The thinking behind the work.

Essays on people, performance, and what it actually takes to build organizations, and the humans inside them, that last.

Part science, part story, always in my own voice. Occasional, intentional, worth your time.

AI & Organizations Joyce Shin AI & Organizations Joyce Shin

The future of education

We're living through a Moneyball moment at work — businesses are adopting AI, but running it on organizational operating systems built for a completely different game. The skills that will define the next decade of work aren't being measured, taught, or rewarded yet. Here's what needs to change, in both our organizations and our schools, and why the two have to happen simultaneously.

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Human Performance Joyce Shin Human Performance Joyce Shin

The Joy of Learning

I grew up with my nose in a book, riding red blood cells with Mrs. Frizzle and time-traveling with the Magic Tree House. That childhood obsession with understanding how things work — atoms, theorems, human behavior — never actually went away. It just found bigger questions to chase.

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