<![CDATA[The Boss Rebellion™]]>8a36c2d8-86ba-5d41-81c7-f652c566f2dbFri, 26 Jul 2024 22:30:03 +0000Captivate.fmFree Agent Sourcehttps://artwork.captivate.fm/a9908f53-4b6f-425f-ba19-4b30db037227/3klxiEUFKy0jReb_oH0qYRD3.jpgThe Boss Rebellion™Free Agent SourceFree Agent SourceFor every "organization man," there's an adventurer who lives to performance-tune the machine, break through roadblocks, and leave a mark and a legacy. Here are two guys determined to get (sh)it done.https://bossrebellion.comfalseepisodicnopodcastAI vs. JobsAI vs. JobsSteve Pruneau and Asher Black consider the future of employment and the work week in light of artificial intelligence. Differences of opinion as to the potential impact. The #bossrebellion doubles down on its side of the equation.

Discussed

  • Human labor as a value
  • Job losses not only offshore
  • Global economic ecosystem at risk
  • Prosperity requiring intelligence

Talent


]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider the future of employment and the work week in light of artificial intelligence. Differences of opinion as to the potential impact. The #bossrebellion doubles down on its side of the equation.

Discussed

  • Human labor as a value
  • Job losses not only offshore
  • Global economic ecosystem at risk
  • Prosperity requiring intelligence

Talent


]]>a6e05ec8-e4ea-4ce6-bff3-33f90ec789b4Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:45:00 -040020:05falsefull1111Free Agent SourceGenZ vs. Company LifeGenZ vs. Company LifeSteve Pruneau and Asher Black consider changing attitudes about job fulfillment and the value of life in an organizational structure have changed. Differences of opinions. Shared view = a #bossrebellion will be required engage the newest workforce generation as it strives to align life goals with work context.

Discussed

  • The cost of failed accountability (2008 Financial Crisis)
  • The locus of value in a work relationship
  • Is the vagabond response sustainable or more of the same?

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider changing attitudes about job fulfillment and the value of life in an organizational structure have changed. Differences of opinions. Shared view = a #bossrebellion will be required engage the newest workforce generation as it strives to align life goals with work context.

Discussed

  • The cost of failed accountability (2008 Financial Crisis)
  • The locus of value in a work relationship
  • Is the vagabond response sustainable or more of the same?

]]>b058a2bb-30a4-4f07-9dfd-e45ae9ec733eMon, 13 Nov 2023 03:15:00 -040018:59falsefull1010Free Agent SourceGet Paid to Train AI - Musicians, Writers, Artists, & Enterprise FirmsGet Paid to Train AI - Musicians, Writers, Artists, & Enterprise FirmsSteve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss the bid for creators to get compensated by AI firms for teaching AI (voluntarily or otherwise). Reddit's bid for compensation from ChatGPT and Bard. Acknowledging the economic value of creative intelligence is a central concept in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Reddit wants to get paid by AI
  • The Monetary Value of Learning & Development
  • The Intellectual Property vs. Teaching Argument
  • Writers Are on Deck, Musicians Next, Visual Artists Take Note
  • A New Business Model For Twitter and Facebook

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss the bid for creators to get compensated by AI firms for teaching AI (voluntarily or otherwise). Reddit's bid for compensation from ChatGPT and Bard. Acknowledging the economic value of creative intelligence is a central concept in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Reddit wants to get paid by AI
  • The Monetary Value of Learning & Development
  • The Intellectual Property vs. Teaching Argument
  • Writers Are on Deck, Musicians Next, Visual Artists Take Note
  • A New Business Model For Twitter and Facebook

]]>2b66f29a-0613-4c7e-a93b-bf5032c15269Sat, 13 May 2023 11:30:00 -040009:38falsefull99Free Agent SourceDo Layoffs Signify Bad ManagementDo Layoffs Signify Bad ManagementSteve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss the impact of layoffs on the profitability of a firm, its shareholder value, the fiscal cost of lost morale, and resetting when it's time to hire again. Facebook's "Year of Efficiency". Acknowledging the human wavelength and the revenue value of a firm's emotional life are central concepts in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Emotions equal profit
  • Substituting business abstractions for human emotions
  • Selective application of efficiency and profit
  • The fallacy of severing permanent relationships
  • Southwest and the Airline Space Analogy

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss the impact of layoffs on the profitability of a firm, its shareholder value, the fiscal cost of lost morale, and resetting when it's time to hire again. Facebook's "Year of Efficiency". Acknowledging the human wavelength and the revenue value of a firm's emotional life are central concepts in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Emotions equal profit
  • Substituting business abstractions for human emotions
  • Selective application of efficiency and profit
  • The fallacy of severing permanent relationships
  • Southwest and the Airline Space Analogy

]]>44d909b5-a6b6-4e1a-b758-4056a1363c0aSat, 13 May 2023 11:15:00 -040014:23falsefull88Free Agent SourceWork vs. Toil - The Two Work Cultures ClashWork vs. Toil - The Two Work Cultures ClashSteve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss terrible jobs, the "do everything I don't want to do" role, and the disparity between executive privilege and the meniality of jobs in which one is expected to toil for pay but not joy or aspiration. Acknowledging the emotional realities of work is a central concept in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • The two tiers of work culture - aspiration and joy vs. menial grind
  • Leadership privilege and self-awareness
  • The problem of scope creep and attrition
  • Terrible jobs vs. the job as an adventure
  • Employing the whole person
  • Interesting challenges vs. unreasonable ones
  • The leader acknowledging his/her own emotional needs

RESEARCH LINKS

NYtimes: "High-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever" http://rb.gy/oi7okw

TALENT

Steve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/

Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/

Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss terrible jobs, the "do everything I don't want to do" role, and the disparity between executive privilege and the meniality of jobs in which one is expected to toil for pay but not joy or aspiration. Acknowledging the emotional realities of work is a central concept in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • The two tiers of work culture - aspiration and joy vs. menial grind
  • Leadership privilege and self-awareness
  • The problem of scope creep and attrition
  • Terrible jobs vs. the job as an adventure
  • Employing the whole person
  • Interesting challenges vs. unreasonable ones
  • The leader acknowledging his/her own emotional needs

RESEARCH LINKS

NYtimes: "High-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever" http://rb.gy/oi7okw

TALENT

Steve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/

Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/

Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>767d4342-a788-4709-b998-a6c06ae264f9Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -040012:08falsefull77Free Agent SourceThe Opportunity of Removing Friction and Eliminating the Middle ManThe Opportunity of Removing Friction and Eliminating the Middle ManSteve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss Patreon founder Jack Conte's initiative to help creators make money and how eliminating friction and the middle man is key to aligning one's business model with one's purpose as well as filling an enormous cultural and economic need in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Eliminating the middle man / friction in a commercial ecosystem
  • Bringing one's whole self / creative intelligence / creative energy to work
  • Removing the separation between one's own interests and the business does
  • Being an artist and creator first - the Jack Conte example (Patreon)
  • Eliminating dependency on others
  • Aligning one's business model with one's purpose
  • The value of direct relationships
  • The competition to help creators make money as a second
  • Renaissance
  • Making what I want vs. what makes me happy
  • The predatory character of many existing models

RESEARCH LINKS

Interview with Patreon founder Jack Conte:

https://www.theverge.com/22543655/patreon-ceo-decoder-

interview-jack-conte

TALENT

Steve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/

Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/

Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black discuss Patreon founder Jack Conte's initiative to help creators make money and how eliminating friction and the middle man is key to aligning one's business model with one's purpose as well as filling an enormous cultural and economic need in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Eliminating the middle man / friction in a commercial ecosystem
  • Bringing one's whole self / creative intelligence / creative energy to work
  • Removing the separation between one's own interests and the business does
  • Being an artist and creator first - the Jack Conte example (Patreon)
  • Eliminating dependency on others
  • Aligning one's business model with one's purpose
  • The value of direct relationships
  • The competition to help creators make money as a second
  • Renaissance
  • Making what I want vs. what makes me happy
  • The predatory character of many existing models

RESEARCH LINKS

Interview with Patreon founder Jack Conte:

https://www.theverge.com/22543655/patreon-ceo-decoder-

interview-jack-conte

TALENT

Steve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/

Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/

Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>21e9ffd5-5b17-45e4-b0aa-ffb5d1f40bd2Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -040011:20falsefull66Free Agent SourceHow Investors Could Benefit from Pay Transparency or Lose With Salary ConfidentialityHow Investors Could Benefit from Pay Transparency or Lose With Salary ConfidentialitySteve Pruneau and Asher Black wonder that activist investors are not more interested in pay transparency, given that it directly impacts shareholder value. Is the company paying inflated salaries to less valuable members, or utilizing subjective salary offers where a more transparent market could mean a more efficient one? C-suite executives that want more revenue options take note in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Workarounds firms use to avoid pay transparency and preserve subjective pay scales
  • Pay inequities based on location and demographic — pay subjectivity
  • How HR Departments enforce a system of non-transparency that penalizes women
  • The objective value of work vs. the subjective value of people - why investors should be interested
  • How pay confidentiality hampers investment transparency for shareholders
  • Activist investors and the possibility of a more efficient market
  • Who is worth the most in the lifeboat of salary costs - management vs. investor views

RESEARCH LINKS


TALENT


The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black wonder that activist investors are not more interested in pay transparency, given that it directly impacts shareholder value. Is the company paying inflated salaries to less valuable members, or utilizing subjective salary offers where a more transparent market could mean a more efficient one? C-suite executives that want more revenue options take note in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Workarounds firms use to avoid pay transparency and preserve subjective pay scales
  • Pay inequities based on location and demographic — pay subjectivity
  • How HR Departments enforce a system of non-transparency that penalizes women
  • The objective value of work vs. the subjective value of people - why investors should be interested
  • How pay confidentiality hampers investment transparency for shareholders
  • Activist investors and the possibility of a more efficient market
  • Who is worth the most in the lifeboat of salary costs - management vs. investor views

RESEARCH LINKS


TALENT


The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>f1b8c95b-52ed-402c-b280-38cddb01e5e8Sat, 04 Feb 2023 09:00:00 -040011:02falsefull55Free Agent SourceTech Industry Layoffs Reveal Ugly Cycle of Hiring and Layoffs With Differing ReactionsTech Industry Layoffs Reveal Ugly Cycle of Hiring and Layoffs With Differing ReactionsSteve Pruneau and Asher Black gawk at the current valley in the cycle of hiring and layoffs that typify firms' inability to match workforce to workload, and how business journalism euphemizes that problem. Of interest in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • The ugly cycle of hiring and layoffs
  • Jaded reactions after multiple bubbles
  • The security of jobs vs. work
  • The euphemisms around layoffs that conceal their cause
  • The end of job loss shame and the gift of getting back one's time

RESEARCH LINKS


TALENT


The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black gawk at the current valley in the cycle of hiring and layoffs that typify firms' inability to match workforce to workload, and how business journalism euphemizes that problem. Of interest in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • The ugly cycle of hiring and layoffs
  • Jaded reactions after multiple bubbles
  • The security of jobs vs. work
  • The euphemisms around layoffs that conceal their cause
  • The end of job loss shame and the gift of getting back one's time

RESEARCH LINKS


TALENT


The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>31f30f59-2a97-4782-b128-08e80f8ddbc6Sat, 04 Feb 2023 09:00:00 -040010:11falsefull44Free Agent SourceGoogle—Ghosting Engineers at Layoff Institutionalizes Transactional Employee-Employer RelationshipGoogle—Ghosting Engineers at Layoff Institutionalizes Transactional Employee-Employer RelationshipSteve Pruneau and Asher Black consider how terminating people by cutting off their email is normalizing what employees do when they ghost interviewers during candidacy or quitting. The transactional nature of employment is more pronounced than ever. Possible opportunity in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Google normalizes transactional employment
  • Good and bad breakups
  • Hedge funds driving layoffs = more transactional
  • On scooping out more middle management
  • Values Based Leadership
  • Crying for the lost
  • Alienation of firms from social elements of life

RESEARCH LINKS


TALENT


The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider how terminating people by cutting off their email is normalizing what employees do when they ghost interviewers during candidacy or quitting. The transactional nature of employment is more pronounced than ever. Possible opportunity in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Google normalizes transactional employment
  • Good and bad breakups
  • Hedge funds driving layoffs = more transactional
  • On scooping out more middle management
  • Values Based Leadership
  • Crying for the lost
  • Alienation of firms from social elements of life

RESEARCH LINKS


TALENT


The Boss Rebellion https://bossrebellion.com/

]]>70336728-15b7-4ea9-8ebf-098da590e983Sat, 04 Feb 2023 09:00:00 -040011:52falsefull33Free Agent SourceWhat if Every CEO & Executive Could Be Voted Out By Employees, Just Like Elon Musk?What if Every CEO & Executive Could Be Voted Out By Employees, Just Like Elon Musk?Steve Pruneau and Asher Black kick around (in 7 minutes) Twitter CEO Elon Musk's offer to step down if employees prefer. Symptom of a brewing #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Corporate Democracy & the Executive Function Applied to Every Role Level
  • Work as Values Laden vs. Values Neutral
  • Hardcore Employee Culture
  • Is a Company a Culture or a Stable?
  • "Would you rather love your work or be in charge?"

LINKS & REFERENCES


TALENT


]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black kick around (in 7 minutes) Twitter CEO Elon Musk's offer to step down if employees prefer. Symptom of a brewing #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Corporate Democracy & the Executive Function Applied to Every Role Level
  • Work as Values Laden vs. Values Neutral
  • Hardcore Employee Culture
  • Is a Company a Culture or a Stable?
  • "Would you rather love your work or be in charge?"

LINKS & REFERENCES


TALENT


]]>2b7c736c-4172-46b4-8bf1-b7d2b8f609ddSat, 14 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -040008:53falsefull22Free Agent SourceShould Investment Firms & Larry Fink Stick to Sustainable Investing, Shareholder Value, or Both?Should Investment Firms & Larry Fink Stick to Sustainable Investing, Shareholder Value, or Both?Steve Pruneau and Asher Black weigh (in 12 minutes) the challenge by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a cadre of oil and gas states to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on sustainable investment vs. shareholder profit. Fink as Jedi in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Sustainable Capitalism, Sustainable Profit
  • Fiduciary Responsibility
  • Corporate Accountability & Tangible Commitment
  • Values Based Leadership
  • CEO as Leader vs. Opportunist
  • Worker/Executive Utility and Pragmatism
  • Employer-employee Disconnect

LINKS & REFERENCES


TALENT


Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

]]>Steve Pruneau and Asher Black weigh (in 12 minutes) the challenge by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a cadre of oil and gas states to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on sustainable investment vs. shareholder profit. Fink as Jedi in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Sustainable Capitalism, Sustainable Profit
  • Fiduciary Responsibility
  • Corporate Accountability & Tangible Commitment
  • Values Based Leadership
  • CEO as Leader vs. Opportunist
  • Worker/Executive Utility and Pragmatism
  • Employer-employee Disconnect

LINKS & REFERENCES


TALENT


Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

]]>5d07a78b-92b2-4999-92b8-759c8b076e9eSat, 14 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -040005:54falsefull11Free Agent Source