THE WHITE-COLLAR RECESSION IS HERE-AI-accelerated, corporate strategy-entrenched

A few months ago, I realised something unsettling. I was sitting at my desk having a full strategy conversation with my virtual AI assistant, refining business models, pressure-testing marketing ideas, restructuring workflows and iterating through drafts faster than most junior teams could realistically respond. And yes, I'm one of those who have named them — her name is ‘Kim’. With Kim there are no lunch breaks, no office politics, no HR issues, no fatigue, no emotional resistance to the fifteenth revision.