I like these kinds of articles about hiring best practice. If you are undertaking hiring interviews, explains Fast Co., ask questions relating to these seven topics: grit, rigour, impact, teamwork, ownership, curiosity, and polish (not Polish, as I first thought…) … Continue reading 7 Ways Working Out Loud Can Get You Hired!
I recently read about Morioka Shoten Ginza, “a tiny bookstore of “a Single Room with a Single Book” in Tokyo. It sells only one book; more precisely, multiple copies of one title that changes weekly…” Wow. The bravado, the chutzpah! … Continue reading What Book Would You Sell In Your (Autobiography) Bookstore With A Single Book?
I have made a commitment to working out loud, but the outpouring (the product if you will) ebbs and flows, often depending on project time constraints. Working out loud adds value, but it takes time. Vigilance is required to ensure … Continue reading Working Out Loud Reveals How Complex EVERYTHING Is [#Feltronics]
Last night I attended the SFU #SIATmixer, where employers, graduates and students of the SIAT school can meet’n’greet. As a long-term supporter of the SIAT talent, I like to tag along and speak to a couple of people and feel … Continue reading My Latest Intern Talent Learning Moment
I ran a hackathon at work. The topic was one which literally no-one participating had a background in: IoT, sensors, Big Data. At the day’s heart were a few cognitive leaps: work with new people, on an emergent issue where … Continue reading I Ran An Organizational Hackathon. Here Is What Participants Thought About It…
I ran a day hackathon. I put it on my yearly goals as a challenge, and I did it. This is what I learned: There is no such thing as an organizational hackathon, from my research. We hear talk about … Continue reading Here Are 10 Things I Learned From Running An Organizational Hackathon
Yesterday I wrote about a hack I am running at work next week. My interest in hacks come from my keener interest in the future of work, and its unremitting demand on the common worker to adapt, learn continually, and … Continue reading Experimentation Is The Out-Perform Strategy Of The Future
Next week, I am running a hackathon at work. I have no idea if it will work, nor how. Note: My company is not in software, we have contracts and projects that last 25 years. We are not a start-up, … Continue reading I Have No Idea How To Run A Hackathon, But Here Goes Anyway
[Big] Data is telling us that we – the great and good middle class – are generally screwed. There is a slide to low-paid jobs, we are extravagantly over-educated and our skills increasingly under-leveraged. What to do? I have begun … Continue reading The Middle Class Is Screwed (Part Two) – The Fight Back Begins
I sometimes discuss issues of the day with my erudite, learned mother. There is one discussion that she doesn’t get (having been retired some few years now.) She doesn’t understand that education is no longer a direct pathway to middle-class … Continue reading The Middle Class Is Screwed (Part One)
For all the petrolheads out there, you may have shed a tear at the sad demise of the Saab brand a few years ago. Esoteric and uncompromising, Saab pursued their own furrow. And they won hardcore fans, mainly architects. I … Continue reading We Need To Turn This Thing Up To 11. A Sad Saab Story
Yesterday I wrote of my deep appreciation for the work of walking artist Richard Long. His A Walk Across England is one of the only two books I have out of shelving, the more likely to dip into… I have … Continue reading Change Starts At The Edge, With My Own Choices, My Own Experience
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