On notions of “hard” vs. “soft” at work
Men still predominantly run the business world, and men don’t like to be associated with the term “soft.” So we need a new path herein. Continue Reading
Month: January 2020
Shut the f*ck up about unemployment rate, as the stat is meaningless
The bigger picture of an economy is a complex ecosystem, and relying on one number that’s easily manipulated doesn’t do the big picture justice. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 19: Your social life post-kids
A discussion on having kids, raising kids, gender roles, AI, work skills, and where you find yourself when you least expect is. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 18: The Pill vs. Google, work as a game, IG’s future, and more
A conversation with William Tincup of the HR Tech world about The Pill, Barcelona football, LeBron, the future of Instagram, and more. Continue Reading
Davos seems like a trifling joke and the essence of posturing
Why do we believe that a bunch of billionaires are going to solve the problems of the common global man (and woman)? Continue Reading
Will we ever get “woke” about workplace mental health issues?
One of the big problems is that concepts most of us think of us “mental health,” execs think of as “how work gets done.” Continue Reading
We don’t care at all about onboarding, broadly. What could go wrong?
Onboarding should be a transformative experience of entering a new culture, team, etc. Instead it’s mostly transactional bullshit. Continue Reading
The thing is … re-training programs don’t really work that well…
It’s often framed up as the “answer” to automation concerns, but the problem is that the programs don’t really have positive results. Continue Reading