Don’t Let Big Misses Lead to Digital Messes
Enterprises still struggle with Digital Technology efforts. This series explores a series of “Big Miss” challenges often ignored or downplayed.
Are you systematically rejecting promising job candidates? Your recruiting practices may be working against you.
The Labor Department reported 10.9 million job vacancies in December. At the same time, some 8.4 million potential workers were looking for work. Buried among this mass of applicants are some hidden gems.
The Thrill of Another MS Office Update
There is a vast group of people who don’t need all the bells and whistles in today’s software. We keep being inundated with upgrades we don’t need and forced to buy subscriptions that chunk away at our fixed incomes. We need less capable and cheaper software.
‘Society has outsourced its future to a Technology Elite’ - Discuss
“Our society has effectively outsourced the building of software that makes our world possible to a small group of engineers in an isolated corner of the country."
Revolt of the Lab Rats – A Satirical Take On Technology
Social media experiments affect our mental health. Regulation is needed ... by the FDA.
Here we go again… Getting Rid of IT?
Interesting points, but it paints all of IT with a single brush. And it brings back many of the experiences of business in the past.
Automating Your Business Is Like Pulling Teeth. How Companies And Employees Can Avoid The Pain.
Adopting new technologies to improve customer satisfaction and the bottom line seems like a no-brainer. Behind the scenes, workers are ill-prepared.
5 Ways COVID Made You a Better Leader
As we slowly emerge from COVID 19, most organizations are struggling to hire, retain, and motivate their workforce. Many employees are burnt out, demotivated, and planning to quit.
Strong leaders can make a big difference. You have learned five critical leadership lessons during the pandemic.
The Staggering Costs of Exclusion – a Motivator for More Vigorous Inclusion?
Inclusion, the active process of incorporating people into the organization and society and giving them a sense of belonging, has taken center stage as a primary means of implementing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in society and business. The benefits of inclusion are impressive.
Without Inclusion, Diversity is Unsustainable
On March 5, 2018, Google searches for "Inclusion" spiked to 3 times the national average since 2010. Frances McDormand's speech at the Academy Awards advocating for labor contracts requiring more inclusive employment in the movie industry caused the increased interest. Ironically, it took a Hollywood personality to draw that much attention to inclusion and only briefly.
Technology’s Impact on “The Future of Work”
Haig R. Nalbantian, the dean of Workforce Science, discusses about the role of Technology in workforce strategy and management. Including the implications on recruiting and social networks.
In Loco Parentis: Adjusting the Starting Line for America’s Students
At the lowest end of the socio-economic scale we fail to prepare kids for meaningful employment. The problem is at least partially rooted in an unstable family structure that lacks the presence and support of a second parent. Can schools realistically overcome the high degree of difficulties of the low end of the scale?