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Is This the End of Work as We Know It?
For 50 years, organizations have chased one thing: efficiency. More output, less friction, faster everything. And it worked — until it didn't.
In this episode, Josh sits down with organizational change expert Josh Allen Dykstra at a live conference to trace how we got here: from Milton Friedman's 1970s shareholder mandate to a workplace so optimized for productivity that there's no room left to think, experiment, or breathe. Then AI showed up — not as the cause of the crisis, but as the thing that finally makes it impossible to ignore. Because you cannot out-efficiency the machine. The conversation gets practical fast: what leaders can actually do inside broken systems right now, why restraint is the skill no AI can replicate, and why the real move isn't to work more like a robot — it's to stop. The organizations that figure that out first won't just survive this moment. They'll be the ones who define what work looks like next.
About The Job Sh*t Show
The Job Sh*t Show is an investigation into how finding, keeping, and doing work is changing faster than anyone is admitting — and what that actually looks like for real people on the ground. The Sh*t List is a paid Substack for leaders who want to stay ahead of what AI is doing to the workplace — and actually do something about it. Every other week, subscribers get a new AI Manager Skill: one practical, field-tested move for leading your team better in an AI world.
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By Josh LevineFor 50 years, organizations have chased one thing: efficiency. More output, less friction, faster everything. And it worked — until it didn't.
In this episode, Josh sits down with organizational change expert Josh Allen Dykstra at a live conference to trace how we got here: from Milton Friedman's 1970s shareholder mandate to a workplace so optimized for productivity that there's no room left to think, experiment, or breathe. Then AI showed up — not as the cause of the crisis, but as the thing that finally makes it impossible to ignore. Because you cannot out-efficiency the machine. The conversation gets practical fast: what leaders can actually do inside broken systems right now, why restraint is the skill no AI can replicate, and why the real move isn't to work more like a robot — it's to stop. The organizations that figure that out first won't just survive this moment. They'll be the ones who define what work looks like next.
About The Job Sh*t Show
The Job Sh*t Show is an investigation into how finding, keeping, and doing work is changing faster than anyone is admitting — and what that actually looks like for real people on the ground. The Sh*t List is a paid Substack for leaders who want to stay ahead of what AI is doing to the workplace — and actually do something about it. Every other week, subscribers get a new AI Manager Skill: one practical, field-tested move for leading your team better in an AI world.