Everything you thought you knew about the workplace is already outdated. Fast Company Magazine Just a year ago (pre COVID), digital media, content branding, media curation, online product creation, and online journalism were among the hottest and employable professions. Content was king (OK queen). Every company needed a strong online presence. Millennial VUCANs wanted honest news …
You’re not special! Essence of popular Commencement Address COVID has forced universities to do online teaching. So, what’s the value add of spending $60K for online instruction, when you paid for in-class instruction and the college experience? Each college and university has 10 or more professors teaching the same class, such as Marketing 101 or Economics …
The basic premises of how the economy works have shifted under our feet and the government will have to respond. Gautam Mukunda – Writer Can you imagine a medical or legal conversation with Alexa? You’re not far away from smart machine medical and legal assistance. Another career impacted by automation is the legal profession. Machines can conduct legal …
How Tech Can Turn Doctors into Clerical Workers Title of New York Times Article I bounced the above article among several of my doc buddies. The conversation went like: “You spent 10 years going to med school. Now, you push paper. And, BTW: you may be replaced by a robot.” “Huh. Yeah. Well. ….” Not good for …
People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change. John C. Maxwell – Author Professionals are being disrupted. Not too many years before the internet, journalists, lawyers, engineers, and doctors were paid large salaries due to their privileged information …
“… computers are now doing many things that used to be the domain of people only. The pace and scale of this encroachment into human skills is relatively recent and has profound economic implications. Perhaps the most important of these is that while digital progress grows the overall economic pie, it can do so while leaving …
A person needs to work 80-100 hours per week to change the world. Elon Musk tweet ‘Working 9 to 5 is For Losers’ was the title of a recent New York Times article.[i] VUCANs have picked up this mantra from Elon Musk, today’s Thomas Edison. Elon in the U.S. is the hero of a generation of ‘crushers’, entrepreneurial startup workers. …
As the Working It title says: Disruption Rules. However, would you like to work for a disruptive boss, which seems to be management style adopted by many leaders and managers. Let’s look at this a little closely. “Casting oneself as a disruptive leader is in vogue these days, suggesting a bold, take-no-prisoners management style that …
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. Steve Jobs – Apple Founder & CEO COVID is presenting a burning question: ‘What’s better, beings a VUCAN leader or a manager?’ I’ve observed first level supervisors, managers, and executives work their magic. …
You’re not just trying to do something marginally, incrementally better. You’re doing something that is a fundamental paradigm shift, that will have exponential impact. That means it’s harder to do, but ultimately, if it’s successful, the impact it has is far greater. Steve Case – Entrepreneur VUCAN leadership: you know it when you see it. Think …