Healthy-company layoffs are no longer just a lagging indicator of weakness. In this weekend edition, Stephen Forte argues they can be an early signal of organizational redesign — and explains what mid-market CEOs should do before the pressure shows up in their numbers.

What this episode covers:

• Why this wave of layoffs is different from 2009 and different from the 2023 over-hiring correction
• Why many strong companies are redesigning around new information economics, not just cutting costs
• Why most mid-market firms should not copy Block directly
• The pattern Stephen sees across successful and failed AI adoption efforts
• A practical 90-day playbook for CEOs: pick two workflows, map them properly, run shadow mode, define decision rights, and learn from overrides

Key idea: the real shif ...