Ilana Ettinger
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Ilana Ettinger
The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching the right talent pools?
Aaron De Smetmckinsey.com
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”
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
It’s because there’s still a widespread reverence for the “ideal worker.” We commonly define the ideal worker as someone who starts working in early adulthood and continues, full-time and full force, for 40 years straight. The concept reflects a breadwinner-homemaker model that dates back to the Industrial Revolution and functioned fairly well
... See moreJoan C. Williams • The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”
While working for the internet can be rewarding, it can also be an isolating experience, with little room for error.
Nick deWilde • Why the new employer of choice is no employer at all
