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A Winter of Work Needs More Color

January 27, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Over the past week, it’s been cold here, then warm, and now cold again. But one of the constants has been how this season seems to drain the world of its color.  It strikes me as a fitting metaphor for what has been happening to the nature … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Entrepreneurship, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: American workers, Edmund Phelps, ethic of work, flourishing at work, future of work, mass flourishing, Oren Cass, Ross Douthat, work, work-based policies, working communities, working families, workplace

We Are Making a Difference

January 20, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

When we set out to make a difference with our work, we usually are. It empowers us by doing it and empowers others who are trying to change the same things. It’s the belief in possibility that makes a new year, well…doable. I came upon a guy last … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work Tagged With: David McCullough, Greg Ip, hope, momentum, moving from thought to action, optimism, perspective, Roger McNamee, solidarity, Steven Pinker

Running Into the Future of Work

January 13, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

We’ve just entered a new year and it’s likely that many of us are thinking about the opportunities and challenges we'll be facing in the work weeks ahead. Accordingly, it seems a good time to consider what lies ahead with some forward-thinkers who’ve … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Entrepreneurship Tagged With: aging workforce, Ai, artificial intelligence, Chip Conley, dignity of work, elder wisdom, future of work, John Hagel, Joseph Stiglitz, labor markets, machine learning, monopoly power, value of older workers, work, workforce disruption, workforce retraining

Kicking Off the New Year with the Mummers

January 6, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Does Philadelphia’s wildly improbable Mummers Parade even happen each year if we don’t have the pictures to prove it? Interestingly, all of us taking pictures to prove that the unbelievable is happening for the 119th time (and that we're all a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Using Humor Effectively, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: dem golden slippers, local connection, Mummers Parade, New Year's Day, Philadelphia, Philadelphia neighborhoods, rank and file, revelry, selfies, taking pictures, tradition

A New American Dream

December 23, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

I took this photo on the Fourth of July in Glenside, a town just outside of Philadelphia. Its citizens had set out chairs, waiting for a parade to honor a struggle that began in revolution but seems to have lost its momentum today. Looking back at … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Building Your Values into Your Work Tagged With: American dream, aspiration, consumerism, future, future of work, generosity, hope, materialism, nativism, reason to work, Sarah Churchwell, selfishness, storytelling

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