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
Future of Work
We’ve been working the same way for a long time. Can/will it ever change? And what will that look like?
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
The last thing HR needs is more buzzwords. Hello, “belonging.”
Often, the problem with D&I initiatives is that we create a lot of buzzwords and jargon, and executives don’t “get” it, so they eventually ignore it. Continue Reading
Work burnout sucks, yes. It’s not a “crisis,” though.
Typically for something to be a “crisis,” people need to care about it. In work contexts, burnout is often EXPECTED as “the one true path.” Continue Reading
Being broke at the holidays is fucking tedious
Having no money sucks broadly, but it sucks more at the holidays. I’ve experienced this in both 2017 and 2019. Here’s a path around it! Continue Reading
The “job market” really runs about ages 17-34
Some anecdotal evidence in here, to be sure, but the “job market” for a 27 year-old vs. a 45 year-old right now is essentially two different worlds. Continue Reading
C’mon now. Can a company really put people over money?
There are some examples of companies who value their people a lot. That’s great! Is it “at scale?” Absolutely not. Continue Reading