China is changing Handy’s work model. The middle ring includes suppliers providing products and contractors providing services. Over the years, many companies outsourced in China. This may grind to a halt over the next few years as trade war and tariffs increase. China’s Digital Curtain is replacing the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain. The Handy work …
Principles and Practices work together. Principles focus on knowing the ‘why’ of your work. Then, Practices focus on knowing and improving the ‘how’s’ of your work. You can think of Practices as VUCAN hacks and tools of work. Machines can do a lot of our rote work. But, our individual creativity and competencies are what differentiates and sets us …
Work is changing. And in the future, the nature of work may look drastically different. Boston NPR Station Work and careers follow a cycle. The numbers are stunning. What does U.S. Department of Labor say? We’ll have 5/6/7 careers in our lifetime. That’s phenomenal. The average job tenure is going to be 2/3 years. That means that each 2/3 …
Leadership is the capability to translate vision into reality. – Warren Bennis, Professor Not too many years ago, I knew executives, who thought they could homestead a job until retirement. The executives felt they were entitled. They had significant career successes. They had steady promotions throughout their careers. Then, it became important for this …
Paradigm: Provides us a language, a common set of assumptions, and a common set of expectations of what may occur in the future. Joel Barker Creative destruction results in new paradigms such as our recent financial meltdown. The Wall Street financial catastrophe in engineering language is called a singularity or a Black Swan risk event …
Brand U’s have discovered this painful truth about project management. Brand U project leadership don’t come easy. Too many project managers know project techniques and technology but are people challenged. Lack of people abilities is the major stumbling block and some would say the major career killer of senior project managers because most spend more …
AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!…. Now, I’ve got your attention. My name is Margaux. I’m 16. I’m studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subjects and interning at a tech startup – WorkingIt.com. So, what’s my problem? Problem sets? Say what? What are Problem Sets? Problem sets are problem solving and decision making STEM based exercises, that I have to …
“Most people focus on what measurement, not on how value gets created,” said Peter Ramstead, the CFO of Personnel Decisions International. Pay for extraordinary contribution and performance is now a hot issue. The result is that fixed pay becomes a relic. Should people in the same job get the same pay when one worker may …
Vision statements have been extolled and derided. Stephen Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, suggests that each Brand U person should have a life vision and a personal mission. The principle basically says: ‘If you know where you’re going at work or in life, you’ll get there.’
A competitive world has two possibilities for you. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change. Lester Thurow, Management Professor When change is all around you, this is the time to take ownership of your work and life. This is the goal of Brand U’s. Adapt to the change and do …