by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2022 | Future of Work, Jobs, Tips
Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, automation – as well as less technologically-driven disruptions such as pandemics – mean the way our children and grandchildren are working will look very different to how we work today. We don’t even have to look that far ahead...
by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2022 | Hybrid Workplace, Remote Work
Employers are “abandoning remote working” in favour of hybrid models in an effort to retain valuable staff and ensure junior team members have better opportunities to learn and progress, say the findings of a new report. Robert Half’s Demand for...
by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2022 | Featured, Hybrid Workplace, Leadership
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to close our offices in March 2020, I always assumed it would be temporary. Despite having a relatively small 40-person team at that time, our San Francisco office was a collaborative haven – a place I could consistently go...
by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers
Workers in India, Argentina, and South Africa say that they are struggling to make ends meet. In March, ride-hailing driver Charles Mayati joined hundreds of other South African drivers in a three-day strike. In Durban and Johannesburg, drivers logged off the...
by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Legislation
The top court in Massachusetts blocked a ballot question Tuesday to continue classifying Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors, bringing an abrupt end to what was shaping up to be the most fraught and expensive ballot battle in the state. The...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Featured, Leadership, Management
As a result of the last two years, one of the silver linings has been a greater emphasis on people throughout all aspects of life. From emergency rooms, classrooms and boardrooms to individual households, stores, venues and workplaces, the health and...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Leadership
Steve Jobs was pissed. After just one day in his pocket, the screen on his iPhone prototype was scratched and chipped. Plastic clearly wasn’t the answer, so Jobs called Corning Glass CEO Wendell Weeks to ask about using glass. Weeks...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Featured, Remote Work, Technology
Over the past two and a half years, more and more people have made a permanent switch to remote work. Part of that was out of necessity, as the Covid-19 pandemic made working in close proximity to others a dangerous undertaking. But it also represented a trend that...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work, Leadership
Hello, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Danielle Abril, tech at work writer for The Washington Post. Today we have two segments on the future of work, so I encourage you to stick around. First, Ellyn Shook, Accenture’s chief leadership and human resource...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Automation, Finance, Technology
Marqeta is bringing its experience in powering the technology behind gig-economy giants to Western Union, which can use the partnership to create a more cohesive menu of online services in Europe. Marqeta will integrate its card-issuing technology with Western...
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