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How can we preserve human ability in the age of machines?
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Workers need healthy challenge, complexity, and connection, automation expert Matt Beane argues in his book “The Skill Code.”
Gensler exec: ‘Amplify your impact as you advance your career’
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Gensler global co-chair Diane Hoskins talks “focused relaxation” and finding her voice during a worldwide crisis.
A Background Note on "Unskilled" Jobs in the United States - Past, Present, and Future
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Since 1917, American jobs have been classified by their skill level. “Unskilled work” was said to, “require no special training, judgment, or manual dexterity, but supply mainly muscular strength for the performance of coarse, heavy work dexterity.” It was the largest category of work and included m...
PayPal and the Financial Wellness Initiative
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In 2015, when Dan Schulman became CEO of PayPal, a digital payments company, many people thought of it as the button they clicked when paying for online purchases. In 2015, PayPal embarked on a new mission: using technology to democratize financial services. In Schulman’s words, it would “turn the ...
Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX
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In a span of 11 months, FTX. a crypto exchange co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), went from being valued at $32 billion in January 2022 to filing for bankruptcy, wiping out billions in investor money by November. Those called in to clean up the mess soon discovered that up to $9 billion in custo...
Amazon.com, Inc.
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On May 15, 2017, Amazon.com celebrated the 20th anniversary of its initial public offering (IPO). The company’s first twenty years was a period of remarkable growth but with very little to show in terms of accounting earnings. This reflected Amazon’s strategy of investing in expansion and research a...
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