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• Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:47 AM

  Career Blogs are For Older Workers Too

  Workplace experiences and career advice seem to be a source of endless fascination for 20-somethings, and entire communities of blogs have sprung up offering all kinds of peer-to-peer guidance on everything from getting past the job interview to personal Read More... Posted by Rob | 3 Comments Filed under: Boomers, economics, aging

• Monday, April 06, 2009 7:58 AM

  Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Crisis Part 4: New Blood or Blood in the Streets?

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• Friday, April 03, 2009 8:11 AM

  Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Crisis Part 3: Institutional Stagnation or Managed Growth?

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• Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:48 PM

  Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Crisis: Part 2

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• Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:59 AM

  Four Scenarios for the Outcome of the Economic Downturn: Introduction

  As part of my work with Dan Rasmus at Microsoft, we're revisiting the scenario planning framework we developed in 2003 (as explained in our book, Listening to the Future ) in light of current events. The following few posts will outline my own "unofficial" Read More... Posted by Rob | 4 Comments Filed under: futurism, economics, Social Trends, scenarios

• Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:28 PM

  The Vanishing Point

  " I suffer from attention surplus disorder , Fraa Orolo liked to say, as if it were funny." This line really stood out to me when I heard author Neal Stephenson read from his new book, Anathem , last Monday. Stephenson, along with William Gibson, Bruce Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: economics, Social Trends

• Friday, March 07, 2008 1:53 PM

  Will Millennials be as Picky in a Down Job Market?

  One of the main issues on the minds of employers is the well-documented willingness of young employees to up and leave if things aren't to their liking. According to a study by the Pew Research Center published in January, 2007, 72 percent of Millennials Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: economics, Millennials, workforce development

• Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:25 PM

  Tunnel Vision

  Over the weekend, the New York Times Magazine ran an excerpt from Parag Khanna's new book under the headline " Waving Goodbye to Hegemony ." It spins a future scenario in which US economic, cultural and diplomatic power cannot recover from the damage Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: futurism, economics, Social Trends

• Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:23 AM

  The End of Imperfect Capitalism

  Economists despise information asymmetries in markets, because theoretically, "perfect" information leads to optimized pricing. That is, the price of everything reflects the highest amount people are willing to pay, so the allocation of resources best Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: futurism, economics, IT