When the Transforming the American Workplace blog launched back in 2012, I began with a platform of answering questions that I would receive from a few readers. After 3 months or so, I didn’t receive questions, so I decided upon another approach. I began to delve into the idea of transforming the workplace, connecting it …
Category: Jobs&Job Culture
Winter, 2017 Learning and the Bottom Line
Learning is serious business in this country, especially learning in order to earn or secure employment. Children are taught early the value of education and its relationship to earning a living; a good job puts food on the table and pays the bills. Learning to earn is the key to financial success and security. But …
Working, Earning and Suffering: It is What It is
The call for a New Narrative that heals the separation between who we are and how we are living on Earth is sounding louder. The profound suffering that has and continues to characterize our earthly sojourn, among human and nonhuman families and communities alike, can no longer be ignored. The degeneration of the biosphere and …
June 2017 – “An Invitation to a New Narrative,” by Akilah t’Zuberi; Laurie Thompson, editor
Northeast and South Philadelphia have several 70’s style diners. Many of them are open 24 hours. At times, when I found myself writing or creating a piece into the wee hours of the night, and if I hadn’t cooked and didn’t have anything I could prepare quickly, I would grab my reader or my notebook, …
June, 2017 Introduction and Instructions for the 30-Day Workplace Challenge
June, 2017 Introduction and Instructions for the 30-Day Workplace Challenge Every day there are more U.S. employees who are unhappy with their jobs. Unhappiness gives rise to high rates of disengagement. Roughly 17% of U.S. employees are emotionally engaged in what they do at work, and naturally this low engagement rate affects how businesses operate. …