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What Is a Manager For in the Age of AI?

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  As AI transforms the workplace, the role of managers is evolving beyond coordination, information gathering, and administrative tasks. What parts of management will remain uniquely human? By HKW Editorial Team | September 9, 2026 | 12.00 min read | Follow on BlueSky Introduction For decades, management was partly built around information. Managers collected updates. They monitored performance. They coordinated people. They summarized information for executives. They assigned tasks. They followed deadlines. They produced reports. They made recommendations. Artificial intelligence is increasingly capable of doing many of these things. It can summarize a project overnight. It can identify patterns in performance data. It can draft reports, monitor workflows, surface risks, recommend actions and increasingly execute multi-step tasks. That creates a more interesting question than “Will AI replace managers?” What happens when some of the wor...

Wet Leg Live at TRNSMT: A Bigger, Bolder Sound

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 Wet Leg brings its expanded five-piece live sound to the TRNSMT Festival stage in Glasgow. The daytime performance captures the band during the moisturizer era. By HKW Editorial Team | September 4, 2026 | 12.00 min read | Follow on BlueSky Wet Leg's 2025 TRNSMT performance in Glasgow captures the band at a key transition point: the release of moisturizer , its second studio album, and the arrival of a fuller five-member live identity. HKWEEKS revisits the 28-minute performance as part of its Live Sessions series, looking beyond the concert itself to understand what the performance reveals about the band's sound, stage presence and cultural momentum. Introduction Wet Leg arrived at Glasgow's TRNSMT Festival on July 11, 2025 with more than another festival appearance on the schedule. The Isle of Wight-founded band was also releasing moisturizer , its second studio album, on the same day. That timing makes the performance particularly...

The Control Paradox: What Should Leaders Actually Control?

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 Modern leadership is about knowing what to control—and what to trust. How can managers balance accountability with autonomy? By HKW Editorial Team | September 1, 2026 | 12.00 min read | Follow on BlueSky Introduction The modern workplace has created a leadership problem that is easy to describe and difficult to solve. Companies want faster decisions, stronger performance, greater autonomy, better employee experiences, and more effective use of AI. At the same time, leaders are being asked to provide accountability, manage risk, protect standards, and deliver results. The old answer was control. The new answer is often presented as trust. Neither is enough. The real leadership question is more precise: what should leaders actually control? That question matters because control has not disappeared. It has moved. Some things still require firm leadership: direction, standards, boundaries, critical risks, accountability, and resources. Other th...