The Work Futurist #5: Building the Anti-Career: Success in a Post-Ladder World
When did a bigger paycheck stop meaning a better life? Remember when one job was enough? When moving abroad for work automatically meant progress? When climbing the corporate ladder was the unquestioned path to success? That world is dead. Yet most organizations still...
The Work Futurist #4: The New Economics of Purpose
Want to hear the most dangerous lie in business today? “We’ll focus on purpose once we’re profitable enough.” Here’s a shocking truth from Gallup: only 41% of U.S. employees strongly agree that they know what their company stands for and...
The Work Futurist #3: Your Talent Strategy is From Another Century
Want to hear the most expensive lie in business today? “We have a talent problem.” No. What you have is a mindset from another century trying to solve tomorrow’s challenges. While most organizations are still perfecting their job descriptions and...
The Work Futurist #2: The Organization We Never Imagined
Ever notice how we keep trying to “fix” organizational structures that were designed for a world that no longer exists? It’s like trying to upgrade a steam engine to run Artificial Intelligence – at some point, you have to admit you need an entirely...