by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Featured, Future of Work, Healthcare
Healthcare jobs make up four of the 10 most in-demand jobs, according to an analysis by job search platform Ladders. Ladders identified the top occupations with the highest number of job openings on their site between January and August that also advertised a...
by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2023 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
In the age of digital innovation and rapid technological advancements, the traditional labor market is undergoing a seismic shift. The emergence of the gig economy, defined by short-term contracts and freelance work, stands in stark contrast to the conventional model...
by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2023 | Featured, Future of Work, Hybrid Workplace
If you take an ’80s Canadian rock band’s word for it, “Everybody’s working for the weekend.” Between cowbell intonations, Loverboy croons a truism of the modern-day workforce: People are just trying to get through the week to enjoy their typically two-day...
by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2023 | Future of Work
The world of work has been turned on its head. And we now have proof that the relentless, five-days-a-week grind in the office is the worst option for knowledge work schedules, according to a recent meta-analysis by Nick Bloom at Stanford University, the top...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2023 | Future of Work, Robots
A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum. It then placed the boxes on an assembly line and walked back to the shelf to search for more. The crowd, which had...
by dankeelan | Jul 25, 2023 | Future of Work, Robots
In the heart of Kyoto, Japan, sits the more than 400-year-old Kodai-ji Temple, graced with ornate cherry blossoms, traditional maki-e art—and now a robot priest made from aluminum and silicone. “Mindar,” a robot priest designed to resemble the Buddhist...
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