Welcome to a working world that doesn’t understand you, might not want to hire you, and definitely doesn’t want to pay you very much. (Pre COVID) Fortune Magazine During COVID: Underemployed. Unemployed. Angry. Resentful. Nowhere to go. This seems to be the story of many of millennials and Gen Z’ers throughout the world who are unemployed […]
A career is a job you love, right? That’s what a career should be. If you’re in a job that you hate, you should quit. That’s the way I look at it. I’m in a job that I love, so I’m going to make it my career. Cameron Sinclair – Designer & Humanitarian The lifelong project career path
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I definitely think there are going to be things that are permanently changed,” … “Our psyches are going to be permanently changed. Melinda Gates[i] COVID has generated physical as well as debilitating psychological symptoms. New York Magazine each week captured the angst and frustration of New York City workers and residents. The stories are heart
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To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection. Jay Samit – Investor & Entrepreneur Years ago, I
Everything you thought you knew about the workplace is already outdated.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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“… 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