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The Middle-Management AI Crisis: Who Gets to Lead, Who Gets Left Behind
Middle managers have quietly become one of the most anxious groups in today's workplace, and this episode tackles why head-on. The host opens with a direct question: is AI actually eliminating middle management, or is it exposing a structural problem organizations have ignored for decades?
The episode traces the role's history, from pre-1990s information pipelines, through the IT revolution (which didn't shrink headcount but did raise expectations), to today's AI moment. It names exactly what AI threatens: the synthesis-and-coordination work that defined the job, reports, summaries, status…
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