From the Harvard Business Review November 23, 2015 blog by Steve King and Gene Zaino. This article cites some of the studies we have used to illustrate how the "gig economy" of high level contingent workers is called. They cite the Ardent Partners study, Deloitte 2015 study, the McKinsey study on Connecting Talent with Opportunity in the Digital Age study as well as the HBR research. 6.4 million Americans report they provide professional services to corporations, and is growing at 3x the rate of overall employment.
This paper is so important because it combines 225 individual research studies through a technique called meta-analysis.
active approaches privilege “what the student does”. Courses built around active learning require students to spend class time engaged in meaningful tasks that lead to learning. These tasks might be online or face-to-face; solo or in a group; theoretical or applied. Most of our popular learning and teaching buzzwords at the moment are active approaches: peer instruction, problem-based learning, and flipping the classroom are all focused on students spending precious class time doing, not listening.
According to a study from the Girl Scout Research Institute, 73 percent of girls are interested in STEM-related fields, but girls are more likely to “drop out” of STEM fields once they get to college. It also found that about half of all girls don’t think STEM is a typical career path for women, and 57 percent agreed if they went into a STEM career, “they’d have to work harder than a man just to be taken seriously.”
In 2014, GSUSA revolutionized its cookie program when it introduced Digital Cookie, which allowed Girl Scouts to sell cookies online via a personalized website or in-person using a mobile app..
Girl Scouts teaches the five essential skills of goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics,” Chávez said. “It’s all part of Girl Scouts’ legacy of teaching cutting-edge skills relevant to today’s girls, while staying true to the core values of our mission. Digital Cookie 2.0 is allowing us to do this on a whole new level, which will help girls in school, in their careers, and in life.”
Interesting post on heightened presence of the Girl Scouts at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2016; they have a Cookie 2.0 personal website and app to assist cookie sellers/buyers and encourage girls to go into STEM fields.
great article on research showing how mastering a difficult new skill and regular exercise not only delay brain declines but can increase brain volume and its functioning
Hot-desking, as I'm sure you know, is the practice of not assigning desks to staff but requiring them to find a new workspace each day.
Hot-desking is often accompanied by "activity-based working", where staff are issued laptops or other technology and given the flexibility to work wherever and whenever.
Problems included increased distrust, distractions, uncooperative behaviour and negative relationships.
Research published in academic journal Applied Economics earlier this year included a survey of 1000 Australian employees. It found as work environments become more shared, workers report increased demands and decreased supervisor support. Workplace friendships are not improved as a result.
The research suggests the practice of movement creates additional work and a sense of marginalisation for hot-deskers.
For me the most fascinating insight was the finding that a social structure emerges distinguishing employees who settle in one place and become quasi-owners of a desk, and others who have to move constantly. That's certainly true from my experience.
Women having been knocking at the gates of men's power for decades. But while the gates may be open, the number of women reaching top positions of power is disappointingly low.
In October I released my new Performance-Values Assessment and invited readers (from my blog, Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn ) to respond. The initial responses are in. Last week's post began our look at this data; this post continues that analysis. In addition, I present recommendations for boosting the health and effectiveness of your organization's culture.
Dana Theus presents important and valuable information about women and the impact they have on working groups. Through a discussion of the tragic queen and the underdog princess, she shares a TedTalk that provides an important look at women in the workplace.
Good information on who's using social media by age group and gender, and race/ethnicity. Looks like Facebook at 67% is the highest (and at its prime?). Pew Internet and American Life Project. December 2012.
excellent article by Terry Anderson, Athabasca University--Canada's Open University, October 2003, IRRODL, on creating optimum learning conditions online. Makes me want to see an update.