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"....the concept of nine-to-five will have just absolutely disappeared...."
At this point, I've been working at home for close to eighteen years. When you've been doing it that long, and you've built up a thriving global business, you gain some real…
10 Unique Characteristics of 21st Century Skills
There's been a lot of talk about the skills crisis lately. Most of it is focused on the wrong thing -- people seem most worried by the fact that a lot of baby boomers are set to…
Sporting Goods Business: "Trend Expert Will Keynote SGMA Conference"
This press release came out mid-August while I was off busy building sandcastles.... Trend Expert Will Keynote SGMA Conference; (3:15) Today's teens and pre-teens live, breathe…
Hyper-boomers, Gen-Connect and Manure Managers
One of the most pressing challenges yet to come will be the massive workplace and skills issues that organizations are going to have to manage -- a widely age-diverse workplace…
The end of 9-5?
I don't think the current corporate structure will last 20 years; it might be difficult to see it lasting even 10 years. In the meantime, companies are trying all kinds of…
What's your skills capital?
Today I provide the opening keynote for the annual Monster Government Solutions Human Capital Management conference for government HR folks in Washington, DC. I'll be focussing on…
Keynote - The skills crisis
Some months back, I wrote in a column that "one of the most challenging issues that you will face through the next decade will be an increasing inability to access the staff and…
New article - Gen-Y and the workforce
"One of the more challenging issues that organizations will have to deal with in the next few years is how to successfully integrate "Gen-Y" into the workforce........ there…
New article - "The commodization of human capital"
In my latest association column, I note that "With the political storm now raging around outsourcing and "off-shoring," one fact seems to be rather obscured: it is happening…
This week - a closing keynote for the Global Payroll Management Conference
I'm the closing speaker for the American Payroll/Canadian Payroll Assn sponsored conference in San Francisco. From the session description: "In this era of global business, new…
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