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Dehumanizing with AI, Automation, and Technical Optimization

The Practical Leader

In 1960, MIT management professor, Douglas McGregor’s book, The Human Side of Enterprise, outlined the opposing motivational approaches of Theory X and Theory Y. Last year, I facilitated a planning retreat with a back-to-the-future technology colossus. We’ll see what happens when they lose their technological edge.

McGregor 101