Ilana Ettinger
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Ilana Ettinger
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What others may see as a moat, we may more earnestly see as “stickiness” or “defensibility” rather than as an outright moat. As we wrote about in “What is a “Moat” and why does it matter?” , we define moats as “Proven, perpetuating and permanent unit economic advantages from peers within a competitive set” . These moats need to be rooted in
... See moreRick Zullo • Companies Build “Capabilities” Before They Build “Moats”
Overemployment is more than just a style of work. It’s an ideology of individualism and self-reliance held by many who feel that corporations have turned their backs on workers.
Fadeke Adegbuyi • The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job
An interesting way of organizing multiple workstreams in life - especially relevant for people with portfolio careers or multiple businesses or varied projects and interests
A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish.... See more
David Graeber • On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places
Like “future of work” companies, workforce development companies are focused on addressing challenges in the labor markets. But unlike “future of work” companies, which are ambiguously defined to include a wide array of companies, the workforce development category is precisely focused on solutions that improve the quantity and quality of labor.
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