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Category Archives: Work
‘The same skills that made you a good student may make you a bad employee.’
I just read that claim. Hmm. Good grades and good things such as earning correlate. If I had to rate the statement as true or false, I’d say false. If the statement were true, however, how might it be true? … Continue reading
Who Will Trump Fire First in 2026? Former Trump Official Sarah Isgur Weighs In
The Trump Administration’s Record & Legal Issues 0:43 – Executive Power Consolidation: Isgur identifies “vertical control over the executive branch” as both Trump’s biggest accomplishment and most troubling aspect, noting Congress has largely “went dormant.” 2:00 – The TikTok Ban … Continue reading
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The Vanishing Executive Assistant: How the “Lean Office” is Quietly Burning Out its Best Talent
If you walk into a mid-sized professional services firm today—let’s say a bustling architecture studio or a specialized engineering group—something is missing. Twenty years ago, the ecosystem of a high-performing office relied on a crucial symbiosis. You had the specialists—the … Continue reading
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Does the porous identity or the buffered identity better suit the modern work place?
ChatGPT says: The buffered identity (in Charles Taylor’s sense) is self-contained, rational, and separated from the world—it draws a clear boundary between self and environment. That’s great for stability, predictability, and resisting outside pressures, but it’s less adaptive in environments … Continue reading
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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It)
Philosopher Elizabeth Anderson writes in this 2017 book: * Walmart prohibits employees from exchanging casual remarks while on duty, calling this “time theft.” Apple inspects the personal belongings of their retail workers, who lose up to a half – hour … Continue reading
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Decoding Work (5-7-24)
02:00 New Yorker: Work Sucks. What Could Salvage It? https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/work-sucks-what-could-salvage-it19:00 Elizabeth Anderson Lecture: The Work Ethic: Its Origins, Legacy and Future, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzRKsprglDs22:00 Are half of jobs bs? 23:00 NYT: Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/magazine/retire-early-saving.html35:00 … Continue reading
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New Yorker: Work Sucks. What Could Salvage It?
Harvard historian Erik Baker writes in The New Yorker, May 1, 2024: New books examine the place of work in our lives—and how people throughout history have tried to change it. There’s a line in one of my favorite songs … Continue reading
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