Remixing Work

Don’t count on employers to be solution to upskilling & reskilling

Last week I shared data showing that many workers would change careers and expect to need additional education if they lose their jobs. But even before any potential job impacts from the pandemic, many workers wanted better jobs that would require new skills. To

Reskilling

The innovations helping workers switch careers

More than one-third of Americans would look to change careers if they lost their job due to COVID-19, according to recent polling (see below). A similar proportion of Americans believe they would need more education to replace a lost job. COVID-19 may be the

Education

$10 Trillion & Time: Schooling, Learning & Earning

The Northern Hemisphere school year is beginning, yet there is no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic. The short-term impact on students, teachers and parents is substantial and quite visible. The long-term impact on students and society will be significant but is quite

Human Potential

Conceptualizing our potential

In 1965, Intel's co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that the number of components in an integrated circuit would double every year until 1975. The forecast proved remarkably accurate. In 1975, he

Higher Education

From Higher Ed to Hire Ed

The last decade's data and discourse reveal an unrealized American Dream for many. There are many reasons for this disappointment, and the education system's role is significant. Individual advancement and societal advancement depend on learning, skill acquisition and pathways to good jobs, and our

Higher Education

Economic dynamism, educational stasis?

Since the mid-20th century, the US economy has become increasignly dynamic. Many of today's most prominent companies did not even exist in 1950. A historical look at the Fortune 500 illustrates this increasing dynamism quantitatively: Source: Kaufmann, https://www.kauffman.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/

Cloud Kitchens

Ghost kitchens (II): Increased competition for restaurants and delivery apps

In the last post, I concluded that ghost kitchens will be good for customers and for some restaurant entrepreneurs. But what do they mean for everyone else? A helpful starting point is a simple model of the food delivery market today (pre-ghost kitchens): Key

Cloud Kitchens

Ghost kitchens (I): Plug-and-play scale for new delivery-only restaurants

One of the most exciting trends shaping the future of work is the democratization of scale across more sectors: new platforms are emerging that give small businesses almost instant-on access

Introduction

How to think about the Future of Work?

Without a doubt, the nature of work is changing in many visible ways. Tools we use communicate and collaborate every day, from smartphones to Google Docs and Salesforce, did not