Work Life
AUGUST 3, 2024
While there is no lack of long-term investment advice for young and mid-career professionals– contribute to your retirement accounts early and often! –there is a lot less information for those right on the brink of retirement. This can make the transition to retirement feel a bit fraught. Many new retirees either go a little overboard with spending because they finally can, while many others become paranoid about spending too much.
Workplace Insight
AUGUST 3, 2024
The ‘Stepford Employee’ is a growing phenomenon in the workplace, where staff become overly agreeable, seldom ask questions, and rarely push boundaries, hindering both their personal growth and their organisation’s success. The term ‘Stepford Employee’ originates from the popular feminist horror novel, “ The Stepford Wives ”, which highlighted the dangers of subservience and docility for women.
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Success
AUGUST 3, 2024
When I ended my call with Stephanie Harrison , author of New Happy —a book that illustrates how, through generations of beliefs handed down to us, we’ve internalized false ideologies about happiness— she asked me a question no one I’ve interviewed has ever asked: “How can I support you in your life?” While it felt so good to be asked that, it also felt surprisingly shocking.
Mad in America
AUGUST 3, 2024
T he harm caused by the medical profession is called iatrogenesis , and in 1975, Ivan Illich (1926-2002) published Medical Nemesis (republished titled Limits to Medicine ) in which he discussed the clinical, social, and cultural iatrogenesis of modern medicine. Illich was a philosopher and social critic of monopolistic institutions and bureaucracies in Western society that undermine self-sufficiency, community, freedom, and dignity.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
Work Life
AUGUST 3, 2024
Matt Beane is an assistant professor in the Technology Management Department at UC Santa Barbara and a Digital Fellow with Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab. His research focuses on building skills in a world filled with intelligent technologies, often necessitating field work investigating robots and AI in the workplace. He has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly and Harvard Business Review and has spoken on the TED stage.
Success
AUGUST 3, 2024
I was at the round kitchen table in my grandmother’s condo in Pittsburgh where she still lives at 90-something years old, and she was writing me another check. This one to replace the rent check that had been stolen from my mailbox and somehow cashed. “I want you to talk to your manager and ask him for more responsibility. Tell him that you are there to grow and ask what steps you need to take.
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