The MBA used to be a pre-requisite for a corporate job, a ticket to a high salary, more or less for life. But our economy has shifted; corporate loyalty has waned and those once coveted jobs, are both harder to come by and far less secure. The MBA remains more or less the same but a new kind of MBA is required to prepare students for these new volatile, uncertain economic currents. The emphasis needs to be less on getting a job and more on creating jobs for yourself and others.
In the following interview, Florida talks about the latest workplace and economic trends affecting business owners and employees, the impact of technology and automation, why we need a new social compact and gives his best career advice.
Live the first-best life you want, stop living in a state of “managed dissatisfaction” and “upgrade” your life by doing what you love.
London has emerged from nearly a century of British decline to take its place at the very apex of global capitalism cannot be denied. In an era in which cities have become the principle organizing units of the global economy, London stands head and
shoulders above all but a handful of its urban peers.3 New investments have turned East London’s Tech City into a centre of start-up and venture capital activity. Talent has the most expensive places on the planet to live.
The Ontario government was right to raise its minimum wage, and to introduce legislation that would peg future increases to inflation. But the new legislation should also take into account the significant differences in costs of living across the province. It should include provisions to index the minimum wage on a geographic basis.
This Creative Entertaining video suggests some different ways you can show some love, whether you’re single, married, or dating this Red Hot Valentine’s Day.
Who are the thought leaders shaping today’s discourse on the future of society and the economy? Whose ideas are defining and changing our lives? GDI has measured the influence of the world’s most important thinkers and presents the “Global Thought Leader Map”.
Buying a home today may not be the life-long investment it has been in the past.
This latest Creative Entertaining video suggests some fun ideas to add to the fun of the 2014 Winter Olympic games.