by dankeelan | Sep 21, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
The Gig Workers Collective — representing a body of about 13,000 Instacart shoppers — launched a #DeleteInstacart campaign, urging customers to delete the Instacart app as a show of solidarity with workers advocating for better treatment. The collective of...
by dankeelan | Sep 21, 2021 | Benefits, Gig Workers, Legislation
Buckle up. The debate over how governments should classify workers at Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other companies in the growing gig economy is headed to Massachusetts. A ballot question supported by those apps is headed to the ballot here next year. Expect to hear...
by dankeelan | Sep 21, 2021 | Diversity, Featured, Future of Work
If you read the title of this article and thought about “equity” in terms of either pay or DEI initiatives, you’re right. Yet there’s another type of equity with which you might not be as familiar. And it underpins most modern workplace efforts...
by dankeelan | Sep 21, 2021 | Leadership
Being a real business leader is more than just echoing the voice of the majority. Most business leaders focus first on providing guidance to their team, but neglect self-leadership as equally important. In my experience, many entrepreneurs rely too much on the...
by dankeelan | Sep 21, 2021 | Career, Coaching, Featured, Guest Post, Leadership
Ask Yourself: What Kind of Shape am I in? At first glance, the question may seem irrelevant to your success as a business owner or leader. After all, you do not have to be an olympian to run a business. Right? Well, maybe thinking like an athlete training for the next...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other gig employers caught the attention of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren as they pursue a ballot initiative in her home state of Massachusetts. “Tech giants like Uber, Lyft, and Instacart are trying to buy themselves a new...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2021 | Entrepreneurs
In July, Colorado launched the Cannabis Business Office, a new division within the state Office of Economic Development and International Trade that’s designed to support marijuana entrepreneurs from backgrounds affected by the War on Drugs. Created as part of...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2021 | Diversity, Training
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have been buzzwords in business for years, with few results. That is, until the summer of 2020 when the killing of George Floyd and a pandemic awoke leaders to massive racial injustice. Companies have been hiring executives to...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2021 | Featured, Management, Remote Work
Technology companies that led the charge into remote work as the pandemic unfurled are confronting a new challenge: how, when and even whether they should bring long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork. “I thought this period...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2021 | Benefits, Healthcare, U.S. Economy
I never thought much about health insurance until I was T-boned at 50 mph. The wreck totaled my car. It deployed all of the airbags, burst all of the windows on the left side, and displaced the entire engine from the nose of my Honda CR-V. If the driver of the other...
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