The painful two years of the Great Recession were followed by two more years of sluggish economic recovery. Finally, and with a slight sigh of relief, The U.S. Department of Labor shares that the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in four years. But this is what the DOL doesn’t know…or share: 75…
Category Archives: Environment
Why Social Freedoms Matter
For those of you who insist on continuing the fruitless debate around how to control your employees’ use of social media and the internet at work should take a hard look at these findings (from Cisco, US News, and Online Courses). I’m the first to admit that nothing in the world of infographics is definitive, but…
Evolution is Up to You
It freaks me out just a little bit every time I think about the relatively short amount of time it took (most of) the human race to evolve from a bunch of butt-crack knuckle-dragging cave dwellers. It’s one of life’s great wonders. For those of you who are eternal optimists, it probably gives you some…
The Future of Work: A Manifesto
In honor of what makes our world go round – WORK – I thought it might be a good time to re-share a Manifesto we put together this year (originally published in May). On this 2012 Labor Day, it might be a unique way to reflect on what got us here and where we may…
Looks Matter. No Joke.
We’re taught as HR professionals again and again that business (and employment) decisions should be based strictly on business (and employment) factors. We teach this, we preach it. And yet based on what I believe to be convincing evidence, we are actually incapable of entirely disregarding things like physical appearance when dealing with people. Is…
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