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designing work thomas bertels substack subscribe sign in home notes chat website podcast book newsletters about work design is a team sport if you want to unlock the full potential of ai you need to redesign the work the problem nobody owns work design jul 14 thomas bertels 6 2 2 the real work starts after the surgery the layoff is the surgery the recovery decides whether the organization walks again jul 1 thomas bertels 4 2 1 sometimes phoenix doesn t rise from the ashes layoffs are risky the story of the phoenix project shows what can go wrong and offers useful lessons for leaders pursuing large scale transformation jun 25 thomas bertels 6 1 2 most popular view all every executive s ai dilemma how to move fast without getting burned jun 11 2025 thomas bertels 15 5 2 from documentation to transformation unleashing raci s true potential jun 3 2025 thomas bertels 13 1 1 every growing company needs a fixer jun 17 2025 thomas bertels 6 an ounce of prevention the power of regular organizational check ups jan 16 2025 thomas bertels 6 1 why process mapping might be the most underrated leadership tool may 21 2025 thomas bertels 5 1 1 the secret to survive and thrive as a middle manager jan 30 2025 thomas bertels 5 2 latest top discussions when the tide goes out rebuilding your team after a layoff layoffs are a pressure test to help your team recover you need to redesign the work here is how feb 19 thomas bertels 4 3 4 the secret to survive and thrive as a middle manager many middle managers struggle to keep up with relentless change and ever increasing expectations what do those that succeed do different to stay ahead jan 30 2025 thomas bertels 5 2 the heads you cut they grew right back a rif reduces headcount work redesign ensures sustainability jul 7 thomas bertels 2 1 your ai transformation has a steering problem ai is fundamentally a work design problem dressed up as a technology problem which is why it stalls in exactly the place every cross functional apr 29 thomas bertels 2 1 1 no need to get defensive when leaders stop hearing bad news problems don t disappear they multiply jan 22 3 3 1 recruiting is broken but why should you fix it everyone hates your hiring process and it s costing you dearly the fix is easier than you think jan 15 thomas bertels 3 could ai be the best opportunity to reinvent hr ai will change how we work and business leaders will need help to navigate that change that is an opportunity for hr to step up and in the process jan 7 thomas bertels 5 2 see all designing work ideas and insights to make work more productive valuable motivating subscribe recommendations view all 7 ollie on work ollie henderson future of talent weekly newsletter kevin wheeler the best leadership newsletter ever jeff matlow nowism by tom goodwin tom goodwin work3 the future of work matteo cellini designing work subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 thomas bertels privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts