What’s Next?

Are You? Amazon announced this week that it’s laying off 14,000 employees—about 5% of its workforce. Paramount Skydance is releasing 1,000 people, and Target is trimming another 800. A story in The Wall Street Journal noted that more and more companies are betting they can get by with fewer employees. That means they’re not replacing […]

What Has Changed—and What Never Will In 2021, I wrote a Resilient Wednesday post about the strength of the job market for candidates. Job seekers had choices, while employers struggled to fill roles. At the time, I added a small warning: “This won’t last forever. Keep learning, keep networking, and keep building your value.” I

Your Life…on the “Back of the Tombstone” A friend of mine reads obituaries every day. He tells me they’re always the same: everyone looks good in print. Accomplishments are polished, quirks get smoothed out, and the messy, complicated, and less-than-pretty parts rarely make it onto the page. That got me wondering: what if we wrote

From backpacks to breakthroughs, this is the time for fresh starts — at any age. Although we’re still a few weeks away from the official turn of the season, the energy of September is already in the air. One friend’s daughter is nervously packing for her first year of college. A couple has their two-year-old

The timeless life skill that still outperforms today’s tech tools. A recent Wall Street Journal story described how tough today’s job market has become—and how career coaching, LinkedIn fees, résumé services, certifications, and conference travel are driving up the cost of finding work. When I lost my last corporate job fifteen years ago, I hired

Last weekend, I played golf with friends, and one of them brought his father, Bob. In his younger days, Bob was an accomplished golfer, having won the club championship numerous times. At 94, his drives may only go 100 yards, but his focus, love of learning, and joy in the game are proof of a

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music…” — John Adams If John Adams were alive today, he might add one more line: “…so that their grandchildren may learn to prompt AI tools with clarity

We spent the week just south of Taos, New Mexico, near the Rio Grande Gorge, accompanying my brother-in-law, Miles, as he passed from this life. It’s hard to believe that just a few months ago, he was with us in Palm Springs for our Christmas gathering. His vibrance and humor were unmistakable—he lit up the

(In keeping with my exploration of how Artificial Intelligence is changing the workplace and our world, I thought I would share my “tongue in cheek” annual review of my ChatGPT bot, whom I’ve named Nellie.) Alright, Nellie, it’s that time again. We’ve been working together for a year or so, and I think it is

In the movie The American President, Annette Bening plays a lobbyist who falls for Michael Douglas, the President. During his reelection campaign, his opponent smears her, accusing her of trading sexual favors for political concessions. After tempers settle, she says: “I don’t understand why so many people who claim to love America clearly hate Americans.”