‘Think in simples’ as my old master used to say – meaning to reduce the whole to its parts in simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
Frank Lloyd Wright – Architect
When you’re working, ‘are you in the flow’? This is the same idea of ‘being in the zone’ in sports or exercising Intentional Self-Management. The answer to this seeming simple question can make the difference between fun and dreading your work in VUCA time. Read on… Continue reading
From steam power and electricity to computers and the internet, technological advancements have always disrupted labor markets, pushing out some jobs while creating others. Artificial intelligence remains something of a misnomer – the smartest computer systems still don’t actually know anything – but the technology has reached an inflection point where it’s poised to affect new classes of jobs: artists and knowledge workers. Continue reading
Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure you do things differently from everyone else.
Sara Blakely – Founder of Spanx
Robots are coming is a common refrain in Tech Futures. Robots and smart machines are doing a lot of our work and will do a lot more over the next few years. Take a look below:
• Robot revolution will create 97 million new jobs over the next several years.
• Machines will do 52% of worker tasks by 2025.
• Startups are re-visioning the entire food chain: food delivery services (drones), grocery stores (no VUCANs), packaging (3-D machines), and restaurants (food printing). Continue reading
Lengthy reigns at the top may be the next thing to get disrupted.
Carol Ryan – Wall Street Journal Writer
What’s the CEOs role in VUCA time? What do you think? According to the Wall Street Journal. “Point people to the light at the end of the tunnel” (Crash Course in Crisis Management’, Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2020.) Continue reading
One thing that’s become clear in the past few tumultuous—and for many, traumatic—years is that it’s easy to feel like there is no control in our lives. Control is a basic psychological need that helps people feel like they have agency, from how they live to where they work. One area where people have tried to wrestle back control is around work. Continue reading