One banner has become a familiar, almost haunting sight: the #opentowork banner on LinkedIn. Or maybe it used to haunt. Now, when we sign in to see another friend or colleague explaining how they were impacted by “the recent layoffs,” we are no longer shocked. The language has become procedural. The tone, rehearsed. The shock,...
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I was nervous as I stood up in front of the audience of scientists and engineers. I’d been invited to give a keynote at this conference, but I was not sure whether many of them would be interested in my topic: generative artificial intelligence and the future of work. It seemed to have snowed indoors...
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What do you do when there’s no single “right answer”? Like many 20-somethings, I’ve spent the last few years wondering about my how my future career might turn out, constantly finding myself asking the question I’ve been hearing my whole life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I finished college with...
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More than a dozen years have passed since we buried my father-in-law. I sometimes wonder what he would make of our historical moment. Jim had a servant’s heart, and COVID has made service problematic. I only recognized that admirable quality in Jim at his memorial service. It wasn’t a big affair, but I was overcome...
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Irrational fears, negative self-talk, an overwhelming sense of pressure to perform, an endless flood of what ifs – with much of my life seeming like one big cloud of unknown, these are the things that frequently consume my mind. What city will I be in? Who will I live with? What type of career am...
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