Business The Problem with Accounting for Employees as Costs Instead of Assets (via Harvard Business Review) Current accounting practices worked when things were manufacturing-based: big piece of equipment needs a person to turn raw material into goods. In today’s world…
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Professional Development – 2019 – Week 41
Business A New Approach to Contracts (via Harvard Business Review) Most contracts are used as protections against the possibility that one party will abuse its power against the other, which starts the relationship in an adversarial or at best, defensive,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 40
Business What California’s New Gig Work Law Gets Wrong About Gig Work (via Harvard Business Review) It’s simpler to thing of employment as binary — gig worker vs. employee — but it oversimplifies the costs and benefits of different types…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 39
Career How the Value of Educational Credentials Is and Isn’t Changing (via Harvard Business Review) Depending on the stats you review, the value of a college degree is still strong even though some companies are relaxing that requirement. The core…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 38
Career Living Apart for Work (via Harvard Business Review) This lifestyle is something I hadn’t given much thought to. Technology has helped make this easier, but a key measure of success is the quality of your relationship before living apart….
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 37
Business The CEO of Canada Goose on Creating a Homegrown Luxury Brand (via Harvard Business Review) An interesting highlight piece of a company choosing quality, a well-trained workforce in their own country, and sticking to their principles even when it’s…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 36
Dates covered: September 2-8, 2019 (week 36 of 52) Business 6 Ways CEOs Can Prove They Care About More Than Shareholder Value (via Harvard Business Review) Address CEO pay and incentives relative to their company’s employees Make employees owners (i.e.,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 35
Dates covered: August 26-September 1, 2019 (week 35 of 52) Business What It Takes to Hire 10 Employees in San Francisco (via The Software Mentor) Silicon Valley can be its own microcosm of the tech landscape, and this article described…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 34
Dates covered: August 19-25, 2019 (week 34 of 52) Business 181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit (via Harvard Business Review) The tides may be turning on Milton Friedman’s era of “shareholder capitalism”. Modern CEOs are…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 33
Dates covered: August 12-18, 2019 (week 33 of 52) Business The One Thing You Need to Know About Managing Functions (via Harvard Business Review) Business units are often at odds with managing function (e.g., IT, HR, R&D, finance) and you’ll…