What new jobs can be creatively generated in a two-class system?
Twenty-six of the world’s richest people have the net worth of 50% of the worlds’ poorest. Some define this as economic pornography others as an economic right.
Over the last few decades the gap between incomes, wealth and living standards of the rich and poor has increased in most countries while the middle class is wavering.
There was a study that was completed many years ago where researchers visited over 60,000 people who were dying across the world. They asked them what they valued the most in their lives. Not surprisingly it was their relationships. When asked what they regretted the most it was being more concerned about “other things” like cars and status rather than building and repairing relationships.
I would expect if that survey was repeated today not a lot would have changed. Though this may be evolving as a recent survey showed that more than 50% of people would prefer physical harm than losing their phone. Irrespective most people would agree positive relationships can provide much needed oxygen to our human spirits. Can you imagine life without each other?
What is technology predicting about you now? When you have been watching your favourite streaming service have you noticed that suggestions on what else you may want to watch appear? This is a basic form of what is called Predictive Analytics and trillions of dollars are being invested in mining data to predict everything about…
One of the buzz words on everyone’s lips these days is how important it is to be resilient, particularly with the expected technological changes which are anticipated to impact the workforce in various forms. Organisations are spending mega bucks on training people to be resilient. Such courses may be valuable in raising awareness however my…
Many organisations are ploughing unprecedented investments into purchasing products to analyse and monitor every aspect of people’s actions and behaviours in the workplace. Workforce Productivity Big data is enabling big money to be made. Companies are making big promises that their products will improve workforce productivity. This may indeed be true, however, is there enough…
The industry most of us think of when we say mining is digging material out of the ground, like coal. For others it may be mining our personal digital data. However, how many of us would think of mining our voices for data? Yes, a future gold mine is analysing our voices. Billions of dollars…
What two things could you do to help build or regain social trust? Everyone seems to have a story about why they don’t trust our major institutions like banks, governments and even our education and legal systems. In everyday conversation we express our collective lack of trust of the proverbial bastards. Our most trusted traditional…
After I spoke with Accenture’s men and women at International Women’s Day, I had many requests to share two concepts. The River which I commenced my talk with and A Time to Risk which I concluded it with. Enjoy the contemplation. The River. I want you to imagine you are standing at the edge of…
When I first heard the term side hustle, I automatically thought of the 1930’s with a shady gangster hustling people for money. I was wrong. A side hustle today is a trendy new term referring to a job you can work in addition to your more permanent job. To have a “side hustle” or in…
Independent Contractors. Should they be a part of your inclusion strategy? Like many young girls I remember being seduced by the wonderous world of acting and dreaming about glamourous clothes and handsome young men sweeping me off my feet. For a moment there I was wrapped up in this romantic Cinderella like delusion. The bubble…