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A recent study on GitHub's Copilot revealed that use of the AI tool may reduce software developers' reliance on teammates, changing the way they collaborate and interact as a team. We spoke with one of the lead researchers for what this means for workers and organizations:

Join us on January 30 for Charter's summit — Leading with AI — to learn directly from #AI experts and peers who have successfully integrated #genAI and transformed their teams' capabilities. You'll leave with ready-to-implement use cases and new skills and ideas for how you and your team can get more out of AI.

In the weeks leading up to the presidential transition, Charter senior reporter Michelle Peng has been tracking potential policy changes that could affect workers and organizations. In this morning’s Charter Briefing, she shared high-level takeaways for leaders preparing for the challenges ahead. Read her advice:

Over the past four years, the Biden National Labor Relations Board has left quite the legacy under the leadership of general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. "We’ve made great gains in enforcing labor law in the way Congress intended—to protect the rights of workers to organize, engage together to improve their wages, benefits and working conditions, collectively bargain through representatives of their free choosing, or refrain from these activities," she told Charter. More from Abruzzo on the Board's achievements during the Biden administration, and what comes next for workers, employers, and policymakers:

Each week in 2024, Charter AI reporter Jacob Clemente shared his "AI Tip of the Week," a suggestion for experimenting with AI for readers to try. To close out 2024, Clemente rounded up his favorite tips from the year, with an eye towards the tactics he still uses in his work. Read his roundup here:

One way to start the year off right: the 'One Word' activity, inspired by 'One Word That Will Change Your Life' by Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, and Jimmy Page and Gordon’s work with the Clemson Tigers football team. Since 2022, Charter has kicked off each year by picking both individual and team-wide words of the year, an exercise that has helped us accomplish both individual and team goals. For example, Charter’s 2022 word of the year was “bold,” a reminder to spend time on stories, initiatives, and products that were innovative, exciting, and, well, bold. Individual words from 2022 include “try,” “empathy,” “persist,” and “expedition.” In 2023, as we were focused on making Charter Pro an indispensable part of members’ work, we chose “essential” as our word of the year, with individual words like “generosity,” “ambition,” and “expand.” Curious about trying the activity on your team? Read our "Pro TIp of the Week" on the one word activity for prompts to get you started: https://buff.ly/4iTtpc1

Looking for a sense of purpose to drive you as you enter the new year? Hospice care doctor and writer Jordan Grumet offers a practical guide for doing so in 'The Purpose Code,' out next week. We took a look at 'The Purpose Code,' with an eye towards the most practical insights for our readers. Check out our book briefing here:

Charter's best advice from our "Pro Tip of the Week" and "Steal This Idea" features throughout 2024, including: 👉 Roll out an "Offsite in a Box," inspired by Dropbox's practices. 👉 Use "white flagging" to gracefully exit conversations, from Isabel Berwick's 'The Future-Proof Career.' 👉 Make your office a school bus stop. More on these tips and more:

As 2024 comes to a close, we looked back at everything we've read for our book briefings and author Q&As throughout the year. We rounded up all of our favorite insights, advice, and case studies from 14 books we read this year, including Supercommumicators by Charles Duhigg, Over Work by Brigid Schulte, Never Lead Alone by Keith Ferrazzi, Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick, and more. Read our year-end books roundup here:

What did the late Henry Kissinger have to say about an AI-enabled future? "Its contributions—though hardly infinite—could be of such magnitude as to fulfill all of humanity’s basic needs and realize many of our hopes,” Kissinger writes in Genesis, co-written with Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt. More takeaways and insights from Genesis: