McKinsey estimates that between now and 2030, 75 to 375 million workers need to switch jobs that will require new skills and new education just due to automation and tech disruption:
“In terms of magnitude, it’s akin to coping with the large-scale shift from agricultural work to manufacturing that occurred in the early 20th century in North America and Europe, and more recently in China. But in terms of who must find new jobs, we are moving into uncharted territory. Continue reading
In brainstorming, you may face a large number of unique ideas even after affinity diagraming. Multi-voting is a great tool to gain consensus on the top priority ideas with your team.
For less than 10 or so items we could use a rank ordering method, yet that method becomes cumbersome when there are a lot of items to prioritize. There are a couple of ways to conduct multiple-voting. Mastering this technique will help your team quickly focus on what is truly important. Continue reading
In the last issue of CERM Risk Insights #238 Greg Hutchins wrote an article “ISO 31000 Certification: Next Big Thimg”. In the article he discussed the ISO 31000 certification of Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company India. As is noted, there is technically no such certification.
ISO 31000 is an Enterprise Risk Management standard. ISO has not created a 31000 certification. What is this all about? Is it the next big thing for ISO and Certification Bodies, or is it a symptom of certification dry rot? This article explores this question in a little more detail. Continue reading
The date is November 19th, 1863. A crisp autumn day in the fields of southern Pennsylvania in a little farm-town called Gettysburg. Just four months earlier, the fierce battle of Gettysburg raged there as the Union and Confederate forces clashed in what mark the decisive high-water mark of the Confederate efforts to separate from the United States and become their own country. Continue reading
In last week’s post, I discussed the CRAN diet (Calorie Restriction with Adequate Nutrition). It’s a diet that is intended to prolong healthy life by drastically reducing calorie intake. Anyone who follows the diet will lose excess weight as a side benefit, but that is not the purpose of the diet. Continue reading