The New Norm for Working Hours is – There is None
Well maybe most people do still work ‘normal’ hours but they want to shake things up as well. See the column I wrote about the topic for the Globe and Mail here.
Category: Labor Force
Why Co-Working Spaces are Flourishing
Coworking spaces are springing up everywhere and attracting businesses of all sizes. That is good for everything from the bottom line of large companies to the lonliness epidemic, which is actually something with economic implications. See my Globe and Mail column on the trend here
Shorter Work Weeks May Become a Thing (I Know, You Don’t Believe Me)
Could we be moving to an era of shorter work weeks? See my latest for the Globe and Mail here
Inequality Will Follow Late Boomers and Gen Xers into Retirement
Here is my latest piece for the Globe and Mail, It talks about the way that inequality is going to follow this generation of workers into their senior years.
The Gig Economy is Here and We are Not Ready (my column for the Globe & Mail)
I am thrilled to now be writing a bi-weekly column for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. See my first here – it is a look at how the gig economy is in force but our social policies are woefully out of step with it.
Cabbies Hate Uber Drivers Hate Cabbies (But Both Sides May be Missing the Point)
Is there a better way to see the future of work than to follow the drama that is Uber? The ride-hailing service burst on to the scene in San Francisco just about six years ago and nothing has been the same ever since. From how to manage a gig workforce through to how technology is […]
Demographics is Driving M & A Activity in Japan – and Maybe Other Places Too
Demographics drives a lot of things including Mergers and Acquisitions (M & A) activity. That is a lesson we are now learning from Japan, where there are apparently too few heirs to take over large companies as their boomer-aged Chief Executives head for retirement. This piece from the Financial Times looks at what is going […]
Does This Robot Make Me Look Younger?
There are a lot of things robots can do, but they cannot make societies any younger. Canada and the U.S. are aging – there is little debate about that. What exactly that will mean for the labor force and the economy is a bit more up for grabs, but to get an idea of how […]
My New Book: Work Is Not a Place (Now I Just Need to Finish Writing It)
The inside itself is still a work in progress, but here is the (provisional) cover of my upcoming book Work Is Not a Place: Reimagining Our Lives and Our Organizations in the Post-Jobs Economy. I am at work on it and the plan is to have it out early in 2018. As with my last […]
Maclean Publishes ’75 Charts Every Canadian Should Watch in 2017′
I’m happy to have been able to contribute to Macleans’ list of ’75 Charts Every Canadian Should Watch in 2017′. My post was on the ‘Gig Economy’ and you can find it here (you have to scroll down to find it, but that gives you a chance to see some fascinating graphs first) but as […]
