Issue #3: Sharper Systems Meet Sharper Conversations
From Metrics to Moonlight: Credential Upgrades and Deep Truths 🎖️🎙️
Welcome to this week's edition of the Work & Woo Pulse, a weekly blend of business ops trends and cosmic insights for leaders who love both spreadsheets and stardust.
Each week, I’ll highlight what’s buzzing in automation, project management, and small-biz systems, alongside astrology’s most important shifts.
Why? Because strategy flows smoother when aligned with cycles, and clarity comes when we balance metrics with meaning.
✦ This week: What's trending in project in AI and project ops, plus how Mercury in Scorpio can sharpen your strategy.
Trending in Work 📊
1. PMI Launches First Certification in AI for Project Management
The Project Management Institute (PMI) just rolled out the PMI-CPMAI™ credential, a standardized certification for AI in project management.
✦ Why it matters: This sets a precedent. AI fluency is becoming a recognized competency, not a side skill. Expect future job descriptions to explicitly reference it.
👉 Try this: Skim the PMI-CPMAI overview and list 1–2 AI skills you already practice (like prompt design, workflow automation). Add them to your resume or LinkedIn profile.
2. Agentic AI is Expanding Into Infrastructure and Operations
HashiCorp previewed Project Infragraph (agentic automation for hybrid ops), and UiPath expanded its Agent Builder with GPT-5 integration.
✦ Why it matters: These tools are inching toward “AI that acts, not just suggests” and reshaping how ops workflows will be designed.
👉 Try this: Map one repetitive workflow you own (like client onboarding). Circle the pieces a future “agent” could handle (e.g. checks, routing, scheduling).
3. ClickUp Upgrades: Brain Models and Scheduled Dashboard Reports
ClickUp Brain now supports advanced models (GPT-5, Opus, o3, o4-mini) and dashboards can be auto-emailed on a schedule.
✦ Why it matters: Smarter AI and proactive reporting makes ClickUp more of a command center than a to-do list.
👉 Try this: Pick one dashboard and schedule it to auto-send weekly. Free up that mental space for deeper work.
Trending in Woo 💫
🪐 This Week’s Vibe: Big Idea Weather
Mercury squares Jupiter (Oct 1) and the sky is brimming with possibilities. Big ideas are bubbling over, and enthusiasm runs high, but clarity may get lost in the swell. It’s the cosmic equivalent of promising five new projects at once while you’re still mid-coffee. Excitement is real, but discernment is crucial.
✦ Why it matters: Boundless energy is powerful, but scattered energy dilutes impact.
👉 Try this: Capture all your ideas in one place (a page, a doc, a ClickUp list). Then pick just one to nurture this week, letting the others simmer.
🌙 Moon Phase: Full Moon in Aries (Oct 6)
The Aries Full Moon brings a fiery spotlight to your independence and willpower. It’s a cosmic nudge to let go of dead weight so you can act with full force. Think of it like dropping sandbags from a hot air balloon, allowing you to soar higher.
✦ Why it matters: This lunation highlights where you’ve been holding back your fire. Releasing what’s dimming your energy will clear the path for decisive action.
👉 Try this: Light a candle and journal on the prompt: “What am I ready to stop tolerating?” Follow through with one tangible act of release.
💎 Crystal of the Week: Red Jasper
Red Jasper is earthy fire. It fuels courage and action, but grounds it so you don’t burn out. Think of it as your pocket anchor when the Aries Full Moon tempts you to sprint in every direction.
✦ Why it matters: It helps you transform impulsive sparks into sustained, aligned fire.
👉 Try this: Keep Red Jasper on your desk. Each time you feel impulsive to start something new, place a hand on it and ask, “Does this choice fuel my long-term fire, or is it just today’s spark?”
Looking Ahead 🔮
Mercury enters Scorpio (Oct 6)
Get ready for a vibe shift: Mercury moving into Scorpio deepens conversations and cuts through surface noise. Expect sharper questions, hidden truths surfacing, and a collective craving for substance over spin. This isn’t the time for “filler talk”; it’s about piercing to the heart of what matters.
✦ Why it matters: In business and life, this is prime energy for audits, strategy reviews, and conversations that require honesty. If there’s a knot you’ve been avoiding (a messy workflow, a vague agreement, an unspoken issue), Mercury in Scorpio will spotlight it.
👉 How to prep: Choose one area in your business to “Scorpio audit”. Maybe it’s your client contracts, your inbox templates, or your project workflows. Ask: “What’s hidden, outdated, or unclear here?” Then simplify or re-frame with piercing clarity.
Call to Sparkle 🌟
✦ Truth Audit: Pick one recurring task. Ask yourself: "Does this still serve my bigger vision?" If not, reassign, automate, or drop it.
✦ Embody Release: Put on one song that makes you feel unstoppable and dance/shake for 3 minutes. Let your body process the release.
Bonus Reads 📚
✦ AI in Telecom Ops — how carriers are embedding AI at the core of delivery (AI Magazine)
✦ AI’s carbon cost — MIT’s ideas to green the machine (MIT)
✦ Why astrology thrives in uncertain times — sociologists weigh in (Religion Unplugged)
✨ Want to bring order to the woo in your own biz? Let's connect!