“Let’s Create a Training!” — Rethinking the $150 billion spent on learning & development
Most money on L&D is wasted. What should we do instead? Stop creating more trainings for starters.
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Three better ways to figure out the answer to the question “what do you want to do?”
Stop asking 'what do you want to do?' Instead, assess your skills, define success on your terms, and reframe what risk really means.
Modern Careers
The Hiring Trap: How we miss out on awesome candidates as organizations become more successful
As organizations grow, they raise the hiring bar and start rejecting the very people who built them. The costliest mistake isn't a bad hire - it's the one you never made.
Organizations & Culture
Crisis at Work: Why Today’s Organizations Are Failing To Unleash Human Potential
Six reasons companies fail to unleash human potential including an obsession with shareholder value, a limited lens of human behavior and more...
Organizations & Culture
Career Mental Model #2: Thinking about the “how” instead of the “what”
Stop chasing the next job title and start asking how you want to work, interact with people, and spend your time. The 'how' matters more than the 'what.'
Modern Careers
Career Mental Model #1: Price your time at $1,000,000 an hour
If you valued your personal time at $1,000,000 an hour, would you still chase that promotion? A mental model for protecting what matters.
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The vicious talent cycle and its link to our flawed ideas of human performance
Human performance follows a power law, not a bell curve. Companies that ignore this lose their best people and wonder why they're full of average talent.
Organizations & Culture
The Ultimate Guide To Freelance Strategy Consulting Talent Platforms
Freelance strategy consulting has changed dramatically and there are an increasing number of talent platforms to find projects and opportunities
Freelance Consulting
STEM is overrated — why we shouldn’t be pushing everyone to get a degree in science
Looking at after-college earnings by major is a mistake. We need human skills. Pushing everyone to do STEM will have unintended consequences.
Modern Careers
Planning a Career is Insane — Here is a better approach
The job I have now didn't exist when I graduated. Instead of planning a career, try managing your energy and experimenting.
Modern Careers
Career, Interrupted: Building a career while fighting for my health
After 18 months battling Lyme disease, my identity built on jobs and credentials crumbled. What I found underneath changed how I think about what matters.
Personal Reflections & Essays
Book Review: A Dozen Things I Learned From Adam Grant's Originals
A book review of Adam Grant's originals on how to be a nonconformist and create change on your own and within organizations. (With cool charts!)
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