Work Less, Do More
September 27, 2010
Blog reader Nina Martin, who works for a life coach and entrepreneur named Stever Robbins, sent me Robbins’ latest book, 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More, and asked if I
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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Making Yourself More Valuable at Work
July 27, 2010
Sam Parker from BNET.com sent out a short email primer to subscribers on seven things he believes an employee can do make himself or herself more valuable at work. A friend passed
Have You Heard the One About the Chickens?
July 23, 2010
A recent article in the Los Angeles Times discussed efforts to convince veterans to consider vocations in farming and other food-related businesses [“From swords to plowshares: Introducing military veterans to farming,” by
Is That Unemployment or Opportunity Knocking?
June 21, 2010
Robert B. Reich, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former Secretary of Labor, wrote an interesting op-ed piece about the number of start-up companies formed
On Interns
June 10, 2010
With Memorial Day over and summer unofficially here, the media has run a number of stories on summer interns. Interest is high this year because, “as the job market dwindles, unpaid interns
Building Global Prosperity
December 8, 2009
With the recession lingering, unemployment hovering in double digits, and a new year just weeks away, the Wall Street Journal published a series of articles in which it explores “How to Rebuild
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
December 3, 2009
One thing that both liberals and conservatives seem to agree on is that America needs to create more jobs and reduce the ranks of the unemployed. Unfortunately, how to create those jobs
Education and Employment
November 18, 2009
Just over a year ago, while President Obama was running for office, he gave a major economic speech in Toledo, Ohio, during which he declared: “Today I’m proposing a number of steps
Science and Jobs
September 16, 2009
New York Times‘ columnist Bob Herbert claims “the biggest issue confronting ordinary Americans right now — the biggest by far — is the devastatingly weak employment environment. Politicians talk about it, but
The Mismatch of Available Jobs and Skills
May 14, 2009
In a post entitled India’s Three E’s: Entrepreneurs, Economics, & Education, I noted that many educated India’s can’t find work because they don’t have the skills that employers are seeking. Less than
