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Security Risks When Using AI At Work

It's no secret that business leaders are looking for ways to make AI work for them. Already, some tech companies have found that AI can write all of their code, and there are countless other ways you can put AI to work in your organization. However, AI comes with...

How Colorism Impacts Women At Work—And What Can Be Done About It

Colorism is defined by scholar Dr. Sarah L. Webb as, “the social marginalization and systemic oppression of people with darker skin tones and the privileging of people with lighter skin tones.” While much of the conversation about colorism focuses on how it shows up...

US Shed 92,000 Jobs, Unemployment Ticked Up To 4.4% In February

The U.S. economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated March 6, far below forecasters' expectations, and a signal the labor market is still in low-hire mode as employers navigate...

Detroit To Raise City Worker Minimum Wage To $21.45 An Hour

An estimated 900 city of Detroit employees could see a wage boost this summer, bringing their compensation up to what's considered a livable wage in Wayne County. The proposed minimum wage increase to $21.45 an hour, or $44,616 a year, for full-time employees would...
The Economy Is Growing: So Where Are The New Jobs?

By many measures, the U.S. economy is doing well, with the gross domestic product growing steadily and stock indexes routinely hitting record highs. But one thing is missing from the economic expansion: the jobs. Forecasters expect that the economy grew at a healthy...

Creative Tension: Balancing Vision and Focus

It has turned into the default state of modern work. Emails, meetings, customer demands, operational fires, and endless streams of information compete for our attention. In the middle of all that noise, it’s easy for an organization’s original vision—the reason it was...

Gig Work Isn’t The Same As Owning Your Own Business

Countless millions of people are very clear that working for themselves is much better than working for “the Man,” for numerous reasons. There’s even a theory that Gen-Z workers, turned off by many restrictive workplace traditions like the 9-to-5 grind, are turning...

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