Leaders in the learning and talent development space discuss trends affecting the future of corporate training.
YouTube is the most lucrative platform for creators — with Etsy and Instagram trailing behind
The internet has sparked a new kind of economy, as creators find new ways to directly reach their audiences and customers. Services like Etsy, WordPress, and Amazon’s Twitch don’t have a lot in common, except for the fact that they give creative people ways to make a living doing what they love.
Where are the startups? Loss of dynamism is impeding growth
A solar panel factory in Hillsboro, Ore. A decline in business formation has contributed to a flattening of the labor supply.
Can the market economy still deliver prosperity?
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4 signs that freelancing isn’t working for you
It’s easy to see the appeal of freelancing. You control who you work with, and the projects you take on. You may have even gone into freelancing with the perception that you would have so much more freedom and flexibility. That’s exactly why between 20-30% of the working-age population in the United States and the EU-15, pick up some independent work.
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Experts answer: Who is actually going to suffer from automation
Thanks to rapid advances in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, smart machines that would have once been relegated to works of science-fiction are now a part of our reality.
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Looking for freelance work? Here are 50 companies free agents love
Looking to freelance for a company that treats free agents well?
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Autonomous vehicles to eliminate some jobs, create others
Imagine a car with no steering wheel and no pedals, like the one General Motors says it will mass-produce by next year. The automaker made the announcement Jan. 12, creating a big splash just prior to the annual Detroit Auto Show.
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Robots won’t take as many human jobs as you may think
Automation will upend life as we know it. But that doesn’t mean all of our jobs will be completely eliminated. If anything, technology has not liberated people from the drudgery of work. It has created new constraints.
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Pizza Hut says driverless delivery could create more jobs than it destroys
Pizza Hut and Toyota are partnering on an autonomous delivery vehicle called e-Palette that could make the delivery process driverless.
Despite the implications for current drivers, Pizza Hut said driverless delivery could create more jobs than it displaces.
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Will robots take our children’s jobs?
Like a lot of children, my sons, Toby, 7, and Anton, 4, are obsessed with robots. In the children’s books they devour at bedtime, happy, helpful robots pop up more often than even dragons or dinosaurs.
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20 jobs you never thought you could do at home
Working from home can be a great, albeit necessary, career path for many people in the workforce. And while there are dozens of announcements about the increasing number of remote options available, one expert revealed even more you probably haven’t considered.
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Why we are still convinced robots will take our jobs despite the evidence
Computer-based technologies in the workplace are suggested to be causing a reduction in the total amount of work available.
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