Slip, slidin' away...
During a volatile economy and runaway inflation, get back to your fundamentals down and be creative (yes, even you can be creative.)
Topic
Career reboot
A collection of 24 issues
Inviting uncertainty, and what about this recession I keep hearing about?
A recession looms. Are you ready to weather the coming storm and take advantage of the potential opportunity? Assess your recession fitness and set your course.
The harsh reality and what to do about it.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
- Buckminster Fuller
The news - and possibly your experience - around jobs is confusing. On the one hand, there aren't enough people to
Inquire within
Can we change the language of work? Can we create substance over noise? Can we hustle AND create meaning at the same time?
I was listening to a podcast and it was interrupted by another 'must listen to' business podcast. I cringed and felt my hackles raised. Enough!
We've got slow food. How about slow work?
Are you familiar with the slow food movement? It was founded in response to the largest McDonalds going in at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. This was 1986.
Intended to retain and nurture a culture of good wholesome food in a world moving towards fast, generic food, it is
The most important goal you should have this year.
Happy New Year everyone. Now that we've gotten sufficiently past all the top 10 lists of 2021, and made and quit our bold New Year's resolutions, let's get to work on being the best you you can be, okay?
I know I've
It's all made up
When you think about the work you do you have preconceived expectations. You might assume those you work with know what they're doing. And if you're having eye surgery you more than hope they do.
But when it comes to business strategy, it's much
Rethinking the 40-hour work week and difficult people
Welcome to September. This week, let's talk about the traditional 40 hour work week. We take it for granted that it's 'always' been this way. Yet long before the Industrial Age, people worked long enough to feed their families. There was more leisure time
Lessons for designing a career that works.
Welcome to July. This marks the 52nd edition of Own The Cow and what a year this has been.
To wrap up the first year of this letter I am sharing some of my top lessons so far that ground me in my work. I say 'some' because
The evolution of work and power
This week let's look at the different modes of work. Conventional you looks at work as a job. You ask people you meet to spark conversation what they do for work. How's work?, you ask others. Work, work, work. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Employment. Unemployment.
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