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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Workers saying “Thanks, but no thanks”
Bloomberg Businessweek checked out the latest in people leaving the workforce. That phenomenon called "the Great Resignation" apparently is global. Main point: "Around the world, millions of people are rethinking how they work and live—and how to better balance the...
Business continuity: Responding to risks
After reading about weather disasters and other events that destroy lives and disrupt businesses, I thought I'd refresh my knowledge of business continuity practices. Here are some notes from a business continuity course from Project Management Institute. Image from...
Why write in your books
Via Brain Pickings, the importance of writing in your books: “[Marginalia is] simply too essential a canvas for digesting and disputing concepts, too key a voice box for our inner monologue about the world of words and ideas.”
Virginia Woolf on reading
Via Brain Pickings, a recap of Virginia Woolf’s advice on how to read a book: “Woolf — an eloquent champion of the joy of reading — considers reading not a means to some intellectual end, but an intellectual and creative reward in itself.”Amazon.com Widgets
Virginia Woolf on reading
Via Brain Pickings, a recap of Virginia Woolf’s advice on how to read a book: “Woolf — an eloquent champion of the joy of reading — considers reading not a means to some intellectual end, but an intellectual and creative reward in itself.”Amazon.com Widgets
Will robots do to jobs what Deep Blue did to Garry Kasparov and Watson to Ken Jennings?
Two items: A driverless truck from Mercedes. Robot construction workers for Google’s headquarters. What are the ramifications for jobs in these sectors? What must people do to adjust?
Will robots do to jobs what Deep Blue did to Garry Kasparov and Watson to Ken Jennings?
Two items: A driverless truck from Mercedes. Robot construction workers for Google’s headquarters. What are the ramifications for jobs in these sectors? What must people do to adjust?
Help for the long term unemployed
Via Tuscaloosa News, a non-profit helping the long term unemployed: Platform to Employment…targets a major scar of the Great Recession: The 2.6 million Americans who have been jobless for over six months. Many of them have long felt ignored by employers who assume...