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Susan Montgomery

The World is Flat - 0 views

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00190?gko=403fb. The World is Flat debate is revisited in this article in Strategy.

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Susan Montgomery

Ontario Economy - 0 views

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/a-place-to-not-grow-ontari-ari-ari-old-2/. This is an interesting read in Macleans magazine on Ontarios economy.

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Susan Montgomery

Labour Market - 0 views

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/upshot/evidence-for-optimism-in-the-jobs-report-.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0. A good article on the Jobs Report in the New York Times last month.

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Susan Montgomery

Employment and Unemployment - 0 views

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21594264-previous-technological-innovation-has-always-delivered-more-long-run-employment-not-less. An interesting article on employment.

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Susan Montgomery

Canada's Economics - 0 views

http://actionplan.gc.ca/en/page/r2d-dr2/overview outlines Canada's Economic Action Plan to create jobs, and growth and prosperity for all Canadians.

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Susan Montgomery

The Five Forces - 0 views

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/globalization/five_forces_reshaping_the_global_economy_mckinsey_global_survey_results. McKinsey also writes of the five forces reshaping the global economy.

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Susan Montgomery

Creative Problem Solving - 0 views

http://www.hr.com/en/app/blog/2011/03/creative-problem-solving-and-decision-making_glpcz7lw.html. This article was posted on the Georgetown University wesbite several years ago but offers concrete ...

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meaghanpatrick

Another Technology in the Workplace Article - 0 views

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/workplace-technology-mixed-marks-for-canada/article1357562/ This article is a few years old , however it is interesting to s...

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amycloutier

Perception Is Everything In Life - 1 views

elitedaily.com/...perception-life

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  • amycloutier on 02 Dec 14
     
    It's not what you physically look at that matters in life, it's what you see in it. This article was interesting to me in how it relates to the concepts in The Shift and The Flatteners. Both authors emphasize the need to stand out and be the best that you can be and this article explains how a person's perception (or a change in perception) can help attain this.
meganrowe

Growing Labor Shortages on the Horizon in Mature Economies - 1 views

The Conference Board website states that in the next 15 years, the jobs that will be most difficult to fill will be: healthcare occupations (occupational therapists, nurse practitioners, dental hyg...

trends careers Labour market information

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fawneferguson

The Adverse Effects of Technology in the Workplace - 0 views

smallbusiness.chron.com/echnology-workplace-22649.html

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  • fawneferguson on 01 Dec 14
     
    This is from the same websites as the "Importance of Technology in the Workplace", but it focuses on the negative impacts rather than the positive
fawneferguson

Importance of Technology in the Workplace - 0 views

smallbusiness.chron.com/echnology-workplace-10607.html

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  • fawneferguson on 01 Dec 14
     
    This article shows how technology has improved various aspects of the workplace.
christinawright

Josh Kaufman: It Takes 20 Hours Not 10,000 Hours To Learn A Skill - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...t-10000-hours-to-learn-a-skill

mastery 10 000hours

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  • christinawright on 30 Nov 14
     
    "For career skills, the focus is on performing well enough to produce a result that's meaningful to you. For personal skills and hobbies, the focus is on enjoying the process and having fun. In these instances, the "10,000 hour rule" and the idea of "mastery" can actually serve as barriers to sitting down to practice - if you believe it takes that long to see results, you're less likely to start in the first place. The real priority is to practice enough to get the results you're looking for, not to attain a certain level of status or competitive performance."
meganrowe

Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars? - 1 views

This article is a small affirmation of Gratton's "shift" in society. The millenials of today are beginning to see the benefits of making their own choices to not follow the traditions of past gener...

trends globablization millenials the shift

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missjillian

As technology advances eliminate some jobs, new opportunities emerge - 1 views

business.financialpost.com/...-jobs-new-opportunities-emerge

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  • missjillian on 30 Nov 14
     
    A global Randstad study found that a third of Canadians feel their jobs are threatened by advances in technology, and one in four believes the job they currently hold could vanish entirely if the trend continues. Advancements in technology have always threatened certain industries, and now is no different.
andreafaulkner

WebSite101 Free Computer, Internet & Web Tutorials for Small Business Webmasters - Doma... - 1 views

website101.com/...ll-business-internet-tutorials

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  • andreafaulkner on 29 Nov 14
     
    This also looks like a great site which is aimed at business professionals. This site covers how to create a good online presence for new/growing businesses.
andreafaulkner

Learnthat.com | Free tutorials, software training, online courses - 0 views

learnthat.com/

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  • andreafaulkner on 29 Nov 14
     
    Very interesting site, with many articles, videos and tutorials for people interested in running their own business.
arlaynacurtin

Canada's seven deadly economic problems - 0 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article16151741

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  • arlaynacurtin on 21 Nov 14
     
    This article looks at how Canada's economy is failing apart while highlighting that other countries like China are booming. It talks about things like people living beyond their means and a lack of business investment as well as other factors that are contributing to the economy problem. I thought this was a great article for this week since we are ending with Friedman and Stanford. Both of their thoughts can be applied to this article.
alliemacdonald

Continuous Learning Self- Assessment - 0 views

www.esdc.gc.ca/...cl_self_assessment.pdf

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  • alliemacdonald on 20 Nov 14
     
    A self- assessment tool that assesses a person's strengths and areas for improvement in regards to continuous learning. Friedman emphasizes in chapters 8 and 9 the importance of continuous learning and ongoing education in order to reach career related goals and strive for self improvement.
jscharrer

The Big Idea: The Age of Hyperspecialization - 1 views

hbr.org/...1

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  • The term “hyperspecialization” is not synonymous with outsourcing work to other companies or distributing it to other places (as in offshoring), although it is facilitated by the same technologies. Rather, it means breaking work previously done by one person into more-specialized pieces done by several people.
  • separation often leads to improvements in quality, speed, and cost.
  • consider how much time you personally spend on tasks that don’t draw on your expertise and that you may not even be particularly adept at performing.
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  • Quality improves when more of the work that goes into a final product is done by people who are good at it.
  • The improvement is even greater when, as with TopCoder projects, people who are good at work compete with one another to get it.
  • power of the online “open innovation marketplace”
  • another major benefit of hyperspecialization: speed.
  • More generally, hyperspecialization can reduce clock time by assigning related tasks to different people who then accomplish them in parallel rather than serially.
  • jscharrer on 17 Nov 14
     
    The growth of hyperspecialization and new markets such as TopCoder, through which individuals can 'sell' their specialized talents, allow individuals to compete in an increasing "flat" world. Outsourcing if often thought of only in terms of wealthy developed world companies seeking cheaper labour from developing countries, however this article highlights that some outsourcing is done to increase the quality of work, not simply to decrease cost. In an increasing connected world, individuals can 'outsource' the parts of their job that they do not excel in, to other individuals who are specialized in it.
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