Caught the news this morning that Apple begun moving employees into its new, futuristic, spaceship-looking, and $5 Billion costing campus in Callifornia last week. The space (or space ship) seems to be by all accounts incredible, (and I suppose for $5B it had better be), and reading the article over and looking at some of the pics of the new …
Steve Boese Reminds Us Innovation is About People, Not Projects
In between games of the NBA playoffs this weekend and as I was digging through a couple of weeks of ‘saved’ items in my Feed reader, (anyone still using feed readers?), I came across a link to a Quora thread aiming to address the question ‘What made Xerox PARC, (the legendary reseearch shop in Palo Alto), so special?’ One of …
Steve Boese Advises It’s Better To Have a Job When You’re Looking For a Job
As the 2007-2008 financial crisis and subsequent economic recession fade further and further into the distance, we don’t in 2017 talk about unemployment all that much. The sustained recovery in the labor market has pushed unemployment to near “full employment” levels of about 4.5% in the US, and in many sectors and job roles most employers would report ‘good help …
Steve Boese, Matt Stollak and Kris Dunn Report From The NBA Summer League
FOT had two writers in Las Vegas last weekend (Steve Boese and Kris Dunn) as well as a longtime friend (Matt Stollak) to cover the NBA Summer League. Together, they represent the majority of the 8-Man Rotation. See the links below for their reports from Vegas: Steve Boese – 5 Quick Takes On Talent from the NBA Summer League Matt …
Steve Boese shares #BenefitsConf Opening Message: Meet People Where They Are, Not Where You Want Them To Be
I am out at the 4th Annual Health & Benefits Leadership Conference for the next few days and will (if plans don’t get derailed because, well, Vegas), be sharing some ideas and highlights from the event, including at least one HR Happy Hour Show from the event. The opening keynote at the show was given by Alexandra Drane, Co-Founder of …
Steve Boese says It’s after 5PM: Don’t you even THINK about replying to that email
Clearing out a bunch of ‘saved for later’ articles in my feed reader this past weekend and I came across this gem from our pals at the Washington Post – France may pass a law allowing people to ignore work emails at home. Here is all you need to know on this, (in case you couldn’t figure out the gist …
From All Star To Unemployed: How High Performance Can Be Fleeting
Lost in the shuffle of the recent NBA All Star Game and weekend and the trade deadline that passed last week, was a small bit of NBA news that many casual fans may have missed, or at least not paid it much attention. Here is the news that I am referring to: Boston Celtics release veteran forward David Lee, 32. …
Steve Boese shares CHART OF THE DAY: Is it a good time to find a quality job?
Guess what? CHART OF THE DAY is back for another year of stats, data, and information about work, labor markets, demographics, basketball, and Tom Cruise movies. For new blog readers, here is a quick reminder of how CHART OF THE DAY works. First, I find what I think is an interesting chart, graph, Venn diagram, or my favorite an exploding …
In Case You Are Not Done Shopping, I’d Like A Flip Phone For Christmas
So Christmas is a couple of days away, and I bet if you are actually reading this today it is only to provide a brief respite from your crazed last-minute preparations (if you are someone who celebrates the holiday) or your internal seething of having to be stuck at work picking up the slack for everyone else who has already …
VIDEO: Weird Science with Steve Boese – The Future of HR Technology
Who better than Steve Boese, Co-Chair of the biggest HR conference of the year–the HR Technology Conference–to join Weird Science host, Tim Sackett, to chat about future trends in human resources technology. Coming off this year’s HR Tech Conference, Steve brings us the inside scoop on the continued integration of predictive analytics, as well as the use of cloud technology, in future-thinking talent acquisition …