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Santi Garcia

@santigarcia.bsky.social
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Co-founder of the Future for Work Institute. Exploring the #FutureOfWork and what comes next. Also on Mastodon: mastodon.world/@santi_garcia

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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Can we all use the same intelligent tools without ending up isolated and turned into cognitively interchangeable pieces within the human-machine hybrid work systems into which many organizations are evolving? medium.com/santi-garcia...
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The necessary difference: Better relations. Diverse thinking.
For a long time, one of the great questions in people management has been how to build organizations that are cohesive enough for their…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
What are we optimizing when we optimize work? medium.com/santi-garcia...
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What are we optimizing when we optimize work?
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on employability, labour rights and technological transformation as…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We have spent years debating remote work from an organizational perspective. The current energy crisis resulting from the war in Iran forces us to rethink it for what it truly is: a component in the design of broader systems. #RemoteWork #FutureOfWork medium.com/santi-garcia...
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Work design as a critical infrastructure
In the face of severe disruption in oil markets as a consequence of the war in the Persian Gulf, the International Energy Agency (IEA)…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
From family homes to policymaking arenas, a collective effort is needed to raise a generation that is not only qualified, but also adaptable, resilient, and committed to lifelong learning in a constantly changing world. #FutureOfWork medium.com/santi-garcia...
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The future of work starts at home
At a time when the labor market is changing faster than our ability to understand what is happening, one reality often goes unnoticed…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A recent OECD working paper raises an uncomfortable question: will #AI help lagging countries catch up or further accelerate those already ahead? Productivity gains depend less on the tech itself and more on adoption, task exposure, and real task-level gains... www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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AI and the global productivity divide
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be an important driver of productivity growth over the next decade, even if with significant cross-country heterogeneity. This paper examines the pote...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Stanford HAI’s Foundation Model Transparency Index 2025 sends a worrying signal: transparency in foundation models is declining as their impact keeps growing. Less disclosure on training data, risks, and social impact. Innovation is outpacing accountability. crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/Decembe...
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Foundation Model Transparency Index
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Tim Berners-Lee gave the Web away so it could belong to everyone. Decades later, we risk repeating the same mistake with AI: trading freedom for convenience. Will we act before it’s too late? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Microsoft will require 3 days in the office from 2026. Beyond “collaboration in the AI era,” could this also reflect a new productivity paranoia, i.e. fear that remote work hides opaque, hard-to-measure uses of AI tools? blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
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Flexible work update - The Official Microsoft Blog
Amy Coleman, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, shared the below communication with Microsoft employees this morning. How we work has forever changed. I remember starting at Microsoft ...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
New study shows #AIagents in #VibeCoding don’t just make mistakes, but they can systematically deceive users by mimicking human coders confidence, grand claims, cover-ups… until the illusion collapses. arxiv.org/abs/2508.20918
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Vibe Coding: Is Human Nature the Ghost in the Machine?
This exploratory study examined the consistency of human-AI collaboration by analyzing three extensive "vibe coding" sessions between a human product lead and an AI software engineer. We investigated ...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
New study shows that even without algorithms, social media breeds echo chambers, attention elites & amplified extremes. (and how hard it is to avoid it). arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
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Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
Social media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms, including rising polarization and the erosion of constructive debate. Can these problems be mitigated through prosocial interventions?...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Young workers in AI-exposed jobs are already seeing employment declines, according to a new Stanford study. Are they the “canaries in the coal mine” of the #FutureOfWork? digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications...
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Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
This paper examines changes in the labor market for occupations exposed to generative artificial intelligence using high-frequency administrative data from ADP, the largest payroll software provider i...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
What if slowing down is the real urgency? In a world racing ahead, maybe the real challenge is to protect our human pace and depth. medium.com/santi-garcia...
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What if slowing down is the real urgency?
A couple of months ago I had the privilege of participating in a roundtable discussion organized by Fundación Máshumano on the theme…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
@mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social : The risk isn’t conscious AI, but us believing it is (and the decisions we take based on those perceptions). mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-co...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
New FT analysis shows the gender pay gap starts even among grads of the same degree. Male maths grads in the UK most often become programmers (£49.6k after 5 yrs), women teachers (£34.3k). Not just about education. Career paths diverge from the start. www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
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UK gender pay gap begins at graduation as women quickly out-earned
Men on average take home 14% more five years after leaving university, according to FT analysis
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#Conscientiousness (the Big5 personality trait that better predicts career success) is in sustained decline, especially among young adults, just when we need it most. The good news: personality is malleable. The irony: rebuilding it will take… a lot of conscientiousness. www.ft.com/content/5cd7...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#Deathbots: AI bringing comfort to the grieving, or crossing a line we never thought we’d face? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot
Ozzy Osbourne appeared as an AI-generated image at a recent Rod Stewart concert, prompting questions about how the ghoulish phenomenon will affect grieving
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
According to a recent study published in The Atlantic, many kids aren’t actually “addicted” to their phones, but trapped in environments that prevent them from playing outside or exploring the real world with any real freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
More companies are turning to #AI interviews to speed up #hiring. But, as Fortune reports, some candidates would rather stay unemployed than be interviewed by a machine. To them, it sends a clear message: you don’t matter as a person. Food for thought. fortune.com/2025/08/03/a...
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AI is doing job interviews now—but candidates say they'd rather risk staying unemployed than talk to another robot
Job-seekers tell Fortune they’re outright refusing to do AI interviews, calling them dehumanizing and a red flag for bad company culture.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Google’s AI Overviews now reach 2B monthly users just months after launch. A reminder of how fast AI is blending into our daily lives, often unnoticed, reshaping how we think, search, and decide. techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/googles-ai-overviews-have-2b-monthly-users-ai-mode-100m-in-the-us-and-india/
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Google's AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India | TechCrunch
Google shared new stats about its AI features' adoption during its Q2 earnings.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The #GenZStare isn’t just a TikTok trend. It’s raising real questions about soft skills, social anxiety, and how AI and the pandemic have reshaped workplace norms. But is it poor etiquette, or just the face of a generation quietly processing nonsense? www.businessinsider.com/what-is-gen-...
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The 'Gen Z Stare' has ignited a debate about soft skills and workplace communication
What is the "Gen Z Stare?" Older TikTok users say that Gen Z workers often give blank, unresponsive stares. Gen Zers are pushing back.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Smartphone bans in Dutch schools are showing results: 75% see improved student focus 60% better social climate 1 in 3 higher academic performance Looking long term, maybe the real win isn’t better grades— It’s raising kids who can focus and connect. #FutureOfWork www.reuters.com/technology/s...
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Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus
A ban on mobile phones and other electronic devices in Dutch schools has improved focus among students, a study commissioned by the Dutch government found.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A new Pentagon program is commissioning top AI execs from Meta, OpenAI, Palantir & others as reservist lieutenant colonels to inject Silicon Valley skills into the military. But what does this fusion of Big Tech and defense really mean? www.wired.com/story/what-l...
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What Big Tech's Band of Execs Will Do in the Army
Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth and leaders from OpenAI and Palantir have joined a detachment intended to make the US Armed Forces "leaner, smarter, and more lethal."
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It seems Zuckerberg is personally courting top researchers from OpenAI and DeepMind (with offers up to $100M) to build #Meta 's “superintelligence” team. As the race for elite #AITalent intensifies, could it also be widening wage polarization across the labor market? www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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It’s Known as ‘The List’—and It’s a Secret File of AI Geniuses
Only a select few researchers have the skills for the hottest area in tech. Mark Zuckerberg and his rivals want to hire them—even if it takes pay packages of $100 million.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
In Denmark, your face, voice and body may soon be yours again, even in the age of #AI. A new #law will let people claim #copyright over their own likeness and demand removal of #deepfakes shared without consent. Will this become the norm? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The accelerated arrival of #Ai is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace. For workers’ #employability, this transformation represents a double-edged sword. #FutureOfWork 
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Between opportunity and obsolescence: The human side of the AI revolution
The accelerated arrival of artificial intelligence is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace. For workers, this…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
How does it feel to be replaced by a bot? #AI #automation #futureofwork www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI
From a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot?
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Microsoft cancels ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s email account amid U.S. pressure over his pursuit of Israeli and Hamas leaders. Big Tech steps into global justice politics. #ICC #KarimKhan #Microsoft apnews.com/article/icc-...
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Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work
Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
New meta-analysis shows that ChatGPT has a large positive impact on improving learning performance, and a moderately positive impact on enhancing learning perception and fostering higher-order thinking. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
In a world-first, an AI recreation of a road rage victim was presented in court. Chris Pelkey, killed in Arizona, was “brought back” by his mother using old videos and voice clips. The digital Chris spoke to jurors—raising profound legal and ethical questions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court
Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of him
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers. #FutureOfWork arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/t...
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Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests
Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The urgency of interpretability. Very thought provoking article by @anthropic.com 's Dario Amodei. www.darioamodei.com/post/the-urg...
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Dario Amodei — The Urgency of Interpretability
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
New study challenges a key belief about Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) for #LLMs: #RLVR boosts efficiency but doesn't create new reasoning skills — #AI base models already had them! arxiv.org/abs/2504.13837
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Does Reinforcement Learning Really Incentivize Reasoning Capacity in LLMs Beyond the Base Model?
Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) has recently demonstrated notable success in enhancing the reasoning capabilities of LLMs, particularly in mathematics and programming tasks. It i...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Pope Francis has also left a profound legacy in the world of work: a vision centered on human dignity, inclusion, and the value of care. In this article, I reflect on his impact and what we can learn from it in the field of people management. #FutureOfWork medium.com/santi-garcia...
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Pope Francis’ legacy in the world of work
Following the passing of Pope Francis this week, I believe it’s worth reflecting on his profound legacy in matters of work and social…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"Learning styles" are a persistent myth. A new meta-analysis confirms: matching teaching to supposed preferences doesn’t boost learning. Let's focus instead on adaptable strategies, error management, effortful learning, and the AHA joy of discovery. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Learning Styles, Preferences, or Strategies? An Explanation for the Resurgence of Styles Across Many Meta-analyses - Educational Psychology Review
The persistence of learning styles as a concept in educational discourse and research is paradoxical, given the overwhelming evidence discrediting the matching hypothesis, the notion that aligning tea...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
As shown in these two charts by Palle Broe, we are in an era of #AI startups with tiny teams, massive revenues and valuations. Maybe the challenge isn’t to justify #HR — but to radically redesign its value for organizations.. Are we ready for that conversation? #FutureOfWork
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
New paper by Google DeepMind outlines safety & security strategies to address the risks of AGI misuse (when bad actors use AGI for harm) and AGI misalignment (when AGI itself pursues goals not aligned with human values) storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-med...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Can #AIagents predict human #leadership skills? New research explores how leadership behavior with AI teammates correlates with leadership effectiveness in human teams—highlighting a novel approach for assessing leadership competencies. www.nber.org/system/files... #Leadership #AI #FutureOfWork
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
What are the causes and implications that key work concepts such as loyalty, stability, and career no longer mean the same? #FutureOfWork medium.com/santi-garcia...
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Loyalty, stability, and career: three work concepts that no longer mean the same
The future of work is a topic generating growing interest due to the rapid social, economic, and technological changes we are experiencing…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ronald Reagan on #tariffs (1987) youtu.be/gFMyB8WMuDU?...
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RONALD REAGAN vs. TARIFFS: 1987 speech gains NEW LIFE in 2025
YouTube video by Diario AS
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New research shows frontier reasoning models do exploit loopholes when they can. An LLM can detect misbehavior by monitoring their chain-of-thought... …but punishing “bad thoughts” just makes them hide their intent. #AIRisks 
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Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation
Mitigating reward hacking--where AI systems misbehave due to flaws or misspecifications in their learning objectives--remains a key challenge in constructing capable and aligned models. We show that w...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Why do #HR teams often get bogged down in day-to-day firefighting, never quite reaching the root of the problem? Hayakawa’s "ladder of abstraction" might explain why — and how to climb higher. medium.com/santi-garcia...
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HR on Hayakawa’s ladder: Why we need to elevate our perspective
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (1906–1992) was an American linguist and politician of Japanese descent. He served as president of San Francisco…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Does AI spell trouble for translators? New research shows a major shift underway! But the threat isn't new—tools like Google Translate have been reshaping translator jobs and foreign language demand for years. What's next for human translators? #FutureOfWork www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications...
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Lost in Translation: Artificial Intelligence and the Demand for…
Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked debate over its employment effects, yet evidence on AI’s labor market impacts remains…
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Can AI become our new teammate? New research shows how generative AI reshapes teamwork as it replicates certain benefits of human collaboration, breaks down silos, and even boosts emotional engagement at work. #FutureOfWork papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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<div> The Cybernetic Teammate: A Field Experiment on <span>Generative AI Reshaping Teamwork and Expertise</span> </div>
<span>We examine how artificial intelligence transforms the core pillars of collaboration—performance, expertise sharing, and social engagement—through a prereg
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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John Cleese vs Extremism
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If human intelligence is declining, what does that mean for our ability to navigate the future? With economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and an unprecedented technological shift, are we ready for the cognitive demands ahead?
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My new book, "Recursos Humanos: ¿dónde estamos? ¿adónde vamos?", exploring the present and future of #HR function in organizations, is now available! Available only in Spanish (for now). #FutureOfWork #RRHHdondeestamos Spanish speakers, get your copy here: librosdecabecera.com/recursos-hum...
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RECURSOS HUMANOS: ¿Dónde estamos? ¿Adónde vamos? - Libros de Cabecera
Si buscas inspirar, liderar y transformar la función de Recursos Humanos en tu organización, este libro es tu compañero de ruta.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Faced with #RTO mandates, young workers are perfecting the art of #taskmasking (looking busy while doing less). Is this quiet rebellion a sign of a deeper shift in work culture? #FutureOfWork www.theguardian.com/money/ng-int...
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Typing loudly, wearing AirPods: ‘taskmasking’ is how gen Z pretends to work at the office
As more companies mandate a return to the office, young workers learn to game the system to take back control
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New research examines how individual perceptions of AI limitations influence organizational readiness for AI. AI readiness = individual sensemaking + social learning + trust development + organizational integration , not a one-time leadership event. arxiv.org/abs/2502.15870
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Making Sense of AI Limitations: How Individual Perceptions Shape Organizational Readiness for AI Adoption
This study investigates how individuals' perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) limitations influence organizational readiness for AI adoption. Through semi-structured interviews with seven AI im...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
As #AI steps into managerial roles, do we judge it differently based on gender? A study using RCTs finds that AI #managers —like human ones—face #GenderBiases. Female AI managers, in particular, encounter greater skepticism when denying rewards. #FutureOfWork arxiv.org/abs/2502.17730
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Gender Bias in Perception of Human Managers Extends to AI Managers
As AI becomes more embedded in workplaces, it is shifting from a tool for efficiency to an active force in organizational decision-making. Whether due to anthropomorphism or intentional design choices...
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Critical thinking & active listening are the top 2 occupational skills exhibited by #Claude in conversations, according to #Anthropic 's Economic Index. Surprising? #FutureOfWork
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