Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! Is all this talk about AI and robots making your head spin? It is ours. Today things are happening so fast it’s hard to know what jobs are in, what are out, and what industries are going to survive. But one thing is for sure – […]
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Category Archives: dr. linda sharkey
Are You Still Doing Leadership Development You did 20 Years Ago?
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! The world is moving fast and getting faster. How you build human capacity has to keep up with the changing times and trends. Old methods may still work, but you need to infuse your learning approaches for the new context of the rapid response workplace. Today […]
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Disruptive Innovation
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! It seems like everything these days is being disrupted. Some for good, and some that seem pretty scary. But using disruption to drive innovation and positive transformation can and should be a good thing. After all, we can’t be doing the same old thing we were […]
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Is our Education System Failing us in an Era when Machines can do Everything and Fast?
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! Learning will be a key factor in the 21st century. Making sure we personally are learning and that educators are helping develop the next generation is a challenging task. This is because our models for learning and educating are routed in the 20th Century mindset. Is […]
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Are we Catching Up to Make Star Wars a Reality?
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! Are we catching up to make Star Wars a reality? Yes we are, according to Vivek Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow and adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the world forever; and as history teaches us, we can never go […]
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Traditional Leadership Tools are Dead Along with Hierarchy
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! As we careen into the 21st Century, it is becoming increasingly clear that the traditional tools and techniques of the 20th Century are designed for a bygone era. Gone are hierarchies and traditional talent management tools that served a great purpose in industrial settings, but are […]
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What to do when Machines do Everything – How do Humans Get Ahead?
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! A couple of months ago, artificial intelligence and robots seemed like great dinner party discussion, but it has fast become a reality of the world of work. When we published our book last April, there were only a few hotels that were run by robots (a […]
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In the 20th Century Humans were the Extension of the Machine – What about the 21st Century?
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! Robots are taking all the jobs… or are they? The automation economy both destroys and creates jobs, and most of us will be “working side-by-side with robots” in the future. The extension of “man and the machine” is well recognized as the hallmark of the 20th […]
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Closing the Technology Skills Gap
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! To get work done today and in the future, leaders must embrace technology and the gig economy. Resistance is futile, yet we continue to ignore the technology skills gap, which threatens the future vibrancy of the U.S. economy, workforce development and national security. Who is responsible […]
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Agile Relationships to Accelerate Business
Join us this Thursday at 5pm ET for the Future-Proof Workplace show! Building strategic relationships for agile business results are key for 21st Century results. In our book, Future-Proof Workplace, we highlight that relationships are one of the key factors for success. They need to be deep, networked, and ever evolving. Relationships enhance innovation and speed. Joining us this […]
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