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Preventable Work (Failure Demand)

Retro black-and-white illustration of a professor at a chalkboard covered in real equations (Maxwell's equations, Euler's identity, the Basel problem, a Gaussian integral) alongside

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Every AI Output Is a First Draft. Here's How to Catch Workslop.

Craig Szelestowski: September 28, 2026

You fed your AI a good prompt. The output looks polished. Complete sentences, confident tone, clear structure. Send it?

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Photograph of a woman in business attire spraying a fire extinguisher at a small fire on a folder on her desk, while two more small fires burn unattended on stacks of paper on desks behind her, in a cluttered vintage office. A whiteboard on the wall tallies four categories:

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Failure Demand: The Work That Should Never Exist

Craig Szelestowski: February 4, 2026

If you asked most managers where their team's capacity is going, they'd tell you: answering emails, processing requests, attending meetings,...

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