Type softly and carry a big stick

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Goodbye, middle managers. Hello, 'player-coaches' and 'org leads.'

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Block CEO Jack Dorsey, left, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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Jack Dorsey says Block employees now bring prototypes — not slide decks — to meetings

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Jack Dorsey says prototypes have more depth than presentations ever could.

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Jack Dorsey says he wants 6,000 Block employees reporting straight to him

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Jack Dorsey said he wanted to reach a maximum of 2-3 management layers at Block with a year.

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Jack Dorsey outlines how AI will change Block's org chart — and replace managers with 'player-coaches'

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Jack Dorsey co-authored a blog with Roelof Botha, outlining Block's future.

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A small number of Block employees say they were rehired after layoffs

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Jack Dorsey's Block laid off over 4,000 employees. A small number say they've since been rehired.

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A software CEO called me on the weekend recently with painful predictions. One is already coming true.

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The Atlassian logo on a Formula 1 car

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Block employee says the company dangled a 75% pay raise to get her to stay after layoffs — but she decided to quit

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Salesforce CEO says Block's cuts shouldn't fuel worries of mass layoffs: 'That company has its own unique issues'

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says up to 50% of his company's work is now being performed by AI. Really?

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The Block layoffs are just the beginning

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