What Drives Us
What Drives Us?. Mazlow, Herzberg, and Levi Strauss
StoweBoyd
Interesting read, questioning the relevance of Maslow in this new century. I think he is onto something.
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October 3, 2020
September 30, 2020
It’s a couple of months old now - but sharing for posterity.
Monthly Review - Surveillance Capitalism
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September 29, 2020
Trust
Trust
CX in the age of privacy and trust, part 3: Can we rebuild trust?
Tim Walters
Fits nicely into something I read recently from Union Square Ventures …. Trust is offence (trust gaps create opportunities for startups) as well as defence (trust is a moat).
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September 23, 2020
Skills
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Soft skills … wooly, fluffy, comfortable … not like ’ real, hard, proper skills are they?
Soft skills, bendy, malleable, unmeasurable … nothing like ’ real, hard, proper skills …
.. and yet
I often talk about vocabulary and language …. here’s another one … because if you list all the skills that people are highlighting as important in the future - it’s close identical to the soft skill list.
My advice … get into that cuddly warm blanket and embrace those soft skills – you can always learn the other skills as and when you need them … despite the name … they’re not that hard.
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September 23, 2020
Character
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I was really taken by these words that came in an email from one of my newsletter readers. Capturing it for posterity … because it is important.
character future of work Work archive.pf.businessCharacter may be something you are born with and largely in place by age 5 but surely it is something that is developed and refined in many ways through a thousand experiences in both good and bad directions. Right?
Since a zillion years ago I have ALWAYS subscribed to “hire character, teach skills”. It has never let me down and the boneheaded moves I have made here and there were when I deviated from this.
September 22, 2020
The Future of Work
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First, there are many possible futures - it is not yet clear what the future is, so we should be asking what is …
A Future of Work?
Second, what the hell is ‘work’ - why do we care about it?
If you ask most people if all their creature comforts were taken care of - would they continue to do what they are doing? More than likely they will answer ’no’ - the question then is what is …
The/A Future of Income?
Third, the future is already here, so let’s call it
The Present of Work
…. and by the ‘Present of Work’ - your life, labour, time to do your work is not a gift, not a present. You should be paid fairly and equitably for your contribution.
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September 21, 2020
Technology
Technology
Technology is one of the eight pillars of People First … with a single, solitary ‘stone’, a mighty ‘Sarsen’ reaching to the sky that is that pillar.
Technology … OMG … Technology
- Owned
- Managed
- Governed
… not by you - by others.
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September 18, 2020
Podcast Titles
042 | May I Introduce To You
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Lyric Link : The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
043 | Tryin’ To Help The People
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Lyric Link : Neil Young - Ordinary People
044 | To Hear Your Wonderous Stories
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Lyric Link : Yes - Wonderous Stories
045 | We’re Seein’ Mirror To Mirror
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Lyric Link : America - Mirror To Mirror
046 | Two People Talking Inside Your Brain
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Lyric Link : The Antlers - Two
047 | Put Yourself In The Place Of The Man At The Forge
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Lyric Link : Todd Rundgren - The Want Of A Nail
048 | Define Decision
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Lyric Link : Talking Heads - Tentative Decisions
049 | Call It Serendipity
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Lyric Link : Barenaked Ladies - Serendipity
050 | Such A Curiosity - Here It Comes To Set Us Free
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051 | Passion, Purpose And On A Sea I Met Destiny
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Lyric Link : KXNG Crooked - Cadillac
052 | Something In The Water And The Bones - Rebel Code, Rebel Code
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Lyric Link : Chumbawamba - Rebel Code
053 | We’ve Only Just Begun
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Lyric Link : Carpenters - We’ve Only Just Begun
054 | Real People Do Real Things, So What You Here For?
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Lyric Link : Wiz Khalifa - Elevated
055 | I Don’t Know Why They Say Grown Men Don’t Cry
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Lyric Link : Tim McGraw - Grown Men Don’t Cry
056 | I Never Knew I Was A Techno Fan
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Lyric Link : The Wombats - Techno Fan
057 | I Got My Philosophy (It Keeps My Feet On The Ground)
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Lyric Link : Ben Folds - Philosophy
058 | Give The Globe Another Spin. Are You In Berlin?
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Lyric Link : Barenaked Ladies - Another Spin
059 | Well Now That The Tables Are Turning
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Lyric Link : Brenda Lee - written by : Mel Tillis and Wayner P Walker
060 | I Want Solid Gold Toilet Bowls In My House
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Lyric Link : Chris Webby - Gold Toilets
061 | Sending Listeners To Hong Kong With My Rap
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Lyric Link : Agust D - Agust D
062 |
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Lyric Link : Khalid - Experience
063 | Livin’ Under Your Marshall Law
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Lyric Link : Ramones - I Know Better Now
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September 14, 2020
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