This is what should scare you about your life/career
Month: May 2015
Standard hierarchy is the lowest form of respect
You ever get into discussions with people at work and they invariably say something like, “Well, if I ran stuff…” We’ve all done this. I have, probably more times than I can count. For a frame of reference there, I’m 34 and… Continue Reading
Americans and vacation remains a massive train wreck
Here’s what we know so far: 430 million vacation days are left on the table by U.S. residents each year. Everyone always claims they “can’t” take a vacation because of “so much work” (the work will be there anyway) Seriously,… Continue Reading
It might actually suck more to NOT lose your job to automation
Work automation is coming, baby! The highest numbers you’ll see in various articles are close to 50 percent — meaning 1 in 2 jobs could be automated someday. That’s a whole thing, no? Today, Fast Company has an article about “What Work Will… Continue Reading
Future of Work: Pursue a rookie mindset
Last week, I flew from Toronto to Vancouver for work; that’s a deceptively-long flight and, in the process, I got to read the magazine of Rotman (University of Toronto) business school. It’s actually really good — bordering on excellent, honestly —… Continue Reading
Make your messaging audience-centric
Good article here from the team behind Decker Communications. Let’s start with an essentially-important pull-quote, shall we? The corporate communications team had already been churning out emails highlighting new expense procedures, sales process changes, escalation flows, etc., but this wouldn’t engage… Continue Reading
Look at this “try to live and work in San Francisco” stat
Glassdoor came out with one of those “Best Cities For Jobs” reports recently, and then Fast Company went and deep-dove on it. Let’s actually start with the chart of the top 25 or so cities, because I feel that would be a helpful… Continue Reading
Coming back to blogging tomorrow
Probably an unnecessary post, but for anyone that follows this blog and may have vaguely missed me … I’ve been out of the WordPress pocket for a week or so, because I was on a work trip in Canada. I’m… Continue Reading