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Posts TaggedFuture of Work
More Than the Role
You were hired for one thing and got more than you bargained for. The problem is that the extra never made it onto your company’s org chart. There’s a version of this that plays out…
Why Task Force Thinking Is Changing How Organizations Work
Over the course of my career, I’ve been on more task forces than I can count, and for a long time, I thought they were one of the better ideas organizations had come up with….
What Should Work Look Like Next?
People don’t know what work should look like next, but everyone has a slide deck about it. Here are a few models worth thinking about, some real, some hypothetical, and some slightly absurd. — Maximize…
Stop Trying to Fix Gen Z Workers: Why the Future Belongs to Navigators, Not Vessels
Stop Fixing New Employees. Start Learning From Them. People seem to be complaining about new employees these days, but very few people are actually addressing the real issue. You hear the same lines over and…
The Future of Education and Work Depends on High Agency, Not More Skills
The Real Gap in Education Most conversations about the future of education and work focus on skills. People talk about digital literacy, critical thinking, communication, and the ability to adapt as AI reshapes everything around…