Among the trends Harvard Business Review called out for 2022, the one that really caught my eye was “wellness as the newest metric companies will use to understand their employees.” Wellness as a concept has arguably always been important, but in business, it’s not officially important until it reaches the level of having its own metrics. And after two years of a pandemic, [...]
Science fiction fans of a certain (long ago) era remember with fondness the Doctor Who television show on PBS. It was a nerdy British affair that still holds up pretty well today. But I’m not here to talk about TV. I’m here to talk about a really interesting study some folks conducted. By analyzing the contributors to each Doctor Who episode that aired [...]
What are the best jobs in 2022? It depends how you’re measuring. US News and World Report doesn’t hesitate to rank healthcare roles the highest. When listing their “100 Best Jobs” across industries, healthcare roles constitute four out of ten, with nurse practitioner as the very most desirous healthcare job. Above that? Information security analyst, a job I’m not surprised to see in [...]
There’s always a lot of negative if not downright scary news to ponder. But occasionally you’ll find a nugget of positivity in there, if you look hard enough. Here’s one such nugget: Heading into the early part of 2022, 74% of people claim they feel like they have control over their professional lives. Part of this, of course, is because the war for [...]