All Words
16 terms for work culture shifts we're seeing but haven't named yet
Agenticracy
(n.)
When influence accrues to whoever controls the agents (not the org chart).
Culturelag
(n.)
Tools change in weeks; behaviours catch up in years.
Delegradation
(n.)
The slow drift from "help me" to "do it for me".
Draftgravitas
(n.)
The unearned authority of whatever the AI wrote first.
Futuresplaining
(n.)
Confidently narrating a future you haven't tested (often with slides).
Ideaflation
(n.)
Too many "good" ideas, not enough conviction or shipping.
Metricosis
(n.)
The organizational disease of optimizing what AI can measure.
Pilotpurgatorium
(n.)
Pilot purgatory: forever testing, never deploying.
Protomanie
(n.)
Endless demos that never ship.
Pseudokompetenz
(n.)
The competence mirage created by polished outputs.
Rolehollowing
(n.)
When a task disappears… and the role's identity goes with it.
Scenariorrhea
(n.)
Generating endless scenarios without committing to any. Planning-as-procrastination.
Selectistry
(n.)
The strategic skill of choosing what not to build.
Supervapor
(n.)
Supervision that evaporates the moment you get comfortable.
Vibecertainty
(n.)
The false confidence of a fluent answer.
Workthinning
(n.)
A role becoming a thin layer of approvals on top of automation.