by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Hybrid Workplace
Hybrid work, which involves splitting the working week between in-office and remote work time, is the new normal that many companies have been adapting to after the COVID-19 pandemic crisis forced them to work remotely to continue providing services. A recent...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Jobs
Technology was supposed to bring us closer together, but instead it’s fueling paranoia and mistrust—in the workplace at least. The age of remote work helped women, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community feel more included in...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Age, Featured, Gig Workers, Retirement
Russ Eanes was burning out at his job, and he had just hit 60, but he wasn’t ready to retire. A former minister in the Mennonite church, he had worked for a decade as an executive at a religious-book publisher but found himself in the unhappy role of helping to shrink...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Future of Work
I once had a panic attack on a super bumpy flight across the Atlantic and am forever grateful to the flight attendant who appeared by my side, calmly handed me a paper bag and said kindly but loudly: “Breathe.” My working assumption was always that I would land...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Leadership, Mentoring
“There are a lot of women with a lot of great ideas,” says Hello Alice President and Co-Founder Elizabeth Gore, “but they continue to be overlooked for the loans, credit, and investors they need to succeed.” Here are five pieces of advice Gore offers women...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Career
Earlier this week, we tuned into Work/23: The Big Shift, a virtual summit from MIT Sloan Management Review about navigating some of the most important challenges workplace leaders face right now. One of the standout ideas from the event came from the closing...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Though some workers have returned to offices, remote work has been normalized for others over the last three years. And some now have more autonomy to choose where they live. For freelancers in particular, it’s becoming more common for workers to settle in a city they...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
Gig work — work for hire as a self-employed freelancer or independent contractor — is more popular than ever. In fact, 36% of employed respondents to McKinsey’s 2022 “American Opportunity Survey” (AOS) identify as independent workers. Twenty-six percent of that group...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Entertainment, Gig Workers
As thousands of Hollywood writers strike, the union and writers have warned that studios and streaming companies are trying to turn writers’ livelihoods into “gig work.” In an interview with MarketWatch this week, Adam Conover, a comedian and writer on the Writers...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Remote Work
There’s a pretty good chance that wherever you’re reading this article, it’s not from your desk in a traditional office. You might instead be reading it while you’re working from home or from a coffee shop or another space, or maybe on your...
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