficult. Messier. Slower. These are not selling points.

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Pete @barleywhiner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Feeling this quote as a fairly new manager. “Management is nearly unique as a discipline in that most people doing it were trained to do something else, promoted because of that other skillset, and given little to no guidance on how to do their current job”

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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Team @rawsignal.ca is in @theglobeandmail.com talking dead rats in frying pans and transformation www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...

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New love for an old bank

‘You can’t move into a building like this and not take care of it’

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amy buckland @jambina.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My favourite newsletter continues to be my favourite. "Catastrophically deadass backwards wrong."

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 29/04/2026

That this passes for visionary leadership and is rewarded by the market is the surest sign we're into some totally upside-down-face corporate groupthink. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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The people who care are having the hardest time - Johnathan & Melissa

That this passes for visionary leadership and is rewarded by the market is the surest sign we're into some totally upside-down-face corporate groupthink.

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 09/04/2026

There's a massive difference between what a lot of workplaces THINK they're asking of their people re: using AI... And what's actually happening. @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social talked about that difference with @theatlantic.com recently:

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 08/04/2026

On AI, margin pressure, and outsourcing all the best parts of work. Oh, and on inventing tomorrow. How's that for clickbait?

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 07/04/2026

@shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social are on @theatlantic.com's Galaxy Brain with @cwarzel.bsky.social to talk about AI 🤝 management. And this part pretty much spells out one of the loudest conflicts going on at work right now:

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Brandon Rohrer @brandonrohrer.com · 07/04/2026

This is what it sounds like when grown-ups talk about AI. Johnathan and Melissa are absolute legends. (this is a @rawsignal.ca stan account) youtu.be/ncmuXQGGqBM?...

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What AI Is Actually Doing to the Workforce

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/04/2026

On this week’s “Galaxy Brain,” @cwarzel.bsky.social talks with Johnathan and Melissa Nightingale, two experts in management and leadership training, about AI hype and what’s actually happening in offices. Listen here:

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Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?

What AI is actually doing to the workforce

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Stephanie Ogilvie @sogilvie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I read A LOT of email newsletters… and Johnathan + Melissa Nightingale’s emails about being a better boss have been must-reads in my inbox for years. They keep us grounded in our human-ness.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Johnathan and Melissa Nightengale are two wonderful people who work to try and make work more humane by getting inside orgs with managers who don’t know how to manage. They talked about what AI is really doing to jobs and bosses (and workers). No hype, just what is happening & what we stand to lose

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

jobs are weird atm. lots of stagnation, lots of fear, lots of ai-pilled CEOs trying to force llms into work, lots of people automating their work, no clear productivity gains lots of concern about job loss/career tracks. I wanted to have a convo w/ ppl on the ground to sort out what’s happening

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Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?

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Rob Taber @robtaber.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This is a really great conversation with @rawsignal.ca about the AI boom, what's going on inside tech companies with adoption, and what it means for the future of work.

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Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?

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Pete @barleywhiner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The most accurate description of the job market right now.

Our most-optimized process includes job postings that no one wrote, no one has read, responded to with resumés that no one wrote, with AI coming in to whittle it all down to a list of ideal candidates where not a single person can explain how the system determines ideal.

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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Yes! This! “…management is a specifically human practice that seeks to get the best from a group of people by aligning their individual talents, motivations, and creativity with clearly communicated goals and opportunities. Good management centres the humanity of each employee…”

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“Questions slow you down.” Yes! Exactly why I love them.

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Sameer Vasta @sameervasta.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Re: RTO: “Proximity isn't the same as connection. Doing work near other people doesn't automatically recreate serendipity, collegiality, and collaborative spirit. Never mind what your CEO/HR team might have said when they rolled out the policy.” From @rawsignal.ca: www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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We are all rusty - Johnathan & Melissa

This is a five-alarm fire in terms of human connection.

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 18/02/2026

Is this just another hype cycle you can ignore until it dies off? Maybe. But our sense is that this one's gonna be different. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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Get down off the table, my guy - Johnathan & Melissa

Is this just another hype cycle you can ignore until it dies off? Maybe. But our sense is that this one's gonna be different.

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Laura Hug @lhug.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If you manage people, and you don't read @rawsignal.ca's newsletter... well, that's probably fine but you definitely should start. On managing teams when you don't have the relevant expertise: "The tools are getting faster but the core issue was never that you were bullshitting slowly."

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 10/12/2025

Even as we're setting up something ambitious, we can often spot the things lurking in the shadows that are going to get in the way. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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The thing that feels better than I told you so - Raw Signal Group

Even as we're setting up something ambitious, we can often spot the things lurking in the shadows that are going to get in the way.

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 26/11/2025

If your org is on your seventh layoff or Lord-have-mercy, your 82nd re-org, we suggest that it's time to take a hard look at your underlying planning issues... www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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All hat, no cattle - Raw Signal Group

If your org is on your seventh layoff or Lord-have-mercy, your 82nd re-org, we suggest that it's time to take a hard look at your underlying planning issues

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May Likes Product @productnerd.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"Capitalism isn't skipping 1:1s, giving toxic feedback, or changing goals frameworks every quarter — fucking Mike is doing that." (Mike was a great boss though.)

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 29/10/2025

The real test for an org is not whether you ever bet wrong. The question is, when the results start to come in, what do you do now? www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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Don't let the Doerr hit you on the way out - Raw Signal Group

The real test for an org is not whether you ever bet wrong. The question is, when the results start to come in, what do you do now?

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 15/10/2025

It’s hard to push decision-making to the edges if we're not sure how the edges are making decisions. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

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The price of admission - Raw Signal Group

It's hard to push decision-making to the edges if we're not sure how the edges are making decisions.

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Sera Markoff @profsera.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I really enjoyed this post by @rawsignal.ca against the pressure (in industry, but also very true for academia 🧪🔭) to overwork at the cost of having time to think, breathe and yes, be creative (it is related). mailchi.mp/rawsignal/yo...

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You're probably not that hardcore

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Raw Signal Group @rawsignal.ca · 01/10/2025

Pictured: @shappy.bsky.social trying to get out of the way of the photo. Also pictured: @johnathan.bsky.social well, uh, doing the exact opposite. Also also pictured: new window art at the bank (our HQ is a restored bank if you’re new here hi 👋)

A poster that says “where are the people pleasers” behind a window, with Melissa in the background

A poster that says “where are the people pleasers” behind a window with Johnathan making a face in the background

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 06/08/2025

Speaking of which, I encourage you all to read @rawsignal.ca's newsletter today: www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a... "[Eric Schmidt thinks] automating away the humans is righteous b/c it will reduce dependence on entitled employees, and produce appropriate level of fear/obedience in ones who remain."

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None of this is real and it doesn't matter - Raw Signal Group

The difference between the theater of work and actual work.

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Kate Hovdestad @hopefulbullshit.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Maybe I’m just hormonal but @rawsignal.ca - you weren’t supposed to make me cry today.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 06/08/2025

every time something comes along that dismantles a symbolic barrier / economic class skill check, that barrier will be replaced with a new/different barrier.

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