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Ellen Ruppel Shell on Jobs and Work in the Twenty-First Century

A deep dive into the future of work with The Atlantic correspondent Ellen Ruppel Shell

July 10, 2019 | Interviews

We’ve all been hearing a lot lately about the economy: unemployment is near a record low, the stock market is at a record high, and job creation numbers have been relatively steady. Yet behind these reassuring numbers lurks a troubling …

June 19, 2019 | Knowledge | Dr. David Hillson

Risk Management: Past and Future

How we got here, and where we might be going

Everyone agrees that the world is risky and that risk management is important. But where did risk management come from, and where is it going? When and how did we learn that managing risk was an essential life skill? And …

May 22, 2019 | Knowledge | Denise Gifford

Business Negotiations and the Element of Surprise

6 tips for successfully managing surprise in a negotiation

Like it or not, we are all negotiating, all the time—and at some level, all negotiations involve an assessment of the balance of power: how much do I want what the other party has to offer, and how much do …

April 25, 2019 | Interviews

Diane Mulcahy on the Gig Economy

An interview with author Diane Mulcahy, preeminent thought leader on the gig economy

All around us, we see that the world of work has fundamentally changed—there are more freelancers, more part-time workers, and more contractors, all while the security of traditional salaried employment has diminished. The realities of this new economy are far-reaching …

April 5, 2019 | Insights | Helen S. Cooke

Project Managers Can Leverage the Power of Artificial Intelligence

The future of work is about integrating technology—not being replaced by it

These days, there are many dire predictions about artificial intelligence replacing human workers. News specials and magazine articles speculate that no occupation is immune, or claim that whole fields of work, such as teaching or project management, might be replaced …