Originally posted on LinkedIn The world has changed a lot since the last time I reflected on HRtech and the future of work last summer. After months of warnings, the technology industry moved forward with massive layoffs, downsizing by nearly 200,000 since the beginning of 2022. Although there are rumblings…

Originally published on LinkedIn, July 2022 As we start to feel the effects of a cooling stock market and the second major economic shock in two years, there is renewed debate around the future of work and what it will actually look like. Only a year ago, there was seemingly…

Wait, we’re doing this forever? The second wave of COVID-19 infections has dashed all illusions of going back to the way things were before. Permanent, radical shifts in corporate policy are becoming more mainstream every day. Whether you call it indefinite WFH, hybrid offices, remote-first, digital by default, or a flipped workplace, there is no…

When I wrote my thesis around the future of work, I outlined the ways in which technology was transforming work into a digital, distributed, and data-driven reality. I never imagined that a global pandemic would catapult us toward that new reality infinitely faster than planned. …

Originally published at https://qz.com on January 27, 2020. 5 Reasons Why Micro-Businesses Will Define the Future of Work Silicon Valley is obsessed with billion-dollar businesses. We are constantly hyping our unicorns-there are now more than 200 of them. As a result, it is easy to forget that 99.9% of US businesses are, in fact, very small. The US alone has…

Many entrepreneurs view the venture capital industry as shrouded in mystery. It can be hard for them — and especially for first-time founders, or those from outside the Bay Area— to separate fundraising myths from reality. Unfortunately, these mistakes often close doors that otherwise should have been opened. In the…

There is something incredibly humbling about Washington DC. Yes, the monuments and Capitol Hill are awe-inspiring, but it’s more than that. It’s the energy. It’s the way that people hustle from building to building in their awkward suits, clutching their piles of documents to their chests. It’s the hushed conversations…

The What, Why, and How of Technology’s Transformation of the Workplace I grew up watching my parents’ jobs slowly get replaced by technology. This had a huge impact on me and my family — financially and emotionally. As my parents now approach retirement age, it is still a critical topic. When I started working on Wall Street during the Financial Crisis…

The future is flipped Originally published at qz.com I am sitting in my office struggling to stay focused, wondering why I need to be here right now. The feeling reminds me of grade school, where I spent most of my class time staring out the window, yearning for the bell to ring so the…