They Want You to Slow Down: The Quiet War Over the Pace of Work

Reflect w/ Ed Fassio — where AI tells the stories that matter.

A platform engineer at a large healthcare enterprise automates the process his whole team hates — and gets silence instead of thanks. Then friction. Then pressure to fold his new abilities back down until they fit the shape of the job he had before. A container that doesn't fit anymore.

This episode takes that silence apart using the Microsoft 2026 Work Trend Index: the Transformation Paradox that makes the frustrated colleagues...