Molly Graham
Co-founder of Glue Club and The Guild, and host of TED's WorkLife podcast; writes the Lessons newsletter, and led operations at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Quip and Lambda School after five years at Facebook.
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Leading right now requires talking about and normalizing the overwhelm people are feeling.
There's a lot of overwhelm that all, you know, manifests. Some of it manifests in burnout, but it's like there is just a lot going on for people right now. And you really can't lead right now without talking about that um and without normalizing that.
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Leading right now requires talking about and normalizing the overwhelm people are feeling.
There's a lot of overwhelm that all, you know, manifests. Some of it manifests in burnout, but it's like there is just a lot going on for people right now. And you really can't lead right now without talking about that um and without normalizing that.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
The future will be defined by people who learn, not people who know.
the future will be defined by the people that learn not the people that know.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
In a period of rapid change, standing still is the least safe option, because it guarantees falling behind.
But actually standing still is like the least safe thing you can do. It's basically you're guaranteed to fall behind.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
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Engineering is probably one of the areas where jobs have most visibly been transformed by AI.
I think engineering is like probably one of the most visceral areas where people's jobs have genuinely transformed.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
As of now there is not much data showing that AI is genuinely taking jobs away.
Like as of right now, like there is not a lot of data, although you may have more than I do that says that AI is genuinely taking jobs away.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people.
they are about badly run companies slapping an AI label and getting some share points from that versus saying, "Whoops, we made we hired too many people."
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Until there is real evidence, it is worth believing that jobs threatened by AI will reinvent themselves rather than go away.
But until we have real evidence, what if we believe that they're not going away? They're just going to reinvent themselves.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
AI needs the same coaching, context and onboarding as a human employee.
I always think like AI needs the same coaching and training that a human does right it needs context it needs onboarding it needs all of these things
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Part of the AI slop problem is probably people handing off accountability for the work they send.
And I think part of what's going on with all the slop in the world is people have like shipped accountability.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
CEOs like shipping a strategy memo that was clearly written by AI that is you role modeling for your organization that it's fine to outsource your thinking and it's fine to outsource your strategy.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Counting AI tokens on leaderboards is as bad a way to manage people as counting cars in the parking lot or lines of code.
you hear all these stories about like companies like counting tokens and having token leaderboards and it's like it brings me back to the days when people were like counting cars in a parking lot and Slack bubbles and lines of code, right? Which we all know is a really bad way to manage people.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Delegating work to AI is not the same as giving it to a human, because the oversight cannot be handed off.
one of my biggest realizations was that delegating something to a robot is not the same as giving it to a human because you cannot get rid of the oversight, right?
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Delegating to AI makes everyone a manager now.
it just means literally everyone in the world is a manager now
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Some work probably should not be given away to AI but kept by humans.
Like I think there are some Legos that shouldn't be given away. um that the robots like both like don't deserve and like that we should hold on to.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Work that depends on trust and relationships probably should not be outsourced to AI.
And I think things that require trust like that are you know fundamental to relationships like we should not be outsourcing these things to robots
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
People should not outsource what they are individually best at to AI, which is effectively a summer intern.
You individually are phenomenal at a set of things. Like do not outsource that. Like you can enable it, you can amplify it to use your data, but don't outsource it to these weird robots that you know are effectively summer interns.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
I'm a believer that a lot of jobs are going to be created because of this technology
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
People facing AI should aim to help design the future of their profession rather than protect its past.
you got to take that stance of I want to be part of designing the future of my profession not protecting the past.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
AI is a slow takeoff, and it will take years to understand what it can actually do.
it is a slow takeoff and it isn't like the future is next day next next month like it is it's going to take years to really understand what this new tool this new technology all these fun interns can actually do
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
Removing whole layers of management at big companies is probably a huge mistake.
there are trends inside of bigger companies to get rid of management like to get rid of whole management layers and I think it is a huge mistake.
Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition Said 27 Sept 2026
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