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Connecting the dots in an uncertain world
Business professor Christian Busch makes the case that serendipity is a skill, resulting from a mindset that allows you to see and act on opportunities in seemingly unrelated facts or events.
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Oct 281 min read
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The case for change: New world. New skills
Preparing the workforce of the future will require billions of dollars. But the cost of inaction will be even higher. Somewhat related
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One technique to think, decide, create and/or lead for your future (which is ALWAYS uncertain)
The key? Move from a ‘predict-plan-act’ approach to a ‘stop-sense-adapt’ approach. Related
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Are return-to-office mandates flawed?
Might companies demanding office returns be setting themselves up for failure?
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2 things you can do to make experiences less painful, according to experts
Cognitive reappraisal or reframing is a powerful emotional regulation strategy, research shows.
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Oct 281 min read
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The Economy That’s Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids
Many older Americans are financially comfortable, but they worry their adult children won’t achieve the same kind of economic stability
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Oct 271 min read
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The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
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Oct 261 min read
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It’s PR, not the ER’: Gen Z is resisting the workplace emergency
As the workforce evolves, younger generations are rejecting a frenetic approach to work that can create undue stress and cross work-life balance boundaries
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Oct 261 min read
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Women’s Pay Is Falling Behind. Is the Return to the Office to Blame?
Women make workforce gains, but their pay growth isn’t keeping pace with men’s Quick Summary By last year, women working full time made 81 cents on the dollar compared with men, the widest pay gap since 2016. Economists suggest that return-to-office mandates contribute to women opting for lower-paying, flexible jobs or leaving the workforce. Labor-force participation for women with a Bachelor’s degree and a child up to five years old has declined 2.3 percentage points since e
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Oct 261 min read
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A TOOL THAT CRUSHES CREATIVITY
AI slop is winning.
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Oct 261 min read
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Career tips...
Mindset changing Burning bridges Become a multi-hyphanate leader
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Oct 251 min read
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AI Destroys the Old Learning Curve
Wright’s Law is being rewritten, and leaders who don’t adapt to this new world will be replaced.
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Oct 231 min read
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More robots entering Amazon's workplaces
NBC Nightly News video Related article
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Oct 231 min read
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For those who think you're more productive with less sleep
Sleeping less doesn’t make you more productive. It just makes you more tired.
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Oct 231 min read
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AI Workers Are Putting In 100-Hour Workweeks to Win the New Tech Arms Race
Workers in Silicon Valley are pushing themselves to extremes day after day Quick Summary Top AI researchers and executives are working 80 to 100 hours weekly, driven by intense competition. Corporate credit-card transaction data from the expense-management startup Ramp shows a surge in Saturday orders from San Francisco-area restaurants for delivery and takeout from noon to midnight. The pace of AI development has compressed the time from research breakthroughs to product lau
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Oct 231 min read
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The war on whimsy
America is facing a war on whimsy, and we are losing ground daily. A monster pervades this nation, stealing sleep from schoolkids, tearing down national treasures and locking us in our homes to toil behind computer screens: efficiency. We have marched to the anthem of productivity since the Industrial Revolution; we think of children working away with coal-slathered faces in factories and believe we have evolved as a society. But I posit that as soon as we pilfered the chisel
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Oct 221 min read
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Creativity in the Age of AI
In a new book, Wharton's Jerry Wind and his co-authors argue that creativity is a learnable skill that becomes more powerful when paired with intelligent machines.
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Oct 221 min read
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How Can Leaders Adapt to AI?
In an excerpt from his book ‘The Leader’s Brain,’ Wharton neuroscientist Michael Platt talks about three leadership skills that are critical in an increasingly automated world.
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Oct 221 min read
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The Parental-Happiness Fallacy
Where commentary on moms’ satisfaction goes wron g
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Oct 211 min read
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A few thoughts about strategy (for everyone)
Expert advice on how to build your strategic muscles
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Oct 211 min read
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