Exercises are an essential part of skills development and, for things like emergencies and crises, the only way to build these skills outside of an actual event, events that are thankfully few and far between. But creating a successful exercise takes a lot of work and planning – you can’t just throw some problems at a group of people and hope they’ll learn from the experience.
So how do you plan a great crisis exercise? Continue reading
We have displacement and a failure to create shared prosperity, but we are not heading to an economy without human labor anytime soon.
Daron Acemoglu – MIT professor
We’re on a Tech Futures voyage driven by COVID and AI, which will unleash a lot more tech. And, it’ll be a bumpy ride. People won’t like it and don’t want it. Let’s go back to our Handy Work Model and look at significant upside and downside risks: Continue reading
When your reliability program is working well, it may be difficult to recognize the benefits incurred.
Likewise, when the program is not working, it is obvious.
As you work to improve your program, keep in mind you may need to include elements to ensure your efforts remain visible.
I don’t mean staging field issues that you can solve quickly, rather that you are able to show the impact you and your program make to the organization. Continue reading
Work, it’s something most of us do though it isn’t always enjoyable. Whether it’s long hours, gruelling tasks or just the repetitive nature of a day-to-day routine, work can sometimes be something we have to do rather than something we want to do.
But given that the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime it makes sense to try and enjoy it if you can. So what can you do to be happier at work and reduce stress? Continue reading
In all human history a few important inventions have changed the way people work and live. Among these key inventions are airplanes, automobiles, electric power, and personal computers. Airplanes allowed people and products to move from city to city and county to county in only a few hours. Automobiles allowed people to work and shop miles from where they lived. Electric power allowed people to work and entertain at night as well as bringing out a host of new appliances such as refrigerators and air-conditioning. Continue reading