Tag: University of Washington
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To pivot: a change in direction, sometimes despite great present-day success. Breathless future-facing magazines laud this move. Indeed, Fast Company’s “The Pivot” series does so as it: …explores those destiny-altering decisions made by companies that have gone on to great success. Read more about their course corrections–and alternate endings. I’ve recently experienced four occasions of “pivoting”,…
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Learning and work are becoming inseparable in the knowledge economy: what it means for professionals
People will need to learn constantly and increase their skills. It is no longer reasonable to expect that a large upfront investment in schooling will pay back over a lifetime. The economy and technology now change too quickly for students to keep up: a computer language learned in a four-year degree programme might be obsolete…
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Ten years ago, I officially ended my career path in television journalism when I started my own company with my wife, HRH Media. After ultimately resigning from two staff positions at NBC (as a producer) and CBC (as a reporter), I saw a 6-month contractual offer from NBC to cover the war in Iraq as…
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[UPDATED OCT 21 2013] Last year I promised myself that I would find a way to meet and interview Jeff Bezos. Although I have a number of students, alumni and friends who work at the company he founded, the Amazon CEO is famously sparing in his on-camera appearances. He recently only appeared on TV to…
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