To achieve the benefits that algorithm-enabled systems and devices promise in the future of work, we must study how to effectively manage their risks. In the future of work, algorithms will provide many beneficial applications […]

Platform cooperatives are a strategy of political and organizational might, uniting workers in a concrete way to own the conditions of their work and to redirect technology to the benefit of average workers, not global […]

In order to make reshoring happen, though, we will need automation, automation, and more automation. Frankly, every time I’ve read about this “rise of the robots” fear, I’ve felt the urge to tear my hair […]

Twitter Inc misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko said in a whistleblower complaint. In an 84-page complaint, Zatko, a famed hacker […]

To win in the war of talent, tech companies globally have announced workplace changes to better meet the needs of young talent, which in return supports their aggressive company growth. In 2020 when the Australian-bred […]

There’s a fundamental tension between resilience and efficiency, between the scientific manager and the craftsperson. The period from about 1890 to 1920 was a time of great optimism and change in the US. Huge leaps […]

Remote work generates heat because it matters … a lot. Since the onset of the pandemic, the dispersion of work has morphed from an experiment on the fringes of the economy to the mainstream. Work […]

EconTalk host Russ Roberts chats with economist and blogger Tyler Cowen about his new book, “Talent”. How do you hone your craft on an everyday basis? It could be writing, meeting with experts, even listening […]

Quality writing in the workplace isn’t a luxury at Amazon — it’s a cultural necessity. Bezos’s obsession with memo writing became law at Amazon on June 9, 2004. In the now-famous email, he explained that […]

From fruit-only diets to dopamine fasting, Silicon Valley founders flaunt self-deprivation like a misguided pursuit of wellness. But there’s more to it. “There’s a sort of cultural archetype against which leaders are both evaluating themselves […]

In a bid to attract new talent to the region, in March 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) unveiled a one-year residency permit for remote workers. The visa lets foreign professionals like Julien Tremblay, a […]

There’s a new way to tell how likely your job is to be taken over by robots or AI, and what job to shift to if you are at risk. There have been plenty of […]

Citing ongoing uncertainty about the impact of hybrid work on its office designs, Amazon says it will pause construction on five towers in downtown Bellevue. The company says it wants to determine how its office […]

All managerial functions are now entrusted to algorithm-powered tools, creating high expectations and new risks, and no economic sector is immune to the adoption of such systems. How can this AI-driven management be regulated? Facial […]

The stresses now coming to bear on the white-collar workplace are unlike anything we’ve seen before. If one thing seems to define the emerging culture of work in the US, it is the growing importance […]

Bernard Marr talks to Jeff Margioncalda, the CEO of Coursera one of the largest online learning platforms in the world. What we’re seeing globally certainly in the US but we’re also seeing it in the […]

As Uber and its ilk face high prices, increased regulation, and labor shortages, a new cooperative model is thriving. “Platform co-ops offer a more democratic and equitable alternative to traditional companies, and they have the […]

Elon Musk’s popularity can be understood within the context of the post-war managerial coup against the capitalist class and our collective yearning for agency and ownership. The founder-capitalists were defeated by the managers in the […]

Agile, a method for managing software development has achieved enormous popularity in technical workplaces of all kinds — and even non-technical workplaces. Where had it come from, and why? I began to explore the history […]

A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues? On March 7, 2017, the Web site WikiLeaks launched a series […]

In order to clarify the trajectory of TikTok’s rise in various countries, it is necessary to introduce a little business knowledge. Generally speaking, TikTok has to cross four stages, and the “inflection point” is the […]

Musk joined back in June 2009 and has amassed 80.7 million followers to date. But despite such popularity on the platform, he has a longstanding love-hate relationship with it. The entrepreneur has long been an […]

Jackson Weimer asks 56 recruiters, VPs of talent, chiefs of staff, founders, VC’s, and private equity partners about the difficulties of hiring tech talent in the current market. It makes sense that people are enjoying […]

The company’s crackdown on a worker protest in New York backfired and led to a historic labor victory. In the first dark days of the pandemic, as an Amazon worker named Christian Smalls planned a […]

Some problems can be labelled “dragon problems”, because they take you into the part of the map that says “Here be dragons” on it. First, let’s talk about Bell Labs. Bell Labs was an/the R&D […]

The real reason workers are ditching their employers is because the pandemic provided a vivid demonstration of how little corporations care about their employees. MIT Sloan Management Review recently published a thorough study about worker […]

A conversation with Chris Herd, who foresees a future in which most companies are remote-first. As Herd told me when we spoke, people are sometimes surprised to learn that he’s against the idea of remote-only […]

Applications for new businesses rose 20 percent last year, after languishing for a decade. Many newly minted founders attribute it to the pandemic. Angela Muhwezi-Hall had a startup idea long before the pandemic—it just never […]

Someone or multiple people are blasting “antiwork” manifestos to receipt printers at businesses around the world. “ARE YOU BEING UNDERPAID?” one of the manifestos read, according to several screenshots posted on Reddit and Twitter. “You […]

Dorsey talks about cryptocurrency and the decentralized web with the kind of fervor he once used to describe Twitter. The founders of today’s biggest tech giants are growing tired of managing their empires, which are […]