“teaming”: bringing together a team of professionals for a specific task
Goodbye, Dilbert: 'The Rise of the Naked Economy' » Knowledge@Wharton - 2 views
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The old cubicle-based, static company is increasingly being replaced by a more fluid and mobile model: “the constant assembly, disassembly, and reassembly of people, talent, and ideas around a range of challenges and opportunities.”
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Therefore, the new economy and its “seminomadic workforce” will require “new places to gather, work, live, and interact.”
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On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs - STRIKE! - 1 views
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financial services or telemarketing, or the unprecedented expansion of sectors like corporate law, academic and health administration, human resources, and public relations
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provide administrative, technical, or security support for these industries, or for that matter the whole host of ancillary industries (dog-washers, all-night pizza deliverymen) that only exist because everyone else is spending so much of their time working in all the other ones
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It’s as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working. And here, precisely, lies the mystery. In capitalism, this is exactly what is not supposed to happen
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About Us | Cairn Research - 0 views
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The company was set up in 1985 by Dr Martin Thomas, who had previously attempted to combine his interests in research and commerce by accepting an offer to join an industrial research laboratory, where he spent some years doing neither.
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His experiences made him realise that a small company with a "can-do" philosophy, unimpeded by multiple layers of uninspiring management, could compete effectively with much larger organisations.
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