When the answer to the question is “Nobody,” we’ve got to reexamine what the inherent messages are in the funnel of school to work. When the answer to the question is “I already work hard enough,” we’ve got to redefine the term “hard” away from breaking concrete in the sun Read more…
There are two paradigms that are rubbing against each other, creating friction in economies, lives, employment choices, and even in personal lives: The first paradigm is that of productivity. The type of productivity where an employee does “more with less,” where people are forced to shave the personal and the Read more…
The nostalgia for the perceived security and safety of the Industrial-TV complex dominated world of work and human interaction, is almost deafening. The nostalgia mostly comes in the form of complaints about the work ethic of the current generation by a generation feeling left behind, and discounted. When work ethic Read more…
Giving every working age member of a population a stipend of money per month, per year, for the rest of their lives, will do little to relieve the two states it’s designed to relieve: jealously and a lack of meaningful employment opportunities. Jealousy and envy are human emotions that often Read more…
There are conflicts everywhere, but the ones at work leave some of the deepest marks, because we spend, on average 40 to 60 hours a week with people we did not choose. The common response to most work conflicts—from uninvolved employees to supervisors—sometimes ranges from “It’s not my problem,” Read more…
Don’t drive angry. Don’t tweet angry. But going to work angry…well…that’s just the way of the world. Right? With the number of “disengaged” employees in the workplace at 26%, according to a recent Dale Carnegie study, it’s no wonder that people may occasionally show up to work: Pissed off Peeved Slightly Read more…