July 2018. I wrote this article in July 2018. It was an article expressing my concerns about transferring the risks of employment from the employer to the employee. A term I called waterfalling. Almost two years later with the advent of the COVID-19 the consequence expressed in this article could not be more relevant. Let’s…
How does it relate to biometric employee monitoring? Squillions of dollars are being invested in creating technologies that enable employers to monitor employees across the world. Have no doubt employee monitoring is not just the domain of China. What inspired me to investigate employee surveillance technology was listening to a panel of experts talking about…
Walk through the virtual screen to the new world of recruiting. My ABC radio interview Today the most common experience is, you would write a CV and submit it electronically online. You get a response hopefully, that your CV has been received You will get a further response if they want you to proceed. You…
Relationship Between Busyness and Empathy Don’t you find it interesting that the experts who are predicting the future of work are telling us that the key skills we need to be successful, are empathy and collaboration skills, yet these are the very skills that are rapidly diminishing. Empathy has been measured by psychologists for many…
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?
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…
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…
I often catch public transport around cities to meet with various clients. Recently as I sat gazing out the window, I realised that there was a growing disconnect about what I was observing and the economic information that I had been gathering. The cities were vibrant. There appeared no expense on developing skyscrapers, apartment complexes,…