by dankeelan | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers, Retirement
Being your own boss. Making your own schedule. Taking control of your career. Those perks and others—including not worrying about being downsized by your company—drive professionals into self-employment all the time. In fact, the gig economy keeps growing year after...
by dankeelan | Aug 17, 2021 | Future of Work, Gender
In May 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, our research team, including collaborators Yana van der Muelen Rogers, Elaine Zundl, and Sevinc Ulu, conducted a survey of working adults. We found that the early months of the pandemic ushered in an unforeseen...
by dankeelan | Aug 17, 2021 | Future of Work, Training
The novel coronavirus pandemic has moved most public employees to remote work situations. But the pandemic has not stopped the need for workforce development and government has had to adjust to a new world of online training and learning. Agencies have had to pivot to...
by dankeelan | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Hybrid Workplace, Remote Work
After 17 years in business, nine teaching graduate online and a year of on-campus teaching during a pandemic, I’ve discovered we need to rethink the way we work and learn. Previous models were not built for a new hybrid environment where we need to engage remotely and...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Book Review, Diversity, Leadership
The systemic racial injustices embedded in our country’s history and infrastructure have always plagued Black business owners. Black business owners receive less business financing, less often, and at higher rates. This is so prevalent that only 1% of Black...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Africa, Entrepreneurs, Featured
Ladislaus Shikerete, an employee of the Rundu Town Council, has said that his creation of bricks made from recycled plastic and sand was meant to solve the town’s solid waste management problems. “What motivated me was the fact that the town was dirty. It...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Featured, Technology, Tips, Training
Online education tools have revolutionized the way we learn. Motivated students can learn at their own pace, with college-level courses that can be taken at any time to fit within today’s busy lifestyles. You may wish to embark on a new career, learn a new...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Career, Guest Post, Leadership
CliftonStrengths was introduced in 2001 in the best-selling Now Discover Your Strengths. A measure of the strengths that make people successful, StrengthsFinder has been updated since then and is used by organizations worldwide. The assessment was created by...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Leadership, Technology
In the post-pandemic world, good coaching is about speaking less and listening more, writes Novant Health CIO Onyeka Nchege. Here’s how he creates opportunities for his teammates. Years ago, when I first started my career, I received an email containing a joke...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Future of Work, Remote Work, U.S. Economy
Newsweek’s Tom Rogers joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest column on remote work and what it could mean for politics. Watch Morning Joe on MSNBC
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