- South Korea’s Keynesian Experiment Goes Global: (Since this came up in conversation this week, and interesting look at their growth and cultural differences)
Hong relates many anecdotes illustrating these points with a sympathy for Korea and Koreans, although laissez-faire minded Westerners will likely view such experiences with bemusement and perhaps even dismay. That all-American personality type, the “bad boy,” so prominent in American pop culture, is non-existent in Korea, Hong tells us.
- IBM did a study about millennials and it got a ton of coverage this week:
The IBM research suggests that millennials change jobs for the same reasons other generations do and are no more likely than older colleagues to leave a job to follow their passions. In fact, millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers are all two times more likely to leave a job to enter the “fast lane”—i.e., to make more money and work in a more innovative environment—than for any other reason, including saving the world.
http://blog.hreonline.com/2015/02/20/rethinking-millennial-myths/
- Places to take micro-breaks during the work day
http://lifehacker.com/five-peaceful-places-to-take-micro-retreats-during-the-1686830527 - Public Speaking tips…
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/9-guaranteed-ways-become-public-speaking-master.html
