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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Thriving in an automated workplaceVia McKinsey, a core workplace issue is how to thrive in an automated workplace. It's pretty optimistic. Some background the article provided:Occupations won't be automated out of existence in the near term. But up to 45% of...
Adjunct blues
Via a friend on Facebook and The Guardian: …as an adjunct professor, whether teaching undergraduate or law-school courses, I make much less than a pet-sitter earns. Click the link to see more: I am an adjunct professor who teaches five classes. I earn less than a...
How A Great Google Workplace Turned Into A ‘Nightmare’
Via Business Insider: What did Google do to provoke such amusing evidence of workplace frustration? Has the Zagat acquisition been a waste of Google's time and money and gone terribly wrong? After speaking with a number of sources, some of whom worked in Google's...
Kent Brockman on Unemployment
Via TCS Daily: What kinds of jobs would survive? Two kinds, I think. The obvious kinds are those needing the human touch…I suspect that a lot of jobs that could theoretically be taken by machines won't be, because people will still prefer the human version…But how...
Bloggers Sound Off: Project Management Career Paths – Voices on Project Management
Via Project Management Institute: Is there a defined career path at your organization? If not, what do you think are the barriers to developing one? If there is one, how is it affecting business success? Bloggers Sound Off: Project Management Career Paths - Voices on...
Bloggers Sound Off: Project Management Career Paths – Voices on Project Management
Via Project Management Institute: Is there a defined career path at your organization? If not, what do you think are the barriers to developing one? If there is one, how is it affecting business success? Bloggers Sound Off: Project Management Career Paths - Voices on...
A Harvard Economist’s Surprisingly Simple Productivity Secret
Via LinkedIn: …time isn't the problem, says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan. The ultimate barrier to success is a shortage of mental "bandwidth," or the ability to focus on a task in the moment. Mullainathan's research focuses on scarcity, and how humans...
A Harvard Economist’s Surprisingly Simple Productivity Secret
Via LinkedIn: …time isn't the problem, says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan. The ultimate barrier to success is a shortage of mental "bandwidth," or the ability to focus on a task in the moment. Mullainathan's research focuses on scarcity, and how humans...