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eMigration, a Path from Austerity?
This piece from Elaine Pofeldt set me thinking. She joins some interesting dots in her piece on The Gig Economy’s Answer to the European Debacle on Forbes.com. In some of the hardest hit economies in Europe, people are taking their … Continue reading
The Economist on Scottish Independence
This week’s Economist, sadly, makes – rather than reports – the news. Alex Salmond and his SNP colleagues have been quick to decry the paper’s “sneering condescension” announcing that it will “rue the day” it published this week’s front cover. … Continue reading
Towards Flexible Learning
I just love the serendipity of having BBC Radio 4 on in the car. Today, I happened to catch a fascinating segment in the You and Yours programme on higher education. The Open University (OU) has seen a sharp increase … Continue reading
Exploring the Interim Imperative
Forbes magazine’s Olga Khazan takes an enlightening angle on the freelance economy in this piece: How Health Insurance Premiums Drag Down the Freelance Economy. The main thrust of the article is more relevant to the US market where private health … Continue reading
To Be Different – Nicholas Bate
A reminder from Nicholas Bate – especially relevant to freelancers, interim managers and other sovereign professionals – to be different. Competing on price is a race to the bottom, especially if you are any kind of information worker living in … Continue reading
No Job Security – Hugh MacLeod
A great reminder from Hugh MacLeod for everyone, not just sovereign professionals. What I particularly like is Hugh’s explanation. He makes the observation that, in his early days in advertising, job security was only as good as the last large … Continue reading
Persistence and Power – Jeffrey Pfeffer
Jeffrey Pfeffer, author of the enlightening Power: Why Some People Have It – and Others Don’t offers lessons from the success of author Tim Ferris (whose 4-Hour Body is a current best-seller). In this post on the HBR blog, Pfeffer … Continue reading
I am not a Label … but maybe I should be
This is interesting, and a little depressing. The Economist carries this report on research by doctors Rob Nelissen and Marijn Meijers of Tilburg University in the Netherlands which is published in Evolution and Human Behavior (the original paper, “Social benefits … Continue reading
The Shadow of the State … and the Ability to Escape it
This post is a little overdue as it was sparked by a special report in The Economist two weeks ago, “Taming Leviathan”. The report explores the challenges facing governments worldwide as they face the need to address unsustainable levels of … Continue reading
Fresh Ideas
I am indebted to Bruce Lynn for a unique interpretation of the Burning Pine concept and logo. Bruce is General Manager for Red Bee Piero who lead the field in “3D analysis technology for televised sporting events”; very cool software. … Continue reading
