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n June 2021 the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) published Climate Risk Ready NSW Guide. The guide is designed to assist local government in developing a climate change risk assessment plan. This piece looks at the Draft Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaption Action Plan developed by the Hawkesbury Council of NSW. Continue reading
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t is so easy for me to remember leaving an old employer’s large meeting room, gauging the reaction of my colleagues to “the launch of our new plan” for the company. It was easy because they all had the same response as I had to the CEO’s spiel: confusion and bewilderment. Continue reading
I was in the room seven years ago when David Houle, the futurist, addressed the annual conference of Sarasota County realtors. If you don’t know, Sarasota is a seaside city on the Gulf coast of Florida. It has several heavily populated barrier islands just a couple feet above sea level. He said, “When will it become illegal to list properties vulnerable to sea level rise and storm surge without notifying potential buyers?” Continue reading
Don’t lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don’t have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith.
Cheryl Strayed – Writer
Millennial workers from 18 to 37 are twice as likely to be uncomfortable with VUCA. Dictionary.com says “the world Gen Z has inherited is one of unprecedented chaos.” (1) Millennials and Gen Z workers may be the new precariat. Continue reading
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most rapidly expanding technologies in human history. It is also a disruptive technology that can do harm as well as good. An emerging use of artificial intelligence will be for politics and government operations. Continue reading