Future of Work Blog reposted from 9/28/2006 8:53:21 PM In the July 29th Economist article from Welfare to Workfare, Jennifer Noyes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty says that we should be thinking about the working poor, and those that cannot find work, should be considered as part of the workforce develop efforts within … [Read more...] about The Working Poor and Workforce Development
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Tech Brain Drain may lead to Brain Gain in Other Areas
Reposted From the Future of Work blog, May 17, 2006 In the May 1, 2006 edition of BusinessWeek, the editors ran an article titled “Tech Education: A Red Flag in the Brain Game” Software designer demand is certainly growing and it is outpacing those interested in joining the technology workforce. But perhaps we are asking the wrong questions, and the demand is a false … [Read more...] about Tech Brain Drain may lead to Brain Gain in Other Areas
The Commoditization of Science
From the Future of Work, April 6, 2006 In the future people will work on difficult scientific problems but won’t know they are doing so. They will create new alloys, create artificial organs and customized pharmaceuticals. And they will do so, in most cases, without a Ph.D. Why? Because software will create an abstraction layer between the problem space and the individual. … [Read more...] about The Commoditization of Science
The Future of Compensation
From Future of Work, April 14 2006 Today I was interviewed by Alan and Sandra Ashendorf of "Let's Talk Computers" about the New World of Work, and in particular, the aspect of that new world that gives us the ability to always be on, and potentially, to always be working. Ubiquitous technology does not necessary imply 7 by 24 work. In fact, it shouldn’t. What it … [Read more...] about The Future of Compensation
What Computers Still Need to Learn: Theories of Information and Being Bought to be Brought the Right Information
From The Future of Work - April 2006 Last week I had a discussion about information with Dr. Carsten Sorensen of the London School of Economics. We ended up talking around an idea I floated several years ago as an analyst at the Giga Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research): namely this: as yet, the computer industry has failed to come up with a theory of work … [Read more...] about What Computers Still Need to Learn: Theories of Information and Being Bought to be Brought the Right Information