Podcasts about human work

Today's guest is Marco Trombetti!Marco is the CEO and founder of Translated, one of the largest translation companies in the world, powering translations for the likes of Airbnb, Uber, Skyscanner, and more.Translated is also an AI pioneer. It has developed its own models for more than 20 years and has recently released the most advanced translation LLM in the world.With Marco, we talked about the future of AI, combining AI and human work and the role of regulation. This is also the first interview we ever did in person. But as you will see and hear, I was recovering from a bad cough and had a bit of a low voice, hope you don't mind.(00:03:26) Introduction(00:05:45) The history of Translated(00:09:51) The use of transformers(00:12:47) Lara: the most advanced translation AI(00:17:51) The next step in AI models(00:24:01) The "Lara gap"(00:28:50) The real cost of training Lara(00:32:39) AI impact on human work in translation(00:41:16) Applying the Translated model in other fields(00:45:21) Concerns in AI applications(00:53:51) More on AI regulation(00:56:15) The state of AI startups(00:59:25) Understanding the AI game(01:03:31) AI and regular jobs—This episode is brought to you by https://workos.com—You can also find this at:-

Ryan Staley discusses the transformative potential of OpenAI's latest AI agent, which can automate significant portions of human work for a low monthly fee. He explains the implications of economic task automation, how to access and effectively use AI agents, and provides real-world applications and case studies. The discussion concludes with insights into the future of work and strategic implications for businesses.Takeaways

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) wrote fiction and nonfiction works including several collections of poetry and her most famous short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892). Her poems address the issues of women's suffrage and the injustices of women's lives. She was also the author of Women and Economics (1898), Concerning Children (1900), The Home: Its Work and Influence (1903), Human Work (1904), and The Man-Made World; or, Our Androcentric Culture (1911). A prolific writer, she founded, wrote for, and edited The Forerunner, a journal published from 1909 to 1917. A utopian novel, Herland, was published in 1915. -bio via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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Jack is a Father of two, coach, business mentor, TEDx Speaker and the Founder of Human Work. His mission is to empower people to lead authentically, heal their trauma, and to step into their true potential in the world. Jack is also a leader within Sacred Sons and has worked to guide hundreds of men to reclaim and connect to their masculinity. Jack has also spent over ten years working as a top level leader in some of the worlds fastest growing tech companies with a focus on leadership development, people strategy, and culture. On this Episode:    Jack Villiers | @jack.villiers_Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson   Episode Sponsor: Vivo Barefoot   Visit vivobarefoot.com and use code “SACREDSONS” at checkout   2024 EVENTS CONVERGENCE 9: REMEMBRANCEFor Men & Women Olympic Peninsula, WA - September 19 - 22 PRIME LEADERSHIP - Angelus OaksJoin Prime Leadership in SoCal | June 27 - June 30 THE ONE | 1:1 Men's Coaching Apply today to start your 3 month journey!   LEADERSHIP TRAINING LEVEL 1 Registration for Upcoming LT Containers closes on June 10th 2024   > North America LT begins June 10th > UK/Europe LT begins June 11th > Spanish/Mexico LT begins on June 19th.   EMX | 4-Day Embodied Masculine Experience Lake George, Colorado | June 6 - 9 Vancouver, BC Canada | July 18 - 21 Meath, Ireland | Aug. 1 - 4 Tepoztlán, MX | Aug. 15 - 18 Medellìn, Colombia | Oct 17 -20   IMMERSION | 2-Day Community Event Toronto, Ontario | June 8 - 9 San Diego, CA | June 22 - 23 Wangara, Perth | June 22 - 23 Byron Bay, New South Wales | June 29 - 30 Nevada City, California | June 29 - 30 San Juan, Puerto Rico | June 29 - 30 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | July 6 - 7 Queens, New York | July 13 - 14  Maui Mana Maui, Hawaii | Aug. 7 - 11 Maui, Hawaii | Dec. 4 - 8   CONNECT: Shop | Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram | @sacredsons  Website | sacredsons.com   YouTube | Sacred Sons    Calendar | Sacred Sons Experiences  Music | Ancient Future Sponsor Sacred Sons Podcast: Sponsorship Request Form Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!

The Catholic church has always taught that work was genuinely a human activity.  Meaning that it was something that we did that made our lives better.  But with the increase of technology, social media, and the changing demographics of the work force, work itself seems to be a different kind of experience.  Nevertheless, the truth about work hasn't changed.  And God's vision for work laid out in the Bible remains the same.  This is a Christian advantage.  By letting the truth of our faith inform our leadership Christians protect and enhance the working environment for all involved.

Jay Richards, a senior research fellow and center director at The Heritage foundation, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss why robots and artificial intelligence won't lead to widespread unemployment.

Welcome to the latest episode of Kaka Balli Punjabi Podcast, where we dive deep into the digital and ethical realms of website design with our esteemed guest, Diljit Singh. As the founder of Khalsa Website Designers, Diljit brings a wealth of knowledge and a unique perspective shaped by his Sikh ideology. In this thought-provoking session, we explore a myriad of topics including: Website Creation and Ethics: Diljit shares insights into the intricacies of website creation, discussing the time it demands and the ethical considerations that guide his choices. How do ethical principles intersect with the practical aspects of designing websites? We delve into the delicate balance. Sikh Ideology and Work: Diljit's Sikh ideology plays a significant role in his professional life. We discuss how his beliefs influence his decision-making process. Can spirituality and technology coexist harmoniously? Diljit provides his perspective. AI Emotions: Boon or Bane? The controversial subject of AI emotions: Are they a blessing or a curse? We explore the implications of imbuing artificial intelligence with feelings. Diljit shares his thoughts on whether AI emotions enhance or hinder technological progress. The Rise of AI and Its Impact: The inevitable rise of AI raises questions about human employment. Is AI replacing jobs without excuses? We discuss the potential threats and benefits of AI, examining its impact on society. The Evolution of AI: From Tools to Deity: Diljit outlines the 10 stages of AI evolution, leading to its potential to become a god-like entity. Could AI transcend its programming and achieve a divine status? We explore this fascinating concept. AI vs. AGI: A comparison between AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence): What sets them apart? The absence of emotions in AI could mean safety for human society. Diljit shares his insights. Human Work in an AI-Driven World: As robots and automation advance, Diljit emphasizes the importance of human work. Why should we continue working even if robots take over mundane tasks? AI Robots as Life Partners? A Debate: An engaging debate on the future relationship between humans and AI robots: Could they be our companions? We explore the boundaries between technology and companionship. Machine Learning and Multi-Model AI: A discussion on the intricacies of machine learning and the potential of Multi-Model AI. How can these technologies shape our future? KhalsaGPT and Unbiased AI: Diljit's groundbreaking work on KhalsaGPT: Creating an unbiased AI model. Contrasting it with Google's Gemini project, we delve into the challenges and goals. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Saint or Terrorist? A sensitive touch on the legacy of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: How is he perceived? Saint or terrorist? Diljit shares his perspective on this complex historical figure. Struggles in Training GPT Models: The trials and tribulations encountered while training GPT models. Diljit's firsthand experiences and insights. Join us as we navigate these complex topics with Gagan's sharp questioning and Diljit's profound responses. For those seeking expert website design services, reach out to Diljit Singh at +91 95922 53138. Don't miss this enlightening conversation that merges technology, ideology, and the future of AI. Tune in now!

What if a single technology could significantly boost your creativity, decision-making, and productivity? That catalyst exists in the form of artificial intelligence (AI).In this episode of The Few With Boo, we talk to Kevin Surace, a visionary innovator and keynote speaker with 94 patents and a billion-dollar company under his belt. Kevin shares his expertise on AI's vast capabilities and how applying this technology can elevate your success while bringing more joy to your work and life.From leveraging AI's potential to addressing future regulatory needs, Kevin's valuable insights will broaden your perspective. Learn how to thrive in an AI-driven landscape, whether you're an entrepreneur, creative professional, or tech enthusiast.Explore the possibilities as you tune in to this thought-provoking discussion on AI's power to shape our future. Key Lessons:1.The Joy-Success Feedback Loop: Kevin Surace highlights how maintaining a joyful, present mindset can positively influence your professional and personal success.2. AI Boosts Content Creation: Leveraging AI can generate fresh ideas and content, amplifying creativity while increasing business productivity and competitiveness.3. AI's Emotional Intelligence: Explore AI's potential to understand and respond to human emotions, as well as its decision-making capabilities and role in personalised assistance.4. AI Drives Innovation: Kevin shares insights on generative AI that interfaces through natural language, revolutionising problem-solving across industries.5. Stay Relevant with AI: Mastering AI tools can help prevent professional obsolescence by personalising them to your style and boosting productivity.Learn More:  Visit The Few With Boo website to find additional resources, related episodes, and more valuable content from Kevin Surace. https://www.fewpodcast.comConnect with Kevin Surace: Website: https://kevinsurace.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksurace/X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinsuraceTalks:Ted Talk on Eco-Friendly Drywall: https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_surace_eco_friendly_drywallTed Talk on Robotics, AI, the End of Human Work, and a Renaissance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jxlx9SZEAkReady to embrace the transformative power of AI? Subscribe to The Few with Boo Podcast to stay ahead of the artificial intelligence revolution.P.S. If you found Kevin Surace's insights on AI's vast potential enlightening, pay it forward by leaving a rating and review. Help us spread the word on mastering innovation and staying ahead of the curve!

Zu Gast ist Wirtschaftsinformatikerin und Volkswirtin Monika Kraus-Wildegger. Sie ist Vordenkerin, Autorin und Speakerin für Human Work und Neue Arbeitswelt. 2012 gründete sie ihre Firma GOODplace (www.goodplace.org), die Unternehmen und Personen befähigt, Feelgood-Kultur zu gestalten. GOODplace setzt auf die drei Empowerment-Säulen Qualifizierung, Beratung und kollektiver Wissensaustausch. Gemeinsam mit dem Fraunhofer Institut entwickelte sie den Qualitätsstandard für das Berufsprofil Feelgood Manager und etablierte die führende Fachausbildung für Feelgood Manager im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ihr Motto: #FeelgoodMakesWorkaGOODplace

Support & Join Podcast Community: https://www.patreon.com/thechrisgeisler Sign Up To My Newsletter: https://www.thechrisgeisler.com Jack is a Coach, Business Mentor, Ceremonialist and the Founder of Human Work.His mission is to empower people to lead authentically, heal their trauma and to step into their true potential in the world. Jack is a Leader within Sacred Sons and has guided hundreds of men to reclaim and connect to their masculinity. He has also spent over ten years working as a top level leader in some of the worlds fastest growing tech companies where he focused on leadership development, people strategy and culture. Jack started Human Work to honour the remembrance of real human connection, today he leads transformational training for men and women across the world. CONNECT w/ Jack Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack.villiers_/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackvilliers/ Website: https://www.humanwork.life/ Join PODCAST COMMUNITY == TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thechrisgeislerpodcast LOCALS: https://bit.ly/3JZTPXe Join CHRIS === Online Mens Community - https://bit.ly/3WHLlKU Transformation Events (UK) - https://bit.ly/3WDYK6S Sponsors === Exhale Coffee [https://exhalecoffee.com/] Use Code: CGP or click link below to receive £10 off your first purchase on a full flexible subscription!http://bit.ly/404n82Y Wildsole Sandals [https://www.wildsolesandals.com]Use Code CGP10 at checkout for 10% off 

This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. According to the 13th annual Aflac Workforces Report, 57 percent of American workers say they are currently experiencing moderate levels of burnout. Human Work Project is working to address that. Founder Charlie Warner joins us with more. Charlie Warner: Our mission at Human Work is to humanize the nature of work. We believe that work is a natural and an essential part of our humanity, but that our current culture of work no longer supports our prosperity. Due to this, we are seeing large–scale burnout and career mis-alignment. Our job at Human Work Project is to fix that. We do so by supporting people in realigning and recalibrating their relationship with work through professional development programs, mentoring, and community support. This includes our new GroundWork program, a 12–week intensive program designed to help you align to work that works for you. We also host regular events and workshops for leaders, individuals and organizations interested in exploring human–work alignment. For more information, visit our website, humanworkproject.com. Derek Miller: Human Work Project is on a mission to explore, guide and cultivate a humanized work experience for individuals through professional development, mentorship and support. I'm Derek Miller with the Salt Lake Chamber, Speaking on Business. Originally aired: February 16, 2024

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I selected the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I entirely disagree with. But they express common opinions, or they provoke me to think. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in the editorial and the weekly video below.This Week's Audio:Thanks To This Week's Contributors: @jeffbeckervc, @eshap, @stevesi, @gruber, @daringfireball, @SamuelStolton, @leah_nylen, @mattmday, @chrisheuer, @JoannaStern, @Om, @sarahpereztc, @GeorgeNHammond, @Tabby_Kinder, @NicholasMegaw, @PeterJ_Walker, @SteveAbbott415, @adamlashinskyContents* Editorial: * Essays of the Week* Changing the Customer of Venture Capital (Jeff Becker)* What A Drag It Is (Evan Shapiro)* Building Under Regulation (Steven Sinovsky)* Apple's Plans for the DMA in the European Union (John Gruber)* Amazon Drops iRobot Deal; Roomba Maker Cuts 31% of Staff (By Samuel Stolton, Leah Nylen, and Matt Day)* Envisioning the Future of Human Work in the Age of AI: The 2024 Forecast (Chris Heuer)* Video of the Week* Joanna Stern Wears a Vision Pro for 24 Hours* Product of the Week* The Vision Pro (Daring Fireball)* Apple's Vision Pro -The Meta-Review. (Om Malik)* My 4 magic moments with Vision Pro (Om Malik)* Apple Vision Pro Review: The Best Headset Yet Is Just a Glimpse of the Future (Joanna Stern)* News Of the Week* Spotify calls Apple's DMA compliance plan ‘extortion' and a ‘complete and total farce' (Sarah Perez)* Investors raise billions to buy discounted stakes in start-ups (George Hammond, Tabby Kinder, Nicholas Megaw)* Founders: getting to the next venture stage may take longer than you expect (Peter Walker)* The State of the SaaS Capital Markets: A Look Back at 2023 and Look Forward to 2024 (STEVE ABBOTT Partner, Capital Markets, KEVIN BURKE Partner, Strategy)* PayPal is laying off 2,500 employees (Pranav Dixit)* Startup of the Week* Zum Raises $140M At $1.3B Valuation To Help Kids Get to School Faster With AI (Chris Metinko)* X of the Week* For a moment, I almost felt sorry for Mark Zuckerberg. (Adam Lashinsky)EditorialYou didn't hear it here first but Apple's Vision Pro is a hit.Some wonderful essays in this week's newsletter. I lead with Jeff Becker's look at venture capital, focusing on who the customer is. The question “Who is the customer?” is crucial for any product. The answer is easy when the product is an asset class - the customer is the person investing money. Yet most of the venture world pretends that the customer is the entrepreneur. In reality, the entrepreneur is a supplier. She or He supplies opportunity, commitment, and execution; the goal is to grow value by investing customer cash into that supply.Now it is easy to understand why venture investors sometimes describe the recipient of funding as the customer. It is important that the company feels served by the VC. But serving an investee company is clearly a mission carried out for the VC fund investors, the real customer.Jeff is addressing a real problem - how to best invest in the supply. I will leave you to read his essay and ponder it, but he proposes a radical re-think of how to do early-stage investing, and for the most part, it argues for a more liberal spread of cash, in larger numbers, to far more founders. It's interesting, to say the least.Evan Shapiro focuses on the rapid aging of the US population. He makes a strong case:Since 2019, America's population has grown by 7.8 million. Yet, the US now has 2.7 million fewer kids under 15 than it did in 2019. Meanwhile, there are now 7.1 million more Americans 65-80 than five years ago. America now has half a million fewer people under 40 than it did in 2019 and almost 8.4 million more people over 40.At a time when politicians from both sides are falling over themselves to point a finger at immigration as a major problem, it is refreshing to see analysis demonstrating that the US needs more immigrants. And in a context where there is virtual full employment this needs to be across all skill levels and needs to trend young. The essay is great.Part of the anti-immigrant narrative has focused on DACA - Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Ron Conway is part of a group of over 50 businesses signing an amicus brief to support DACA. Bravo to him.Hostility to immigrants is never OK. It is even less OK when the economy is desperate for skilled and unskilled willing hands.Politically inspired propaganda dominated elsewhere this week. Amazon was prevented from closing the acquisition of iRobot due to EU objections based on competitive concerns. Well done, EU. Amazon dropped the deal, and iRobot may well be in trouble as a result. Thirty percent of staff were laid off. And more EU interference when Apple was ordered to allow alternative app stores on the iPhone. Steven Sinofsky's wonderful essay, “Building Under Regulation,” leverages his vast experience at Microsoft. It seems every day it becomes more obvious that the EU is against innovation, especially when it produces successful big companies.The Congress got in on the act too (see X of the Week), calling social media leaders to DC to be accused, show-trial-like, of being responsible for teen suicides. Sadly, the Meta CEO apologized as if admitting culpability.Teen suicide and causality is a non-trivial issue, but it is fair to say that Social Media does not cause it. Teens (I have one and another two recently in their post-teen phase). All have had growing up challenges. As I recall, I did also. The world can be harsh in the face of those challenges. But to see social media as the only factor, or even a major one, seems superficial and plain wrong. I wish one of the executives had the nerve to push back against the accusations. Adam Lashinsky's piece is interesting.Finally, Chris Heuer has a research piece on AI and the Future of Work. Well done, Chris, this is such an important issue. My PoV is that work, defined as paid labor, will inevitably decline and the average working day will decline. I believe this is a fundamental good for humanity. I also believe it poses enormous global questions about how the abundance made possible will be distributed to improve life for everybody. I do. not think this is the end of human effort. Just the beginning of the end of the need to do paid labor in order to live.Essays of the WeekChanging the Customer of Venture CapitalThe gift of technologyJEFF BECKERJAN 29, 2024TLDR: We need to change the customer of early-stage venture capital so that we can fund the future of technology and build global prosperity for decades to come.Recently, I hosted a group of students from Wharton at Antler's offices and we talked about the future of early-stage VC.I alluded to this a couple weeks ago when I said:…for $5B per year, you could seed the vast majority of meaningful tech companies for 8 years with the amount of money Elon Musk spent on Twitter. (Link here)The reality is, $5B per year just isn't that much money in the grand scheme of private equities—roughly .5-1% depending how you slice it.As a former salesperson, that fact often leaves me wondering, “what if you changed the customer of venture capital?”Could you attract more money, create more impact, and actually produce more returns?Classically, putting your name on building was a way to not only have a fairly durable legacy, but let's be honest, that gift is outdated.And it hardly does any good in the world.Instead, legacies and the world's most important problems alike would be better served by a consolidation of brilliant minds and capital, combined with the speed and leverage of startups.I think there are two interesting solutions, and both should be built.The first is something I'd call the 501-VC, and the second would be to fund all of venture capital for a decade or more through a new kind of Giving Pledge.I'm going to talk about the second one today.Famously,The Giving Pledge is a promise by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes.The problem is, charitable foundations and organizations aren't historically the most efficient way to solve the world's problems. They exist for good reason, but most operate like old corporates rather than savvy startups.However, what if we thought of economic opportunity and global prosperity as a more ubiquitous problem to solve, and instead of funding mission-driven work, we fund the entirety of the tech sector?What if instead of the average high net worth individual trying to get a 3-5X return over 10 years, you focused on the ultra high net worth population, the economic development groups, and the sovereign funds who are both trying to achieve these returns and trying to improve the world?What if you focused on their shared goals and values as customers, like creating economic opportunity and building a durable legacy?What if you could do it in every corner of the planet through access to entrepreneurship?What if instead of one PayPal Mafia, you had thousands?What if you had an investor who could actually deploy $5B per year at the formation stage?That has simply never existed before, and yet it is a defining opportunity for the human race and our evolution as a society.Currently, high potential employees are stuck in their corporate jobs.Our brightest minds handcuffed to benefits and addicted to a salary, never realizing their true potential or having a real impact on the world.Many go get their MBA where they spend money to learn new skills and acquire a network, rather than receive money for becoming a more productive citizen of the world.Many job hop looking for a low-risk way to get on a rocket ship.Some try to build their own, but quickly run out of runway and mental fortitude.It's a broken system, and we need to rebuild it.First it requires a product.The product needs to be for two groups—the founders and the investors.It starts with the infrastructure required to reduce the risk of being a founder which in turn attracts more of the brightest minds to the job itself. At the same time, the product also has to be an investment vehicle that attracts a new type of customer to early-stage VC.… Lots MoreWhat A Drag It IsAmerica Feels OldEVAN SHAPIROJAN 29, 2024Since 2019, America's population has grown by 7.8 million. Yet, the US now has 2.7 million fewer kids under 15 than it did in 2019. Meanwhile, there are now 7.1 million more Americans 65-80 than five years ago. America now has half a million fewer people under 40 than it did in 2019 and almost 8.4 million more people over 40.Because of the sheer size of the Baby Boomer Generation and the fact that younger Americans have pulled out on having kids, in the last five years, America has gotten old - not just compared to itself, but also compared to the rest of the world.In 2019, 63% of the world's population was under 40. Now, 64% of the people of the planet are 39 or younger. In short:Over the last half-decade the world has gotten one percent younger and America has gotten one percent older.One percent may seem small. However, the consequences of this demographic shift are consequential. For countries like the US, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan, with aging populations where the number of people over 60 is growing faster than the number of people under 15, the coming years will be filled with challenges brought on by their age: Workforce shortages, inverted dependency ratios where a diminishing tax-base struggles to fund a widening social safety net, health care infrastructures ill-equipped to deal with increased demand. As the world's wealthiest and most powerful nations continue to age faster than they reproduce, expect these issues to get increased and more urgent attention.After decades of aging down, the US population is now aging up quickly. In 2000, 58% of the US population was under 40 years old. Now just a slim majority of 51% is under 40. The impacts of this rapid maturation can be felt throughout our culture, but perhaps nowhere as dramatically as in America's Media and Tech industries.Over the last half century (but for some intermittent challenges from Japan and China), the US has led the world in entertainment and technology, setting the standard for the world's consumption of Media. While many TVs and phones are manufactured in other countries, most of the systems, software, and vision for these products has come from America - and the entertainment consumed on these devices has been, for many decades, the United States' most notable export.Now, America's Media Industrial Complex finds itself amidst a widely-reported bloodbath of its own making. Recently, this meltdown has been joined by America's leading Tech firms. Some of this is cyclical, driven by innovation cycles, advertising recessions, and even the aftermath of the worldwide pandemic. But muchof the current Media Apocalypse was as predictable as the upside-down aging ratio of our population.The first decade of the 21st Century was marked by an almost inconceivable level of innovation in American Media and Tech. The internet invaded all aspects of our lives. Broadband grew across the country like a high-speed weed, bringing the universe to our desktops, making all our worlds, at once, much bigger and infinitely smaller. By 2012, tiny supercomputers known as smartphones had reached a critical mass in the US and TV was streaming into our homes.Then, right around that time, America's Media C-Suite inhabitants seemingly started a shared mid-life crisis, through which we are all still living.Bob Iger took over Disney in 2005, when he was 53 years old. Through some of the most masterful deal-making in Media history, and (seemingly) a true vision of the future, Iger took a troubled company and turned it into the greatest proprietor of intellectual property the world has ever known. He bought Pixar in 2006, revitalizing Disney Animation. He bought Marvel in 2009, jump stating the most successful film and TV franchise in history. He bought Lucasfilm in 2012, completing what many see as bar-setting hat-trick of entertainment, bringing the most valuable collection of titles in entertainment all under one roof.… Lots MoreBuilding Under RegulationAn essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple's "Update on apps distributed in the European Union" (and some personal history)STEVEN SINOFSKYJAN 27, 2024Readers note: This is a long post. There are enough hot takes on this super important issue. I welcome corrections as always.This week Apple detailed the software changes that will appear in an upcoming release of iOS to comply with the European Union Digital Markets Act (DMA).  As I read the over 60 pages of the DMA when it was passed (and in drafts before that, little of which changed in the process) my heart sank over the complexity of a regulation so poorly constructed yet so clearly aimed at specific (American) companies and products. As I read through many of the hundreds of pages of Apple documents detailing their compliance implementation my heart sank again. This time was because I so thoroughly could feel the pain and struggle product teams felt in clinging to at best or unwinding at worst the most substantial improvement in computing ever introduced—the promise behind the iPhone since its introduction. The reason the iPhone became so successful was not a fluke. Consumers and customers voted that the value proposition of the product was something they preferred, and they acted by purchasing iPhone and developers responded by building applications for iOS. The regulators have a different view of that promise, so here we are.To be clear, DMA covers a wide range of products and services all deemed to be critical infrastructure in the digital world. It is both an incredibly broad and sometimes oddly specific regulation. As written the regulation covers at least online intermediation services [commercial internet sites/markets], online search engines, web browsers, advertising services, social network services, video sharing platforms, number-independent interpersonal communications services [messaging], operating systems, virtual assistants, and cloud computing.If you're well-versed in online you can map each one of those to precisely who the target might be, or sometimes targets. It is all big tech, almost exclusively US-based companies. There are no EU companies that meet the criteria to be covered—hardcoded revenue of EUR 7.5 billion for three years, EUR 7.5 billion market cap, or 45 million MAU—with Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung acknowledging the criteria apply to various units in addition to the following other “very large online platforms”: Alibaba AliExpress, Booking.com, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter, Wikipedia, Zalando [German fashion retailer]. Those thresholds seem strangely not round.I am going to focus on the Apple and primarily their App Store response because I think it is the most important and time critical and because iPhone is the most unique, innovative, and singular product in market. I can easily replace search, a browser, an ad network, a social network, a video site. Even cloud computing is not so sticky, and we all use multiple messaging services. What iPhone delivers is irreplaceable. At least for many of the subset of smartphone users that chose Apple.The thing is, as impressive as Apple has been it is not *that* successful by the measures that count for dominance. Worldwide Apple is clearly the number two smartphone to Google Android which has over 70% share. In the Europe (excluding Russia) Apple iPhone has about a 33% share (I won't debate exact numbers, units sold v in use, revenue v. profit v. units, etc. as all those do is attempt to tell a story that isn't obvious, which is Android is more popular). That's hardly a monopoly share by any standard. In some European countries Apple has a higher share, some data providers would say as high as 50% or nearly 60%, which by most legal standards is still not quite at a monopoly level especially in a dynamic market. Apple has not been fined, sued, or otherwise convicted of having a dominant share let alone abusing the market position it has. No consumer harm has been demonstrated. In Epic v. Applespecifically on the store, Apple prevailed in 9 of 10 claims of damages to Epic due to the store's costs. Of note, the same claims in Epic v. Google resulted in liability from Google and is being appealed. Many of most vocal competitors didn't even exist before the iPhone. They have become huge companies and don't appear to be struggling, and in fact benefit from being part of the iPhone ecosystem. Counter to the text of the DMA, innovation seems to be thriving as measured by the number of new companies and distinct new services.Yet, the EU DMA has declared that Apple is a “gatekeeper”—an ominous term applied to Apple among the others.… Lots MoreApple's Plans for the DMA in the European UnionFriday, 26 January 2024Apple yesterday announced a broad, wide-ranging, and complex set of new policies establishing their intended compliance with the European Union's Digital Markets Act, which comes into effect March 7. There is a lot to remark upon and numerous remaining questions, but my favorite take was from Sebastiaan de With on Twitter/X, the day before any of this was announced.After quipping “Oh god please no” to a screenshot of the phrase “Spotify also wants to roll out alternate app stores”, de With had this conversation:de With:The EU is once again solving absolutely no problems and making everything worse in tech. I gotta say, they are if anything highly consistent.“Anton”:Overly powerful, rent-seeking gatekeepers seem like a problem.de With:I love that I can't tell if you are talking about the EU or Apple in this case.My second-favorite take, from that same thread, was this from Max Rovensky:DMA is not pro-consumer.It's anti-big-business.Those tend to coincide sometimes, which makes it an easy sell for the general public, but do actually read the DMA, it's quite interesting.I'd go slightly further and describe the DMA as anti-U.S.-big-business, because as far as I can tell, nothing in the DMA adversely affects or even annoys any European tech companies. There are aspects of it that seem written specifically for Spotify, in fact.But Rovensky's framing captures the dichotomy. Anti-big-business regulation and pro-consumer results often do go hand-in-hand, but the DMA exposes the fissures. I do not think the DMA is going to change much, if anything at all, for the better for iOS users in the E.U. (Or for non-iOS users in the EU, for that matter.) And much like the GDPR's website cookie regulations, I think if it has any practical effect, it'll be to make things worse for users. Whether these options are better for developers seems less clear.I've often said that Apple's priorities are consistent: Apple's own needs first, users second, developers third. The European Commission's priorities put developers first, users second, and “gatekeepers” a distant third. The DMA prescribes not a win-win-win framework, but a win-win-lose one.Apple is proud, stubborn, arrogant, controlling, and convinced it has the best interests of its customers in mind.The European Commission is proud, stubborn, arrogant, controlling, and convinced it has the best interests of its citizens in mind.Ever since this collision over the DMA seemed inevitable, starting about two years ago, I've been trying to imagine how it would turn out. And each time, I start by asking: Which side is smarter? My money has been on Apple. Yesterday's announcements, I think, show why.APPLE'S PROPOSED CHANGESIt's really hard to summarize everything Apple announced yesterday, but I'll try. Start with the main Apple Newsroom press release, “Apple Announces Changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union”:“The changes we're announcing today comply with the Digital Markets Act's requirements in the European Union, while helping to protect EU users from the unavoidable increased privacy and security threats this regulation brings. Our priority remains creating the best, most secure possible experience for our users in the EU and around the world,” said Phil Schiller, Apple Fellow. “Developers can now learn about the new tools and terms available for alternative app distribution and alternative payment processing, new capabilities for alternative browser engines and contactless payments, and more. Importantly, developers can choose to remain on the same business terms in place today if they prefer.”Schiller is the only Apple executive quoted in the press release, and to my ear, his writing hand is all over the entire announcement. Apple was quite clear before the DMA was put into law that they considered mandatory sideloading on iOS a bad idea for users, and their announcement yesterday doesn't back down an inch from still declaring it a bad idea.Apple has also argued, consistently, that they seek to monetize third-party development for the iOS platform, and that being forced to change from their current system — (a) all apps must come from the App Store; (b) developers never pay anything for the distribution of free apps; (c) paid apps and in-app-purchases for digital content consumed in-app must go through Apple's In-App Payments system that automates Apple's 30/15 percent commissions — would greatly complicate how they monetize the platform. And now Apple has revealed a greatly complicated set of rules and policies for iPhone apps in the EU.MG Siegler has a great — and fun — post dissecting Apple's press release line-by-line. Siegler concludes:I'm honestly not sure I can recall a press release dripping with such disdain. Apple may even have a point in many of the points above, but the framing of it would just seem to ensure that Apple is going to continue to be at war with the EU over all of this and now undoubtedly more. Typically, if you're going to make some changes and consider the matter closed, you don't do so while emphatically shoving your middle fingers in the air.Some of these changes do seem good and useful, but most simply seem like convoluted changes to ensure the status quo actually doesn't change much, if at all. Just remember that, “importantly, developers can choose to remain on the same business terms in place today if they prefer.” What do you think Apple prefers?The puzzle Apple attempted to solve was creating a framework of new policies — and over 600 new developer APIs to enable those policies — to comply with the DMA, while keeping the path of least resistance and risk for developers the status quo: Apple's own App Store as it is.….Lots MoreAmazon Drops iRobot Deal; Roomba Maker Cuts 31% of Staff* IRobot CEO steps down and company cuts workforce by 31%* Tech giant to pay $94 million to iRobot over deal terminationBy Samuel Stolton, Leah Nylen, and Matt DayJanuary 29, 2024 at 5:33 AM PSTAmazon.com Inc. has abandoned its planned $1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot Corp. after clashing with European Union regulators who had threatened to block the deal.The fallout came quickly. IRobot, which has been struggling recently, said Chief Executive Officer Colin Angle has stepped downas the company embarks on a restructuring plan that will result in about 350 job cuts, or 31% of the workforce. The vacuum maker's shares tumbled 19% in New York to $13.80, their lowest level since 2009. Amazon's shares were up less than 1% at $160.07.The decision is a sign of the intense pressure Amazon is facing to prove its actions don't harm competition as its influence grows in retail, cloud-computing and entertainment. Antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have been keen to ensure that the biggest US tech companies don't snap up innovative startups before they have a chance to become formidable competitors on their own.Amazon met with the FTC's senior antitrust staff last week, who informed the company they were recommending a suit over the deal, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Executives and lawyers from the tech giant were scheduled to meet with the FTC's three commissioners this week to make a final push for the acquisition, said the person, who asked not to be named discussing the confidential probe.… Lots MoreEnvisioning the Future of Human Work in the Age of AI: The 2024 ForecastResearch Fellowship ProgramIntroductionAs technological change and the adoption of new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate, the future of human work will be characterized by disruption, uncertainty, and opportunity. As 2024 approached, the Team Flow Institute Research Fellows gathered for a roundtable to discuss their visions for the future of human-focused work in the age of AI. As described by the institute's co-founder and Managing Director, Chris Heuer, “The Team Flow Institute is an organization dedicated to shaping a human-centric future of work as we face the choice of augmentation or automation in every industry and every function. This transformational decision will reshape what we call work and society itself, requiring us to abandon business as usual and finally design business as possible.” The Team Flow Institute Research Fellows' roundtable discussion delved into the potential opportunities and challenges of this technology revolution driven by the institute's “mission to gather like-minded individuals and organizations to steer our collective destiny toward a more sustainable future, where the essence of humanity and human work is valued and preserved as we increasingly adopt AI tools and technologies, explained Jennifer McClure, Senior Research Fellow, and Advisory Board member. This article analyzes key insights from the discussion, offering a glimpse into the work landscape of 2024 and beyond. As the Team Flow Institute embarks on its inaugural fellowship program, this analysis holds particular significance as it seeks to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in the evolving landscape of AI-enabled work. Through this program, the Team Flow Institute aims to foster a community of leaders who can guide organizations and individuals toward a future where humans and technology collaborate to create a more sustainable and fulfilling work environment.Part I: AI Progress and PromiseNo longer relegated to science fiction, AI has infiltrated our lives, transforming industries with its vast potential. From automating tedious tasks to streamlining complex decision-making processes, its applications are far-reaching. In the realm of design, AI-powered software is revolutionizing industries like architecture and fashion, enabling rapid prototyping and personalized creations. Team Flow Institute co-founder Jaime Schwarz says, “Imagine being able to prototype a new building or clothing line in minutes instead of weeks. This remarkable advancement accelerates design cycles and fosters increased customization, ultimately leading to more innovative and personalized consumer products.”The creative landscape is also poised for disruption with the emergence of generative AI. Team Flow Institute Research Fellow Shel Holtz describes its transformative potential: “Generative AI is blurring the lines between human and machine creativity. We're seeing machines create realistic text, images, and even music that is nearly indistinguishable from human-generated work.” This democratization of creativity opens doors for individuals with diverse backgrounds and abilities to express themselves in new and exciting ways. But it also opens up philosophical questions and debates about the nature of art and creativity, adds Jen McClure. Amidst these exciting advancements, Chris Heuer reminds us that “AI is not just a science fiction concept anymore; it's here, and it's changing the way we do everything.” This necessitates a thoughtful approach to the future of work, a need to ensure the value of human skills and their role in work, proactive workforce development initiatives to ensure that individuals are equipped with the necessary skills to thrive in the evolving job market, and an elevation of the need for constant communications within organizations, reminds Team Flow Institute Research Fellow Sharon McIntosh.As AI continues to permeate our lives, it is crucial to acknowledge its remarkable potential and challenges. By navigating this dynamic landscape with careful consideration and proactive planning, we can ensure that AI serves as a force for progress, innovation, and a brighter future for all. As Team Flow Institute Research Fellow Gina Debogovich reminds us, it will undoubtedly unlock economic growth. “The 20th century began with a global GDP of $3 trillion and, largely due to technological advancement, ended with a GDP of $33.8 trillion. AI is poised to boost the economy to unseen heights.”AI will be a catalyst for creating new jobs, just as the web did in the mid-1990s. Businesses must integrate these jobs and activities into existing workflows and business models and develop new ones. Indeed, innovative organizations are already experimenting with, if not embracing, the role of prompt engineers. The Team Flow Institute advocates for a Team Flow Facilitator to serve as a coach, a collaboration facilitator, and an AI pilot to support high-performing teams.Part II: The Risks and DownsidesWhile AI offers many benefits, possibilities, and opportunities, its advancements are not without potential pitfalls. AI and automation technologies bring both promise and peril to the workforce. While they offer the potential to augment human capabilities and business efficiencies significantly, understandable concerns persist surrounding job losses and the general impact on workers. Organizations must chart a thoughtful course that fully harnesses technical capabilities without losing sight of the humans at the heart of work.… Lots MoreVideo of the WeekProduct of the WeekThe Vision ProTuesday, 30 January 2024For the last six days, I've been simultaneously testing three entirely new products from Apple. The first is a VR/AR headset with eye-tracking controls. The second is a revolutionary spatial computing productivity platform. The third is a breakthrough personal entertainment device.A headset, a spatial productivity platform, and a personal entertainment device.I'm sure you're already getting it. These are not three separate devices. They're one: Apple Vision Pro. But if you'll pardon the shameless homage to Steve Jobs's famous iPhone introduction, I think these three perspectives are the best way to consider it.THE HARDWAREVision Pro comes in a surprisingly big box. I was expecting a package roughly the dimensions of a HomePod box; instead, a Vision Pro retail box is quite a bit larger than two HomePod boxes stacked atop each other. (I own more HomePods than most people.)There's a lot inside. The top half of the package contains the Vision Pro headset itself, with the light seal, a light seal cushion, and the default Solo Knit Band already attached. The lower half contains the battery, the charger (30W), the cables, the Dual Loop Band, the Getting Started book (which is beautifully printed in full color, on excellent paper — it feels like a keepsake), the polishing cloth1, and an extra light seal cushion.To turn Vision Pro on, you connect the external battery pack's power cable to the Vision Pro's power connector, and rotate it a quarter turn to lock it into place. There are small dots on the headset's dime-sized power socket showing how to align the cable connector's small LED. The LED pulses when Vision Pro turns on. (I miss Apple's glowing power indicator LEDs — this is a really delightful touch.) When Vision Pro has finished booting and is ready to use, it makes a pleasant welcoming sound.Then you put Vision Pro on. If you're using the Solo Knit Band, you tighten and loosen it using a dial on the band behind your right ear. VisionOS directs you to raise or lower the headset appropriately to position it at just the right height on your face relative to your eyes. If Vision Pro thinks your eyes are too close to the displays, it will suggest you switch to the “+” size light seal cushion. You get two light seal cushions, but they're not the same: mine are labeled “W” and “W+”. The “+” is the same width, to match your light seal, but adds a wee bit more space between your eyes and the displays inside Vision Pro. For me the default (non-“+”) one fits fine.The software then guides you through a series of screens to calibrate the eye tracking. It's all very obvious, and kind of fun. It's almost like a simple game: you stare at a series of dots in a circle, and pinch your index finger and thumb as you stare at each one. You go through this three times, in three different artificial lighting conditions: dark, medium, and bright. Near the end of the first-run experience, you're prompted to bring your iPhone or iPad nearby, just like when setting up a new iPhone or iPad. This allows your Vision Pro to get your Apple ID credentials and Wi-Fi password without entering any of that manually. It's a very smooth onboarding process. And then that's it, you're in and using Vision Pro.There's no getting around some fundamental problems with the Vision Pro hardware.First is the fact that it uses an external battery pack connected via a power cable. The battery itself is about the width and height of an iPhone 15/15 Pro, but thicker. And the battery is heavy: about 325g, compared to 187g for an iPhone 15 Pro, and 221g for a 15 Pro Max. It's closer in thickness and weight to two iPhone 15's than it is to one. And the tethered power cable can be an annoyance. Vision Pro has no built-in reserve battery — disconnect the power cable from the headset and it immediately shuts off. It clicks firmly into place, so there's no risk of accidentally disconnecting it. But if you buy an extra Vision Pro Battery for $200, you can't hot-swap them — you need to shut down first.… Lots MoreApple's Vision Pro -The Meta-Review.Apple Vision Pro reviews have started to roll in — and depending on who you read, the consensus vacillates between amazing and work in progress. In most cases, they reflect some version of reality. If one is looking for faults with Apple's face computer, then one will find them. And if you are looking at what it represents, you are going to be excited. I am in the ‘camp' of the amazed, though I am not blinded by the challenges that await Vision Pro in the real world.The Verge's Nilay Patel sums up the challenge of Vision Pro, writing:The technology to build a true optical AR display that works well enough to replace an everyday computer just isn't there yet. The Magic Leap 2 is an optical AR headset that's cheaper and smaller than the Vision Pro, but it's plagued by compromises in field of view and image quality that most people would never accept. So Apple's settled for building a headset with real-time video passthrough — it is the defining tradeoff of the Vision Pro. It is a VR headset masquerading as an AR headset. And let me tell you: the video passthrough on the Vision Pro is really good. It works! It's convincing. You put the headset on, the display comes on, and you're right back where you were, only with a bunch of visionOS windows floating around.Let's get on with the cons: The Verge points out problems like ‘motion blur,' ‘blurriness,' ‘color fringing,' ‘limited field of view,' and ‘vignetting.' I have not personally experienced any of these because, well, I don't have the device.The device is sometimes laggy. It's heavy, and the wired battery is limited to just over 2 hours. You can plug it into a ‘wall charger' with a USB-C cable, or daisy-chain it to another USB-C battery pack. And it does get a tad warm. You need to use the ‘dorky' headband to use the device without feeling the weight (or in some cases, a headache).None of this surprises me! Vision Pro is, after all, a full-blown computer. It's made from magnesium, carbon fiber, and aluminum. It has two high-resolution front-facing cameras (video pass-through), two cameras that face down to track your hands and gestures, a LiDAR, TrueDepth cameras, and some kind of infrared lights. The device has two tiny MicroOLED displays packed with a total of 23 million pixels. (As I noted in an earlier piece, these displays are the magic and the primary reason why Vision Pro is so expensive.)All these sensors, cameras, and displays are powered by an M2 chip and an R1 spatial coprocessor, and fans. Apple has packed this in an enclosure that is about three times the weight of the iPhone 15 Pro Max and is still lighter than the iPad 12.9. Paint me impressed purely from a technological standpoint.…. Lots MoreMy 4 magic moments with Vision ProNo, not again! Not another Vision Pro Review! I feel you — after all the reviews yesterday, I am pretty sure you don't want to read another review. Here's the good news — it's not a review. Instead, I will share my quick impressions from a deep dive at Apple Park, and my four magic moments with the Vision Pro.Unlike the reviewers who published their reviews, my access to the device has come in dribs and drabs. It has been a carefully managed experience — an early demo, exposure to the photos app, and the spatial video capabilities. A few days ago, I got to use the device for less than two hours.This was a highly curated experience — so this doesn't and won't qualify as a review. I am skipping all the stuff that has been covered by the deep dive that professional reviewers have already published. WSJ's Joanna Stern's review is amazing — especially the video version. It is best to consider these as my considered impressions.First, can I wax eloquent about the technological achievement of Vision Pro? As a chip and hardware nerd, I think Vision Pro is a witches' brew of the latest of all types of technologies. Let me quote my post from yesterday:Vision Pro is, after all, a full-blown computer. It's made from magnesium, carbon fiber, and aluminum. It has two high-resolution front-facing cameras (video pass-through), two cameras that face down to track your hands and gestures, a LiDAR, TrueDepth cameras, and some kind of infrared lights. The device has two tiny MicroOLED displays packed with a total of 23 million pixels. (As I noted in an earlier piece, these displays are the magic and the primary reason why Vision Pro is so expensive.)All these sensors, cameras, and displays are powered by an M2 chip and an R1 spatial coprocessor, and fans. Apple has packed this in an enclosure that is about three times the weight of the iPhone 15 Pro Max and is still lighter than the iPad 12.9. Paint me impressed purely from a technological standpoint.What's even more impressive is the sound — Apple is using beamforming to direct the sound into your ears. And unless you are really blasting it out loud — you could get away with wearing it in a public place — though people in Business Class will notice the slight din from the seat next to them. Apple is hoping you will splurge on AirPods Pro.No matter how you see the device — love it or hate it, you can't deny that it is yet another amazing computer built by a company that knows how to build great consumer computers.… Lots MoreApple Vision Pro Review: The Best Headset Yet Is Just a Glimpse of the FutureWorking, cooking, skiing, kicking back—our columnist wore Apple's new mixed-reality headset for a week to see what it's forBy Joanna Stern at the WSJJan. 30, 2024 at 9:00 am ETA few things surprised me after wearing the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset for nearly 24 hours straight:* I didn't puke. * I got a lot of work done.  * I cooked a delicious meal.Also, my Persona—the headset's animated video-call avatar—will haunt your dreams.For the last week, I have been testing Apple's boldest bet yet on the post-smartphone future. Strap on the 1.4-pound goggles and you see apps floating right in your living room. Living room a stress-inducing mess? Go full virtual reality and watch a 3-D movie on a giant screen perched on the mouth of a Hawaiian volcano.Let's get this out of the way: You're probably not going to buy the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro. Unless you're an app developer or an Apple die-hard, you're more likely to spend that kind of money on an actual trip to a Hawaiian volcano.And that's OK. Reviewing the Vision Pro, I wanted to understand the potential of the device, and the technical constraints that keep it from being a must-have, at least for now. Most importantly, I wanted to answer one question: In a world full of screens, what's the benefit of strapping one to your eyes?… Lots MoreNews Of the WeekSpotify calls Apple's DMA compliance plan ‘extortion' and a ‘complete and total farce'Sarah Perez @sarahpereztc / 2:41 PM PST•January 26, 2024Image Credits: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto (opens in a new window)/ Getty ImagesCount Spotify among those not thrilled with how Apple has chosen to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets the stage for sideloading apps, alternative app stores, browser choice, and more. On Friday, the streaming music company issued its response to Apple's new DMA rules, calling the new fees imposed on developers “extortion” and Apple's compliance plan “a complete and total farce,” that demonstrated the tech giant believes that the rules don't apply to them.Apple earlier this week announced a host of changes that comply with the letter of the EU law, if not the spirit. The company said that app developers in the EU will receive reduced commissions, but it also introduced a new “core technology fee” that requires developers to pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold, regardless of their distribution channel. It will also charge a 3% payment processing fee when developers use Apple's in-app payments instead of their own.Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company sued Apple over antitrust concerns, already condemned Apple's plan, saying it was a case of “malicious compliance” and full of “junk fees,” and now Spotify is essentially saying the same.…. Lots MoreInvestors raise billions to buy discounted stakes in start-upsBuyers return after secondary market for private shares was hit by higher interest ratesGeorge Hammond and Tabby Kinder in San Francisco and Nicholas Megaw in New YorkJANUARY 16 2024Investment firms are raising billions of dollars to buy stakes in venture capital-backed technology start-ups, as a long drought in acquisitions and initial public offerings forces early investors to offload their stock at discounts. The start-up secondary market, where investors and employees buy and sell tens of billions of dollars' worth of shares in privately held companies, is becoming an increasingly important trading venue, in the absence of traditional ways of cashing out and given a slowdown in start-up funding. Venture secondaries buyers are primed for a busy year as start-up employees look for a way to sell their stock and investors look to return capital to their own backers or reallocate it elsewhere. Secondary market specialist Lexington Partners last week announced a new $23bn fund to buy up stakes from “large-scale investors”. Lexington had originally aimed to raise $15bn, but upped its target on the back of high demand, and said it was “in the early stages of a generational secondary buying opportunity” that could last years.The fund will predominantly buy shares from private equity funds but also expects to invest as much as $5bn into venture capital secondaries, said a spokesperson.“We are seeing crazy amounts of [limited partner investors] that are distressed and need to lighten their venture load,” said the head of a $2bn venture capital firm. The latest Lexington fund “speaks to the sheer demand” from LPs that feel “over-allocated” to private capital including to start-ups, they said. Other specialist firms such as Pinegrove Capital Partners, a joint vehicle created by Brookfield Asset Management and Sequoia Heritage, and StepStone have also been raising multibillion-dollar funds to target venture secondaries.…. Lots MoreFounders: getting to the next venture stage may take longer than you expectPeter WalkerHead of Insights @ Carta | Data StorytellerThe median number of days between a priced seed and Series A round hit 679 in 2023, a new peak.Median for Series A to B was 744 days (over 2 years). Very similar for Series B to C (739 days, also over 2 years).Fascinating to watch the 25th percentile (green) and the 75th percentile (blue) trends as well. It looks as though the 25th pct has pulled closer to the median for the middle venture rounds - suggesting there are very few companies speed-running through venture fundraising right now. Some of that could be company choice, as founders have cut spend and become more capital-efficient over the prior 12 months. However, I'm certain a lot of the increase in time is due to VCs being far more choosy about where to invest.So what are founders doing if primary rounds are not on the menu? Getting creative.Founders are raising bridge rounds at record rates, usually from insiders already on the cap table. They are turning to SAFEs and Convertible Notes, even between named venture stages. Some are turning to non-dilutive financing and loans.And many are trying to make customer revenue their primary fundraising channel. But switching from growth at all costs to profitability in a short period of time is no easy track change. My bet is that the time between rounds plateaus in 2024 (or maybe even declines just a touch). Maybe that's wishful thinking

Challenging Common Beliefs: Reexamining the Role of Faith in Scripture. Join us as we explore a different perspective on faith, moving beyond the notion of it being a human work, and discover how Scripture defines its true essence. The post Faith is not meant to be a human work appeared first on Redemption in Jesus.

How is the intersection of technology and human experience reshaping our workplaces? In this episode, we explore the dynamic evolution of work environments, where technology and human-centric practices are becoming increasingly intertwined. You'll hear about leveraging technology to create more inclusive and equitable workplaces, simplifying work processes through AI, and shifting the focus from productivity to impact.  Stela Lupushor is the founder of Reframe.Work Inc. She is also Program Director for the Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Management Councils, as well as the Human Capital Analytics Institute Senior Fellow shaping the research agenda of the Conference Board. She offers a unique blend of expertise in her latest co-authored book, "Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace." If you enjoy the show, please rate it on Spotify or iTunes. Your ratings help more people like you discover the podcast! Episode Highlights Insights on technology's immediate impact in today's work environment. Strategies for effective, real-time workplace measurements. Tips on reducing workplace friction to boost productivity and well-being. Understanding the importance of everyday moments in employee retention. Recognizing the power of addressing small, individual workplace challenges. Balancing employee privacy with organizational needs. Redesigning workspaces for mental health and improved focus. Stela's view on the greatest unmet wellbeing need at work today  “From a well-being perspective, [it's] the need to interact with an organization that is not designed to work around us. We look at the technology stack as something that IT managers manage, and it's all about cost containment and making it secure. And that comes at a cost of a lot of compliance training, not to say that none of that is necessary; it's very important. But it's more compliance-driven than experience-driven.  When we think about the physical workspace, it's again designed to minimize the costs and maximize the number of people that can fit within a square foot. And not necessarily designed to have the environment work around us for what we need, whether we have a permanent or temporary disability, whether we need quiet space at that specific time of the day. And with the combination of both digital world and physical world, we increasingly live in that in-between, regardless of what work you do, there's bound to be technology involved.  So, redesigning that experience, to allow us to seamlessly move through it without having context switching and friction points and forgotten passwords, inaccessible devices, will reduce the mental health impact, mental taxing in dramatic ways and really leave space for us to do the focused work or whatever it is that makes sense for us as humans at that time.” What "working with humans" means to Stela “It is about creating the environment where people can truly maximize their human potential at work. I don't believe that there are bad people for jobs. I don't believe there are bad jobs for people; I believe there's a mismatch. So, the more we can think through the lens of what are the superpowers of this individual, or what are the superpowers they would like to have, and how we can create that environment for them to thrive? I think that's when organizations succeed. That's when individuals are loyal and bring their full potential. That's when the economy benefits, and that's when families at home benefit as well. So, it's a net positive.” Resources Follow: Stela on LinkedIn Read: Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace For more episodes that give you fresh perspectives and actionable ideas for making working with other humans better for everyone, visit our website at https://en.peoplefocusconsulting.com/resources/podcast/ ©Michael Glazer

In unserer neuen Human Work/s Podcast-Folge sprechen wir mit gleich drei Gästen: Theres Guntram, Themenexpertin für Diversity, Equity und Inclusion (DEI) bei Mercer, konnte Stefanie Klein, Senior Projektleiterin Social Engagement, sowie Marco Schomburg, Senior Manager Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung, von Aurubis für die Aufnahme gewinnen. Von den dreien erfahren wir, warum DEI so wichtig ist und was sich hinter dem unternehmens- und industrieweiten Mitarbeiter:innen-Netzwerk Women4Metals verbirgt. Unter anderem sprechen wir über die folgenden Themen: Warum ist das Interesse an allen Fragen rund um Diversity, Equity und Inclusion gerade jetzt so groß? Welche Gründe haben Aurubis dazu bewogen, DEI in den Fokus zu rücken und als strategisches Unternehmensziel zu definieren? Was steht bei Aurubis in Zukunft auf der DEI-Agenda? Und wie sieht der Status Quo eigentlich in anderen deutschen Organisationen aus? Auf diese Fragen und noch viele mehr gibt es Antworten in unserer neuen Podcast-Folge. Ihr wollt mehr zum Thema Diversity, Equity und Inclusion wissen? Schaut gerne auf unserer Webseite vorbei: https://www.mercer.com/de-de/solutions/talent-and-rewards/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

Ever wonder why we work or why is some work more satisfying than other work? Welcome to the first episode of our new season and our new format as Colby, Becki, Adele and Tom break open a prophetic writing from St. John Paul II entitled, "Laborem Exercens" or "Of human work". Today the team will unpack the document in 3 parts as they come at it from a teaching or sharing what the document says perspective and then from an application angle before finishing up with some personal take-aways. You can find the actual documents discussed in today's show by clicking on the links below. Links discussed in the show: (Of Human Work by St. John Paul II) Laborem Exercens https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html (Of new things by Pope Leo XIII) Rerum Novarum https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html

Leanne Holdsworth joins The Future of Teamwork and host Dane Groeneveld for a spirited discussion on creating more human workplaces. Leanne is the co-author of "Human Work: Five Leadership Mindsets for Humanising Workplaces", with Naryan Wong, and the author of "A New Generation of Business Leaders." Outside of writing, she spends her time helping organizations and their individuals reach their full potential. During this conversation, Dane and Leanne discuss aligning personal purpose with an organization's purpose, the social outcomes of modern leadership strategies focusing on people's well-being and individuality, and how businesses can explore the journey toward empowering communities and teams. Discover how leaders can embrace autonomy, foster purpose and belonging, and humanize the workplace for a more meaningful and successful future.Key Takeaways[00:12 - 02:52] Introduction to Leanne Holdsworth, co-author of Human Work[03:29 - 05:44] Who you are when you walk into the home at the end of the day, growth around personal purpose[05:46 - 10:09] What social outcomes look like if a company is leading well and individuals are investing in their communities[10:18 - 12:17] Activating and engaging communities to help, regardless of for- or not-for-profit, the impact of AI[12:18 - 14:43] AI, automation, and existential crises for communities[14:52 - 21:50] Leanne's book and her interviews with 11 leaders[15:34 - 17:17] Varied approaches to leadership and creating human workplaces[22:25 - 25:53] Belonging, and Human Systems[25:54 - 27:55] Autonomy, mastery, and purpose — finding imagination for our sense of meaning[27:57 - 31:06] Thankless but important work, humanizing work, emphasizing learning and growth[31:07 - 35:50] The next wave of understanding social outcomes for driving human work, gathering and interpreting data on creating more human workplaces[32:44 - 35:41] Leanne's sense of purpose after having her first child and deciding to volunteer and help victims of domestic violence[35:51 - 38:04] Psychological safety and constantly iterating, embracing learning and growth[38:05 - 42:43] The struggle of data capture for teams vs. individuals, bringing the idea of human work to a team level[39:17 - 42:17] What can we do to enable teams to try things without centralizing people? Safe spaces and pilot projects, trying new things[42:45 - 44:09] Nudging the business community towards talking about the relationship between human beings, the organization, and the way things are done to help the human community[44:09 - 45:42] Eliminating the complaint conversations, shifting towards collective purpose and empowerment[45:43 - 46:43] Closing, visit Leanne at humanworknetwork.com

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Layman meets with the co-authors of Human Work, Leanne Holdsworth and Naryan Wong, to explore the leadership mindsets that can help foster more livable, humanised workspaces (British spelling of humanized optional!). How can our work environments be transformed if learning and growth are regularly emphasized; if everyone is recognized as a leader in some capacity; if greater attention is paid to cultures of belonging, love, and care; and if we better digest the wisdom of human systems? How can indigenous ways of knowing, as Leanne is exploring with Maori colleagues in New Zealand, lead to greater connectedness between workers, and between workplaces and the rest of the living world? Leanne Holdsworth stands for a future where it is normal for work environments to be places where human beings thrive, enabling organisations to succeed whilst at the same time, building social capital through how those humans are able to show up with their families and communities. She is the co-author of Human Work: Five Leadership Mindsets for Humanising workplaces and author of the book A New Generation of Business Leaders and has spent 15 years advising organisations predominantly in the private sector (across most sectors including banking, primary sector, FMCG, tech, pharmaceuticals) as well as the public and not for profit sectors in sustainability strategy and leadership. Naryan Wong is fascinated by how individuals, teams, and organizations think and act in the world. He believes that humanity's most complex challenges will be solved only through well-coordinated collective sensing and acting. By understanding how individual behaviour contributes to team dynamics, and team dynamics create organizational capacities, Naryan helps organizations and communities to act harmoniously to transform themselves and the world. Over the past decade, Naryan has practised the arts of systems change, network mapping, and organizational development in large corporate environments and not-for-profit community spaces. In 2018, he founded the not-for-profit ThinkBetter to better understand the feedback loops between personal growth and organizational culture. Nowadays, Naryan weaves his network at the nexus of various communities working to improve how humanity thinks and coordinates. Human Work network https://www.humanworknetwork.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Human-Work-Leadership-Humanising-Workplace/dp/B0C52JHK5P/

A energia limpa e sustentável é o nome do jogo da descarbonização, e quem investir rápido na infraestrutura da eletromobilidade vai chegar primeiro ao futuro. Conversamos com Rogelio Golfarb, vice-presidente da Ford América do Sul, para entender esse mundo dos carros elétricos, conectados e inteligentes.InsightsO livro "Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines", por Jamie MerisotisO livro "A cultura da experimentação: Como os experimentos nos negócios podem melhorar sua capacidade de inovação", por Stefan H. ThomkePara saber mais sobre ChatGPT, da The Shift, o diretório de conteúdos sobre IA Generativa_____FALE CONOSCOEmail: news@theshift.info_____ASSINE A THE SHIFTwww.theshift.info

Photo: 1905 Panama.  No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Bestof2022: 2/2: #ArtificialIntelligence: Foundational Models argued to be genuine and perhaps unlimited competition for human work. 2/2: #AI: Birth of the Foundational Models. Ludwig Siegele, Economist. (Originally posted June 28, 2022) https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/huge-foundation-models-are-turbo-charging-ai-progress

Photo: 1918. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Bestof2022: 1/2: #ArtificialIntelligence: Foundational Models argued to be genuine and perhaps unlimited competition for human work. 2/2: #AI: Birth of the Foundational Models. Ludwig Siegele, Economist. (Originally posted June 28, 2022) https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/huge-foundation-models-are-turbo-charging-ai-progress

This is my complete keynote at Steering Education 2023 in Riga https://www.futures2050.lv/ on June 8, 2023, on the future of adult learning, training, and skills and future of work in this new era of artificial intelligence You can watch my speech on YouTuber here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrRm2fqCpjA&t=877s -Machines don't think, learn and understand like humans. -Algorithms know the logic of everything but the feeling of nothing. -Technology is not what we seek but how we seek. -The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years. -The end of routines is not the end of human jobs. -Automation is great for the economy but not so great for society.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 - 04:20) Political Impasse Broken in Nebraska: Historic Legislative Session Leads to Double Issue Bill on Abortion and Transgender QuestionsNebraska Passes Restrictions on Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care for Minors by Wall Street Journal (Jennifer Calphas)Part II (04:20 - 16:10) Human Work and Human Dignity: The Political and Moral Disagreement Over Welfare Work Requirements Exposed Part III (16:10 - 25:07) Will Ukraine Fly American F-16 Jets?: The Biden Administration Possibly Allowing Transfer of Coveted U.S. Fighter Planes to Ukraine — Why?Part IV (25:07 - 28:09) Drag Queens, a Moral Barometer of Our Time: Northwest Arkansas Arts Center Loses Board Members After Instituting Restrictions on Drag Shows with Minors PresentSeven Walton Arts Center board members resign in wake of NWA Pride decision by Fayetteville FlyerSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

"What we're seeing as we start to humanise organizations is this acknowledgment that actually leadership exists within everyone." Leanne Holdsworth and Naryan Wong recently led their Cultivating Leadership colleagues in a research and writing project that resulted in the book Human Work: Five Leadership Mindsets for Humanising Workplaces. They share those mindsets with Rebecca and discuss the ripples unleashed when work is truly human. Their book is available now. Learn more and connect with The Human Work Network here.    

Leanne has co-authored a new book "Human Work: five leadership mindsets for humanising workplaces".   Before we talk about that we first have a conversation about her background and life growing up and the influences that have shaped her.   Seeds is a project to hear about the 'why' behind what people do and this conversation was no different - perhaps even with more rabbit holes of curiousity than normal!  I really enjoyed it and if you do as well would you be willing to tell one other person about seeds?  There are more than 340 episodes and more info is at www.theseeds.nz  Human Work Book site - sign up to get updates: https://www.humanworknetwork.com/  A shout out to Melissa Clarke-Reynolds who connected us for this great conversation.   Leanne describes the book this way: "Our intention is to contribute in our own small way to shifting the dialogue about how human workplaces can actually be and why this is a good thing.  Leaders stories from around the world are told in the book, together with a view on what mindsets help create more human workplaces." Cultivating Leadership site: https://www.cultivatingleadership.com/  Her profile: Leanne Holdsworth - Cultivating Leadership About Cultivating Leadership: Our purpose is to cultivate leadership that shapes a just, diverse, flourishing, and sustainable planet More on seeds www.theseeds.nz 

Welcome to the Grit Daily Podcast hosted by Sebastian Rusk! In this podcast, Sebastian is joined by Nicholas Donarski from Tag Digital. Nicholas discusses how Chat GPT can help with content creation like emails and blog posts. He believes that in less than 5 years most Hollywood blockbusters will be created by AI. AI is a tool for strategizing on a higher level and should always have a human element. MUTIQ's CEO says that AI won't replace anything but will give us more time for strategic decision making. Tune into The Grit Daily Podcast for more insightful conversations with Sebastian and his guests.Topics Discussed and Key Points:The Future of AI in HollywoodAI's Role in Paid Advertising with MUTIQ CEOThe Role of AI in Enhancing Human Work and EfficiencyTimestamps:[00:04:05] The Future of AI in Hollywood[00:08:08] AI's Role in Paid Advertising with MUTIQ CEO[00:11:58] The Role of AI in Enhancing Human Work and EfficiencyNotable Quotes:"Be curious and be cautious.""It's always the prediction there, but we're not going to replace humans because I always use the example of the hardware store like, you're always going to need to and there's only so many things you can have shipped to your front door.""I think that that exactly was going to happen, like, all this new technology with who will help us with productivity basically. And we're going to have more time thinking on more top-level strategic things rather than going into so many details.""By imagine in less than 5 years, most of the Hollywood blockbusters will be done by AI.""Resources:Connect with Sebastian Rusk:Beyond The Story PodcastInstagramFacebookConnect with Alex VelinovTwitterLinkedInWebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We'd greatly appreciate it!

Shelly Smith is a licensed therapist, and co-founder of Good Human Work. She believes that founders should take care of their mental and relational health first and foremost. Shelly has personally seen the consequences of not taking care of mental and relational health and understands the importance of investing in this aspect of business for the long-term success of any organization. At Good Human Work, Shelly and her team of licensed therapists and business consultants provide Team Therapy to organizations. Team Therapy is a specialized service that supports the relationships of co-founders, teams, leadership, family-owned businesses, and other stakeholders whose mental health and relationships will impact an organization and have a healing effect. Good Human Work also provides individual, couple, and family therapy to founders, which can be beneficial in addressing the unique mental and relational health issues they may be facing. Shelly believes that taking time to focus on mental and relational health will help to protect the humanity of founders, and in turn, protect and support the entire business. Shelly is passionate about helping founders, investors, and accelerators understand the importance of mental and relational health in a business setting. She often spends time talking to them about how to take care of this aspect of their business in order to ensure its success. At Good Human Work, Shelly and her team are dedicated to helping founders, teams, and organizations take care of their mental health and relationships in order to create a healthy business environment. Through their therapy and business services, they strive to help organizations achieve success and longevity. Learn more about Good Human Work at goodhumanwork.com Smells Like Humans Like listening to funny friends discuss curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the showRate the show: If you enjoyed this episode, please consider providing an honest rating of the show here www.mentalhealthtodayshow.com/reviews/new . Disclaimer: The Mental Health Today Show is for educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as therapy. If you are seeking therapy, please contact a licensed therapist for help.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication1956 forbidden planet movie machinery machine technics sweden tekniska museet . @Batchelorshow 1/2: #ArtificialIntelligence: Foundational Models argued to be genuine and perhaps unlimited competition for human work. 1/2: #AI: Birth of the Foundational Models. Ludwig Siegele, Economist. (Originally posted June 28, 2022) https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/huge-foundation-models-are-turbo-charging-ai-progress Update Description Erik Brynjolfsson, an economist at Stanford, worries that an obsession with scale and person-like abilities will push societies into what he calls a “Turing trap”. He argues in a recent essay that this focus lends itself to the automation of human activities using brute computational force when alternative approaches could focus on augmenting what people do. And as more people lose their jobs their ability to bargain for a fair share of the benefits of automation will be stymied, leaving wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands. “With that concentration comes the peril of being trapped in an equilibrium in which those without power have no way to improve their outcomes,” he writes 

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. forbidden planet movie machinery machine technics sweden tekniska museet @Batchelorshow 2/2: #ArtificialIntelligence: Foundational Models argued to be genuine and perhaps unlimited competition for human work. 2/2: #AI: Birth of the Foundational Models. Ludwig Siegele, Economist. (Originally posted June 28, 2022) https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/huge-foundation-models-are-turbo-charging-ai-progress Update Description Erik Brynjolfsson, an economist at Stanford, worries that an obsession with scale and person-like abilities will push societies into what he calls a “Turing trap”. He argues in a recent essay that this focus lends itself to the automation of human activities using brute computational force when alternative approaches could focus on augmenting what people do. And as more people lose their jobs their ability to bargain for a fair share of the benefits of automation will be stymied, leaving wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands. “With that concentration comes the peril of being trapped in an equilibrium in which those without power have no way to improve their outcomes,” he writes 

Subscribe here to my FREE daily messages, directly in your inbox (+ bonuses!) https://www.raphaelreiter.com   If you would like to support the channel, you can buy me a coffee via:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/raph   Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raphael.reiter     Daily message podcast transcript:     Joy for human beings lies in proper human work "Joy for human beings lies in proper human work. And proper human work consists in: acts of kindness to other human beings, disdain for the stirrings of the senses, identifying trustworthy impressions, and contemplating the natural order and all that happens in keeping with it." - Marcus Aurelius The stoics believed that Joy, true unshakeable inner Joy, was to be differentiated from fleeting, impermanent moments of happiness from overeating, over-drinking, over fu*king, and overspending on luxurious experiences and objects. For them, Joy came from living life in symbiosis with the logical flow of Nature (Logos) (soooo similar to the Tao.) The Summum Bonum - the highest good - for the Stoics was indeed to live with a good soul (Eudaimonia) with the purpose of serving the community, the empire, and all the citizens of the world. Duty was more critical than purpose, and this is what we should focus on, as purpose has too much engagement from our Egos. And so the question is this: Do you serve your team, your products, your company, and your colleagues in a way that can bring you true joy? Remember that "Joy for human beings lies in proper human work." Freud said that too, much later, explaining that there were two essential human needs: Love (+ sex) and Work. Another story for another time. For today, focus on what really matters in your work. Prioritize in a way that makes your duties a better workplace, serving your team as a true leader naturally does. I have just launched a brand new newsletter on an empathy-driven, “holistic” approach to leadership. If you want to receive daily short articles directly in your inbox (no spam guaranteed) then please sign up below. Thanks for your support, and I patiently wait for your feedback! Sign up here

Time to get into the Tree of Sephirot and Eva's ties to the Kabbalah. LETS GO. But not too much… No Spoilers. Meanwhile, we find more similarities between the fumbling patriarchal political infrastructure of Eva and our own; everyone is playing Dr. Strangelove and as usual, Boomers are getting in the way of a strong woman saving the day.And then a fan favorite arrives to drive Steph insane and make the show's cast of teen boys horny: Asuka has landed ya'll. Toji commits a felony and we all cringe. We meet Kaji who indulges the kids in even more inappropriate banter.

For our final episode of season one, we're bringing you a fantastic interview with Group Chief Executive - Technology & Chief Technology Officer of Accenture, Paul Daugherty. Not only does Paul Oversee Accenture's technology business globally and lead their technology and innovation strategy, technology R&D, ventures, and ecosystem groups, he is also a speaker, media-commentator and author. His latest book, Radically Human: How New Technology is Transforming Business and Shaping Our Future, received critical acclaim which Paul and Sinan discussed amongst many other topics including: Path to CTO, Lessons Learned, Technology Trends + Disruptions (2:28-11:51)The Metaverse and the Transformation of Organizations (11:59-18:31)Unlocking the Potential of AI and Human Work in Business (18:39-27:36)5 Key Ideas for Managers to Radically Rethink Technology (27:44-39:43)How Web3 is Transforming Business and The Importance of Creating Trust with Customers (39:52-52:41)Live, Learn and Teach: 3 Words to Drive Success (52:49-55:50)If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share it with your friends, family and colleagues so they can catch up over the break and we'll catch you in early 2023 for season 2! Visit ide.mit.edu/podcast for more.Follow @sinanaral and @mit_ide on Twitter and @professorsinan and @digitalinsiderpod on Instagram and TikTok.Please remember to rate us and leave a review - the best way to support the podcast.

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com--Series: Work that Physically Lasts for EternityDevotional: 3 of 5You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. (Revelation 4:11)Last week, we saw evidence from Revelation 21 and Isaiah 60 that some of our work has a shot at physically lasting into eternity. But since that idea seems too good to be true, today I want to look at three other pieces of evidence for this idea.First, it's simply not in God's nature to ask his children to create things only to destroy them. In Genesis 1:28, God issued the First Commission to humankind: to fill the earth. Pastor Timothy Keller points out that this is a call to “not just procreation, but also cultural creation.” And it's simply not in God's character to watch his children obey that command by making bicycles, software, and Nutella only to throw those creations away. Good earthly fathers don't do that. Do we really think our perfect heavenly father will?Second, by redeeming the work of our hands, God will get greater glory. Randy Alcorn nails this saying, “Some may think it silly or sentimental to suppose that nature, animals, paintings, books, or a baseball bat might be resurrected. It may appear to trivialize the coming resurrection. I would suggest that it does exactly the opposite: It elevates resurrection, emphasizing the power of Christ to radically renew mankind—and far more.”Read today's passage again. The saints are singing, “You are worthy, our Lord…for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." Commenting on this passage, Andy Crouch asks, "Wouldnʼt it be strangely empty to sing that song in a new world where all those things…were now only a memory?" Of course it would! By redeeming our sin-ladened work and carrying some of it onto the New Earth, God will get greater glory, which is precisely the point of eternity.Finally, the scars on Jesus's hands give us further evidence that some work will last forever. Think about it. Jesus's resurrected body included “nail marks” from when the Romans hung him on the cross (see John 20:24-27). And what are those marks? The work of human hands. The brilliant theologian, Dr. Darrell Cosden, explains that "the crucifixion was a ‘work' carried out by many people…And since [Jesus's] body, still containing those scars, is now ascended back into the Godhead, the results of at least this particular ‘human work' are guaranteed to carry over into God's as well as our own future and eternal reality."Of course, the fact that the wicked work of the Roman soldiers and what John and Isaiah called “the glory of the nations” are physically present for eternity raises an important question: Which work will last and which won't? We'll attempt to answer that question together next week.

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Continuing on with our nuggets of wisdom surrounding our work and our notion of human work, in this MM, we turn to Timothy Keller in his very insightful book, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's WorkKey Points from the Episode:Why is doing our work well a form of co-operating with God in his creative work?Why is there a dignity in all forms of good human work?Should manual labor be more appreciated vs knowledge, information or intellectual work? Other resources:More goodnessGet our top book recommendations listWant to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!Because we care what you think about what we think and our website, please email David@teammojoacademy.com, or if you want to leave us a quick FREE, painless voicemail, we would appreciate that as well.Be sure to check out our very affordable Academy Review membership program at http:www.teammojoacademy.com/support

On this episode of Transform Talks, Ardeshir Mehran, Founder and Principal at Human Work Studio, joins host Maria Villablanca.   Maria and Ardeshir dive into mental wellness or, as Ardeshir sees it, emotional wellness. Mental implies the mind or only the brain. In reality, mental health and mental illnesses are composed of feelings that radiate throughout the body.   Anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are a few examples of mental illnesses. All of them impact more than just the mind.   Ardeshir illuminates the subject that is often taboo to discuss or even admit in leadership positions in the business world. Depression fought is actually a gift, he says.   He addresses the issue or common thought of having too many problems or fires going on in life to consider emotional wellness. Ardeshir breaks down this mirage of complacency around your body's health. Your mind should follow your body's messages rather than the other way around.   Listen to the entire episode to learn more and hear Ardeshir walk through an exercise to determine if you have anxiety.   References: Human Work Studio Body Keeps the Score

On this special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, producer Mason Pashia is joined by Tom Vander Ark and Shawnee Caruthers to celebrate the approximately 400th episode of the Getting Smart Podcast.  They discuss why Getting Smart started a podcast in the first place, run through a quick lightning round of favorite moments and laugh a lot.  Episodes mentioned in the episode:  Dr. Roberta McFarland on The Magic of Outdoor Education   Joe Erpelding on Magical Schools and Thrively   EduCatered: Ululani Shiraishi 100 Days of Conversation Project and The Importance of Community Agreements Chris Emdin on STEM, STEAM, Make Dream Summit Tech Academy on Learning Pathways Immokalee High School on Entrepreneurship and Projects That Serve Community Embark Education on Embedding Learning in Business Jamie Merisotis on Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines Clifton Taulbert on Habits of the Heart Timothy Jones on HipHopEd and Techniques4Learning Erin Jones on Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing Dr. Trish Scanlon on How Voice Technologies Should Work For Kids Dr. Angela Duckworth on Developing Character The Future of Learning with Dr. Pamela Moran, Byron Sanders and Dr. Ed Hess Stephanie Krauss on Readiness, Opportunity, and The Right to a Decent Life Michelle Weise on Long Life Learning  Chelsea Craig and Dr. Anthony Craig on Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Leading

Sociologist James Hughes shares his thoughts on how libertarian transhumanism allows for cognitive liberty and bodily autonomy, the ethical implications of using enhancement technologies to amplify human virtues, and the challenge of being a techno-optimist. James Hughes, the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), and as Senior Research Fellow at UMB's Center for Applied Ethics. He holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Chicago where he taught bioethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Dr. Hughes has taught health policy, bioethics, medical sociology and research methods at Northwestern University, the University of Connecticut, and Trinity College. Dr. Hughes is author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future (2004) and is co-editor of Surviving the Machine Age: Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work (2017). In 2005 Dr. Hughes co-founded the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) with Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, and since then has served as its Executive Director. Dr. Hughes serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Evolution and Technology, and as co-founder of the Journal of Posthuman Studies. Find out more: futurespodcast.net CREDITS Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason FOLLOW Twitter: twitter.com/futurespodcast Facebook: facebook.com/futurespodcast Instagram: instagram.com/futurespodcast

Work is a constant in everyone's life.  While we can enjoy it or we can suffer from it we cannot avoid it.  But how can I make it better both for myself and for the people that I manage and the people who benefit from it?  And if I work in business how can I ensure that my business remains ethical – truly focused on the true good?  The key is to look at work and business from the human perspective.  It is something done for the human person – for the benefit of everyone else.

Chances are there are areas of your business that are full of repetitive tasks. Tasks that are tedious and time consuming and take you away from your main mission. What if a "robot" could do it for you? By robot, we mean a thoughtful series of marketing and operations automations. In this podcast we sit with Tom Nassr, founder and CEO of Xray Tech and discuss ways to separate and automate robot work so human capital can be more effectively deployed. For more information on this podcast, visit us online. Have feedback on the show? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at podcast@level.agency.

In this special episode of Team Anywhere, Mitch and Ginny recap lessons they have learned from previous guests, and share insights and tools that can be immediately put to use. Dubbed as the “Team Anywhere Toolkit,” this guide provides leaders with actionable items that can truly impact their organization as they team anywhere.As Mitch and Ginny introduce their first-ever toolkit, they reflect on the lessons shared by David Mead (Episode #78) and Jennifer Moss (Episode #79) on being honest, humble and human, and on building social and emotional health that energizes teams through meaningful events and inclusive conversations.Topics inside:The Team Anywhere ToolkitBeing Honest, Humble and HumanListen First, Speak LaterWhat is Social Emotional Health?Read the FULL summary here!

Listen as Daniel and I talk about the release of "Human Work" in honor of it's one year anniversary, Horror movies from the 80's to today, and much more on this week's episode!

This is the Audio-version only of my new bi-weekly show on multiple platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. You can watch the video version of the stream on https://youtu.be/cC_DlYvCiEk On this Episode: Machines are getting smart. AI, fuelled by machine learning brings the end of routine-tasks for us. Yet it's NOT the end of Human Work - it's just the end of (some) routines. How can we get ready? I think that in a digital and fully interconnected world (ETA 2030) it will not be our technology that differentiates us - it will be our HUMANITY. It will not be our efficiency, our productivity, our optimization or our smartness and powerful intellect that will 'beat' the machines - it will be our human-only skills. It will be everything that machines have a hard time with. Recall the Moravec Paradox: whatever is simply for a human, is hard for a machine (and vice versa). So what are 'human-only' skills and traits? To start with, imagination, intuition, emotions, ethics, values, compassion, empathy and consciousness. Machines are binary but humans are multinary. Organisms aren't algorithms (yes, I will explain) and while we should try hard to build machines that have competence we should not strive for them to develop consciousness (see Stuart Russell 'Human Compatible). If your job is 100% routine i.e. commodity work (and indeed very very few jobs really are) the machines - software and hardware - will take your job. If your job is something like 50% routine you need to start adding unique values that are not routines or can be commoditised. Values that machines won't match anytime soon - what I call the Androrithms. Thus, the future also entails a total reboot of learning, education and training. STEM education must be matched with what I call HECI - humanities, ethics, creativity and imagination. Watch my 2020 film 'How the future works' www.howthefutureworks.tv Our ultimate job is... to be human! I started with a 15 minute presentation on the future of work, showing some brand-new memes, and then I took questions and comments from the audience using Youtube and LinkedIn comments.

In this episode of The Support Automation Show, a podcast by Capacity, Justin Schmidt is joined by Stacy Sherman, Speaker, Author, Podcaster, Mentor at Doing CX Right. They discuss how businesses can perfect the balance between humans and automation to accomplish future goals and why effective communication with the customer is crucial to achieving that.

Twenty-first century automation is fueling an ongoing debate around the future of work. Is the end to human labor around the corner? Will robots replace us? The short answer is no. The longer answer is that work is changing fast and will likely require the capacity to adapt and constant upgrading of skills. In this episode of https://www.aei.org/tag/hardly-working-podcast/?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAF9KfTfNiRkR7JCXOsJvRbevxCO3nMl-XtXSqF54YBAEANboiUHrALvJArF5D8iy0z5tTXHNqErpnP_a2ax6Fc ("Hardly Working"), I was joined by https://www.jamiemerisotis.com/jamie-merisotis/ (Jamie Merisotis), president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation to discuss what automation means for work. We discussed his most recent book https://www.jamiemerisotis.com/books/human-work-in-the-age-of-smart-machines/ (Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines), the connection between education and employment, the value of human abilities, and what the future workforce may look like and require of us.  Mentioned During the Episode:  https://www.jamiemerisotis.com/jamie-merisotis/ (Jamie Merisotis's Website)  https://www.jamiemerisotis.com/books/human-work-in-the-age-of-smart-machines/ (Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines) https://www.jamiemerisotis.com/books/america-needs-talent/ (American Needs Talent) Twitter: @jamiemerisotis  https://www.luminafoundation.org/ (Lumina) https://www.luminafoundation.org/ (Foundation Website) https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/lure-so-so-technology-and-how-to-avoid-it (On Automation of Repetitive Tasks) https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/minding-our-workforce-the-role-of-noncognitive-skills-in-career-success/ (Minding Our Workforce: The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Career Success) https://www.aei.org/economics/yes-ai-can-create-more-jobs-than-it-destroys-heres-how/ (On Technology Creating Jobs) https://lawliberty.org/unemployment-real-value-work/ (Brent Orrell on the Real Value of Work) https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/27/new-graduates-may-lack-skills-they-need-success-work/5239641001/ (Brent Orrell on “Soft Skills” and University Education) https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-ai-can-amplify-human-competencies/ (Ken Goldberg on Human-Machine Complementarity) https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/from-covid-to-complementarity-a-new-era-of-human-work/ (Jamie Merisotis on Human Work) https://www.aei.org/podcast/restoring-the-dignity-of-work/ (Hardly Working on Restoring the Dignity to Work) https://www.gallup.com/workplace/275417/employees-work-matters-managers-help.aspx (Gallup Poll on Work That Matters) https://www.marketwatch.com/story/universal-basic-income-is-the-wrong-answer-for-workers-hurt-by-a-changing-job-market-11603283803 (James Merisotis On Universal basic income) https://abc7chicago.com/aaron-meier-coronavirus-in-san-francisco-covid-19-sf/6025874/ (On the Garbage Collector Staying Optimistic During COVID-19) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-home-health-aide.html (NY Times on Home Care Aides During COVID-19) https://www.today.com/food/emotional-photo-domino-s-workers-texas-goes-viral-t209522 (Photo of Domino's Pizza Workers in Texas) https://www.futureofworkhub.info/comment/2021/4/15/theres-no-i-in-team-or-humanor-robot-they-need-to-work-together (Jamie Merisotis on Hybrid Work Models) https://merionwest.com/2021/05/24/in-a-future-driven-by-artificial-intelligence-career-adjacency-offers-humans-agency/ (James Meristis on Preparing People for Career Adjacency ) https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-search-for-stability-a-review-of-worker-transitions/ (Rachel Lipson and David Demming on Worker Transitions) https://www.luminafoundation.org/aof/clear-pathways-to-credentials/ (Lumina Foundation on Credentials and Pathways) https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20210210a.htm (Fed Chair Jerome Powell Speech on the Labor Market)...

The Dawn has finally arrived after a rough morning of difficult Human Work for the Rancid Tacos. Saddle up your horses and sharpen your spears for part two of Ape April! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rancidtacos/support

“We know from history that technology both creates and destroys jobs, and we don’t know what will happen this time around,” says Jamie Merisotis, author of the new book Human Work in the Age of Machines, “but I do think we should be more interested in the work that humans can do, because that is clearly something we can control by better preparing people for that human work.” That preparation needs to focus on nurturing “foundational human capabilities” that set us apart from machines – compassion, empathy, ethics and creativity to name a few. As he reveals in his book, Merisotis believes the end result can be a collaborative relationship between workers and technology. As President and CEO of Lumina Foundation, Merisotis has been a driving force in increasing access to post-secondary education not only for its economic benefits but because of the role education plays in cultivating the critical thinking essential to a functioning democratic society. Check out this revealing conversation with Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan about rethinking how we can restructure education, work and benefits to better meet the challenges and opportunities upon us.