Hello folks,

A shorter list of links this week, as I’ve spent most of the week in London with family. Oh, but wow, the tube in this heat! I was pleased to get back up north and the sea breeze.

Snaps from London, the Crystal Palace tower, walking my sister’s dog, an ice cream van tucked up for the night and a view of the countryside from a train window,

Enjoy this week’s posts, and happy Friday.

Emily

People and Culture

Why power skills – formerly known as ‘soft skills’ – are the key to business success

My experience in the corporate world showed me how much the human element matters. I went into academia to translate theory into practice.

theconversation.com/why-power-skills-formerly-known-as-soft-skills-are-the-key-to-business-success-257310

Organisations and Systems

Seeing like a place

James Plunkett

medium.com/@jamestplunkett/seeing-like-a-place-8c393aa3f5c2

TBM 366: Empowered For Delivery, But...

John Cutler

cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-366-empowered-for-delivery-but

AI productivity gains are being offset by organizational bottlenecks

Chantal Kapani

leaddev.com/velocity/ai-productivity-gains-are-being-offset-by-organizational-bottlenecks

Outcomes and Objectives

Speed without quality is tomorrow’s crisis arriving faster

At LeadDev LDX3 2025, Christine Pinto, CTO of Epic Test Quest, shares why chasing speed without quality leads to costly failures.

leaddev.com/leadership/speed-without-quality-tomorrows-crisis-arriving-faster

Approaches for Teams

6 Steps to Reset a Demotivated Team

Alyson Meister and Ina Toegel

hbr.org/2025/07/6-steps-to-reset-a-demotivated-team

Other Things

An AI Ran a Vending Machine for a Month and Proved It Couldn't Handle Passive Income

Anthropic tried testing Claude’s ability to run a passive-income business. Then came the weird existential crisis.

www.inc.com/ben-sherry/an-ai-ran-a-vending-machine-for-a-month-and-proved-it-couldnt-even-handle-passive-income/91207636

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