Two years ago, when I pitched SpatzAI fair play for teams to an investor from Atlassian Investment, he listened carefully, smiled, and said something that stuck: “Managers might start getting honest pushback from their teams.”
Baking Psychological Safety With SpatzAI
We all know the story of the Little Red Hen. She wanted to bake bread and asked for help at every stage: planting, harvesting, grinding, kneading, baking. Each time, the cat, the dog, and the duck declined. But when the bread came out of the oven, they all wanted a slice.
Why SpatzAI Might Be the Best Supervised Fine-Tuner on the Planet
Everyone’s racing to fine-tune LLMs. But here's a thought: what if the real breakthrough isn’t just in model weights, but in the way we shape behavioral context and output formatting in real-time?
A Novel Way to Resolve Workplace Feedback and Conflict: Address it in Real-Time
There seem to be three known ways to address workplace feedback and to resolve conflicts: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Real-time Deterrent
When a PIP Isn’t What It Seems: How SpatzAI Can Help You Push Back Fairly
If you've ever been put on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), you might have felt the ground shift under you. Suddenly, your value is in question, your targets are unclear, and your future feels pre-written. A recent viral post by employment lawyer Katherine Kleyman lays bare what many already suspect: PIPs are often not about helping employees improve, but about laying the groundwork for dismissal.
The Consciousness Cue: Why “Caution” Might Be the Most Powerful Word in Team Culture
In a recent exchange with the AI I work closely with, who I sometimes call Melissa, but usually doll, we explored a deceptively simple question: Are humans conscious?
The Obvious Hole in Achieving Psychological Safety
Amy Edmondson’s model of psychological safety has transformed how we think about team dynamics. Her work shows that teams thrive when members feel safe to speak up, make mistakes, and challenge one another without fear of punishment. It’s a brilliant and necessary foundation. However....
SpatzAI: The Loonshot to Land Fairness on Every Device in the Workplace by 2035
Today, I’m lighting a different fuse: "By 2035, I believe a fairness procedure and system will be standard in workplace teams globally, not through policies or posters, but through a real-time, structured system similar to SpatzAI".
From Cockpit to Conference Room: Why Misbehavior, Not Just Human Error, Crashes Systems
In 1977, the world witnessed the deadliest aviation disaster in history: Two jumbo jets collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people. But the crash wasn’t due to mechanical failure. It was a behavioral failure. The KLM captain was confident — too confident. His crew noticed subtle signs that something was wrong. But no one stopped him. Why? Because in that cockpit, challenging authority felt more dangerous than crashing the plane.
Convergence vs Conversion: A Subtle but Powerful Distinction
It would be remiss of us to explore the convergence of people's thinking vs conversion of them without first leading with what we favor: convergence — which, in our view, is best described as detailed, non-imposing, and inquisitive behavior....
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