Are you dreading to go to work every morning looking forward to your weekend, maybe secretly looking for other jobs? Or do you have the opposite feelings for your work: Looking forward to the daily work challenges, mundane tasks, and colleagues? Most of us are somewhere in the middle, as different tasks need to be…
Tools that crunch numbers and provide fast, accurate, and correct decisions are now omnipresent. Amazon’s algorithm recommends products to users, Netflix makes it easier for us to decide what to watch. Data analyst has become a sexy career. Algorithms do not only simplify our free time and buying decision, but they are also helping companies…
Have you heard about the theory of “strength of weak ties” ? Weak ties are those people with whom you interact rarely. Your acquaintances and colleagues you only talk once a while. Their strengths come from exactly this limited interaction. As you don’t interact often with them, chances are high that they know things you…
Do you need to be committed to your job and your profession? What if you work in a (multidisciplinary) teams, whose standards or work do you need to commit to? If your colleagues slack, because they are less committed to their job, can you do the same or should you put in your weight or…
In a hospital somewhere in the world a nurse and a doctor are fighting. They disagree on how to care for a young girl. The family wants her to be at home, enjoying the time with her, not certain how long they have. The doctor wants to try out a treatment, possibly saving her life,…
There are two types of experts: Routine and adaptive experts. Both require expertise in a field. The differences between them is how they are dealing with changs in their environment. Adaptive expertise: What is it? I have been studying adaptive expertise for the past five years, beginning with a summary of what other people have…
I once heard someone describe one of my supervisors to be mildly autistic. I don’t share that opinion (but sort of understand why that person made the comment). In any case, I’m still happily taken back when I see sign of him/her being human:
There is a buzz in the air that workplaces are in the process of changing. Co-working spaces are flourishing. A vast array of tools promise to make work easier, more enjoyable, more collaborative. But it is more than just the work environment that is transforming. Work itself takes on new forms. Work is shaped by…
Contribution by Professor Amber Dailey-Hebert For years, around 1/3 of the US workforce feels engaged with their work. In other words, 2 out of 3 of your colleagues are not engaged in their work. This means they do not like their job at your company. This is not just a US problem, but a global one. The lowest level…
Changing Learning and Working 