The Future of College Stores I gave talks at UBTech and CAMEX over the last year on the future of college retail. College bookstores face an existential crisis with the looming demise of physical book sales as digital technology rapidly becomes an option for learners. At the same time free content, via websites like the Kahn Academy, or through more proprietary means, like … [Read more...] about The Future of College Stores: Good-Bye Books, Hello Learning
Strategy
Sleep and Work: Improve Performance at Work by Getting Some Sleep
Sleep and Work The Economist reported a few years ago that sleep deprivation is a very poor way to form memories (The Big Sleep). I find it interesting how we continue to do things that self-reinforce the negatives of our technology. Because we can be connected to the Net all the time, from phone to tablet to game console, we are starting to mimic its behavior, rather than … [Read more...] about Sleep and Work: Improve Performance at Work by Getting Some Sleep
Learning from Meerkats: Tune In. Animals Have Something to Teach Us About Humanity
Updated from an original future of work blog post dated 7/27/2006 Cover photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Learning from Meerkats The November 2000 Religious Diversity Faire at UC Irvine focused on the impact conscious computers would have on our belief systems. I spoke about a future where computers finally reach their artificial intelligence potential and achieve … [Read more...] about Learning from Meerkats: Tune In. Animals Have Something to Teach Us About Humanity
New Fast Company Blog Post: Redefining Diversity For The New Global Workforce
Our views of diversity in America are changing, but they aren’t keeping up with the global reality that now faces American companies. Traditionally, diversity-focused on the integration of people from racial, gender, physical ability, and religious perspectives inside of large corporations motivated by political or operational imperative, or social good. The idea was to … [Read more...] about New Fast Company Blog Post: Redefining Diversity For The New Global Workforce
Management by Design Tip of the Month: Design for Retail
Walk into any retailer and to some extent, you walk back in time. For most, the retail work environment hasn't progressed much over the last century. Retail itself has come a long way with technology infusion in ambiance (lighting and music), sizing kiosks and RFID tags. But for those working in retail, not so many changes-except for the need for higher level technical skills, … [Read more...] about Management by Design Tip of the Month: Design for Retail
