In Defense of Downtime Outside of the Workplace
In Defense of Downtime Outside of the Workplace Ahhh, vacation. In about two weeks I’ll be headed to backwoods Illinois by way of St. Louis to spend 7 glorious days with friends and family. I know it still several days away, but I’m already calling friends and family for weather updates and planning my wardrobe. […]
The Importance of Networking – Inside and Outside of Your Company
The Importance of Networking – Inside and Outside of Your Company NETWORKING is the single most powerful marketing tactic to accelerate and sustain success for any individual or organization! – Adam Small One of the biggest mistakes that professionals can make is to actively network ONLY when they’re looking for a job. As an […]
Creativity Is the Key to Saving Jobs From Robots & AI
I and others have written a number of times about jobs being replaced by robots, or becoming “robotized”. My post Job Automation Versus Human Skills & Interaction and Sara Gallagher’s post “Pssst…Robots are After Your Job” for more information. A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education explores this subject as well and gives […]
Unions and the Battle for Hearts and Minds
Two sides to the same equation The UAW loss of their union representation election at Volkswagen made national headlines a couple of weeks ago. While these kind of elections are always contentious, and can cause serious disruption within an organization, the Chattanooga election outcome has elicited criticism from organized labor about the “unprecedented” involvement of […]
Should You Separate Your Personal Life from Your Work?
More than 300,000 companies, including 85% of the Fortune 500, have implemented enterprise social networks to connect the right people to share information and drive communications, innovation and engagement. Social networks such as IBM Connections, Yammer, Jive, Chatter, MoxieSpaces, NewsGator, tibbr, SocialCast, etc. are facilitating two-way dialog and cross-functional chatter building new value across traditional […]
Build a Recruiting Roundtable to Keep Creativity in Hiring
In the fine line of collaboration and competition, as practitioners we should look deeper to our end goal. When I pass candidate referrals to other organizations, I always use the same language “It’s not always about us, it’s about the candidate and what’s best for them”. Build a Recruiting Roundtable to Keep Creativity in Hiring […]
