The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death
It does require a fairly dystopian strain of doublethink for a company to celebrate how hard and how constantly its employees must work to make a living, given that these … Continue reading
Executive Women, Finding (and Owning) Their Voice
What does it mean for women to have a “voice” in meetings? How can they navigate perceptions around assertiveness, particularly when they are often judged more harshly than men? And … Continue reading
‘Lean In’: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Explains What’s Holding Women Back
Of all the posters plastered around Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters — “Move Fast and Break Things,” “Done Is Better Than Perfect” and “Fail Harder” — Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg … Continue reading
Panera Bakers Battle For A Union In A Union-Free World
Given their designation as craftsmen, a number of Panera Bread bakers in Michigan decided a year and a half ago that they wanted to join a union to improve working … Continue reading
How to Communicate Dissent at Work
The question of who should be on the receiving end of your dissent is an important one. To bring about any real change, you’ll need to express your ideas to someone … Continue reading
It’s not the end of men – but the rules of the game need changing
To a large extent, the newly fashioned workplace is a victory not for feminism, but for capitalism. Since the 1980s economists have used the term “the feminisation of labour” to … Continue reading
Spain’s Crisis Reignites an Old Social Conflict
Outmaneuvering the police, hundreds of jobless farmworkers charged through a hole in a fence and turned the manicured gardens of a vacant estate here in Spain’s agricultural heartland into a … Continue reading
Disney Finds a Cure for the Common Stereotype With ‘Doc McStuffins’
For decades many African-Americans have voiced conflicted feelings about Disney… Disney has worked overtime in recent years to leave that past behind, and a surprising groundswell of support from black … Continue reading
