Can you be a leader without being assertive?
We need a new way of choosing who will lead us, says Nick Gruen.
People start hating their jobs at age 35
The shiny newness of life in the workforce begins to wear off at this age.
The jobs robots can't do
Automating the boring tasks will free people to do the fun and genuinely creative stuff to safeguard their work from redundancy.
Tech giant admits automation kills jobs
Despite claims that artificial intelligence and automation improve rather than remove jobs, hiring numbers at Infosys show it already needs less people.
Why being empathetic may hurt your career
Psychologists say empathy isn't always a good thing in business.
Europe's not so long summer hols
In many ways, Rome is the spiritual center of Europe's summer shutdown.
Macron goes for hardest cut
Macron is aiming for nothing less than to remake French capitalism.
The most productive firms are slaying the rest
The corporate landscape has become increasingly unequal, with the most productive firms thriving and the least productive ones failing to keep up.
Buy yourself more free time
Even people who can readily afford time-saving services often don't spend money on them.
Australia unprepared for workforce automation
Australia is spectacularly unprepared for automation and this time it is more dramatic than the industrial revolution.
Wanted: caring geeks
Leaders with tech capability and empathy are in the best position to manage teams of contingent workers, staffers and cognitive agents.
