Employability

November 3, 2022

Preparing for the Unexpected: Building Organizational Resilience

A notice was posted on the door as I entered Chipotle this week. It warned me that that chicken was currently available as their transportation system […]
October 27, 2022

Making Meetings Matter

“Meetings are usually toxic because they often convey an abysmally small amount of information per minute”.[1] Have you ever felt this way? Having sat through many […]
October 20, 2022

The Leadership Elephant

I’ll start with a simple confession – I’ve read far too much on the subject of leadership. While I’m at it, here’s confession number two – […]
March 17, 2022

InfoGraphic: Two Skills Which Increase Your Employability

Advances in technology and automation are making many jobs obsolete. Driverless taxis are now operating in Singapore, algorithms determine which web ads we see and our […]
October 28, 2021

What are the skill sets needed for the 4IR?

An axiom reminds us that the lessons of yesterday do not always prepare us for the needs of tomorrow. A recent post about developing future-ready work […]
October 7, 2021

Why Complicated Work is Becoming a Commodity

A few years ago, a momentous technological feat quietly occurred. A computer beat the world’s best Go player in a best-of-five match. In fact, the Google […]
April 29, 2021

Why is employee development important?

A significant amount of my consulting work is spent improving organizational performance by developing people. Sometimes employee development is done proactively – like taking vitamins before […]
March 18, 2021

Why do I need to upskill?

During a conversation with a colleague, she noted that she believes her job will be automated in the next five years. At a glance, her job […]