A win by the rogue band of radicals would be astonishing.
Source: Iceland’s Pirate Party looks likely to take the country’s general election on Oct. 29 — Quartz
Month: October 2016
How to become happier, using positive psychology — Quartz
While positive psychology is by no means a cure-all, it can add a little extra light in dark times.
Source: How to become happier, using positive psychology — Quartz
Sweden gives its “fixer” citizens tax breaks for repairing, not replacing, what’s broken — Quartz
Manufacturers want people to throw stuff away, but people are fighting back.
Source: Sweden gives its “fixer” citizens tax breaks for repairing, not replacing, what’s broken — Quartz
Rodrigo Duterte in China: The Philippine president said his country is now aligned with Beijing, not the United States — Quartz
It’s an historic shift in allegiances.
A small-town mayor in Germany bets the future of his town on refugees — Quartz
Princess Kaguya in Space: The 1,000-year-old legend behind a Japanese orbiter’s stunning photos of the moon, taken by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency — Quartz
Let’s talk about #PresentOfWork
“Books about the future of work make the same mistake : they fail to look back at the history of work or more precisely the history of books about the future of work and how wrong they were.” (Scott Berkun – The Year Without Pants).
Interested in management and the impact of the advent of digital in the our life, I am largely exposed to many thought leaders and fellow professionals discussing about one perceived intersection between both : the future of work. Great hopes are discussed (let’s do X, it will be so much nicer afterwards), radical positions are taken (let’s get rid of managers), some arguably dystopian visions are delivered (holocracy) and dangerous promises are made (innovative socio-technological solutions will solve your organisation problems).
In all fairness, I fully understand the seduction of intellectual projections, I have been…
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