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11/09/2020

Twenty-three year old Marcus Rashford is a shining—and rare—example of someone using his celebrity for the greater good. Thanks to his tireless advocacy, many poor children across the UK will not go hungry this year. This is what real leadership is about!

Marcus Rashford has spent the year mounting a pressure campaign to help feed needy children. On Saturday, the Manchester United star provoked another U-turn from the U.K. government.

05/24/2017

Great piece about the do's and don'ts in following up with a potential hiring manager.

Is it Normal to Have to Do Job Interview Follow-up -The Muse: The hiring manager is always positive when they...

01/30/2017

Next time someone calls you difficult, consider it a compliment.

Being difficult at work is not generally thought to be a good thing – but it can be

08/09/2016

Advances in artificial intelligence are destroying thousands of job every week. Check this out to see if you are art risk of losing yours!

Machine learning isn't just for simple tasks like assessing credit risk and sorting mail anymore -- today, it's capable of far more complex applications, like grading essays and diagnosing diseases. With these advances comes an uneasy question: Will a robot do your job in the future?

08/08/2016

Hilarious piece about how a disillusioned tech worker got even after getting laid off one too many times.

In South Korea, where youth unemployment has hit an all-time high, mobile games such as ‘Don’t Get Fired!’ have found success by poking fun at the working world.

05/29/2016

Adultery, rule-breaking and creativity often go together, research shows. Think of the implications...

The hacking last year of the Ashley Madison adultery site caused embarrassment to millions. But for business school academics at Tulane and Michigan State universities, the hacked data presented a research opportunity: how many of the site’s

05/25/2016

Great piece in the HBR about jobs that demand your attention 24/7 and how you can protect yourself against them.

05/13/2016

In the US, when they no longer like you or your work, they fire you. In France, they just completely ignore until you quit in disgust. Which do you think is worse? Vote here!

01/13/2016

Wonderful piece in the Financial Times about what makes original thinkers tick.

One nice thing about my job is that I sometimes get to interview original thinkers. This fascinating category of people is distinct from “winners” or “leaders”. Some original thinkers end up winning money and prizes, but that’s not what they are

11/24/2015

Managers and executives who don't think highly of themselves consistently outperform those who think they're great.

If you want to be successful, the first step is not to know yourself very well. For years the emotional intelligence movement has been telling us the reverse — that self-knowledge is vital to get anywhere at all. There has never been much evidence

09/28/2015

The new "mistakes are okay" culture may not be all it's cracked up to be.

The chief executive of UBS told his bankers it’s okay to get things wrong. It isn’t

09/21/2015

Taking jobs to build up your resume is the same as saving up s*x for old age.
- Warren Buffett

05/08/2015

Book review well worth reading in the Financial Times. The author/consultant makes the business case for putting employees at the center of every business decision.

The dreary title of Connection Culture is suggestive of an old trick of second rate management gurus: attaching an earnest label to an idea or behaviour that most people already instinctively understand in order to make some cash. But author Michael

04/08/2015

Businesses succeed by focusing on creating sustainable jobs and enlightened people practices

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/sustainability/video/the-good-jobs-strategy