In a radical break with the past, information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into its stream. Individuals and companies can no longer rely on the stocks of knowledge that they’ve carefully built up and stored away. Information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into the stream. But many of us remain stuck in old practices—practices that could undermine us as we search for success and meaning. In this revolutionary book, three doyens of the Internet age, whose path-breaking work has made headlines around the world, reveal the adjustments we must make if we take these changes seriously. In a world of increasing risk and opportunity, we must understand the importance of pull. Understood and used properly, the power of pull can draw out the best in people and institutions by connecting them in ways that increase understanding and effectiveness. Pull can turn uncertainty into opportunity, and enable small moves to achieve outsized impact. Drawing on pioneering research, The Power of Pull shows how to apply its principles to unlock the hidden potential of individuals and organizations, and how to use it as a force for social change and the development of creative talent. The authors explore how to use the power of pull to:
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<li>Access new sources of information</li>
<li>Attract likeminded individuals from around the world</li>
<li>Shape serendipity to increase the likelihood of positive chance encounters</li>
<li>Form creation spaces to drive you and your colleagues to new heights</li>
<li>Transform your organization to adapt to the flow of knowledge</li>
</ul>
 The Power of Pull is essential reading for entrepreneurs, managers, and anybody interested in understanding and harnessing the shifting forces of our networked world.

Power of Pull

Business & Money

Hagel, John

Economics

Basic Books

The sinister notion that machines will someday kill all jobs has been around for at least 200 years. Yes, machines can replace people at work or change the work that is needed, and they always have. At the same time, the labor force participation in the world has remained quite stable for many generations, and on the whole, the middle class has been growing worldwide. Innovation can both kill and create work. i4j—Innovation for Jobs—is a leadership forum discussing how to disrupt unemployment and eradicate joblessness. All people can create value—but for that to happen, we need to develop a people-centered, rather than a task-centered, economy. Today, we are very far from that. According to Gallup, of the five billion people on this planet aged fifteen or older, three billion work in some way. Most of them want full-time jobs, but only 1.3 billion have them. Of these, only 13 percent are fully engaged in their work, giving and receiving its full value. This terrible waste of human capacity and mismanagement of people’s desire to create value for each other is more than just very bad business. It is an insult to ourselves and to all human beings. We believe there are ways to move beyond the habit of rejecting and mistreating ourselves in this way. The good news is that this is an epic opportunity for entrepreneurs. Soon, virtually everyone will have a smartphone, allowing innovations for the first time to compete for the value-creating capacity of people everywhere, around the clock. We can begin to focus on raising the value of people, rather than only lowering the cost of tasks. All people can be offered jobs that are tailored to match their unique sets of skills, talents, and passions with the most valuable opportunities. People need jobs to raise families. Gigs are too unpredictable. Innovators can find new ways of satisfying the need for jobs—it does not have to be employment.i4j visions: Toward an Innovation-for-Jobs Economy by Vint Cerf and David NordforsChapter 1: The Bifurcation is Near by Philip AuerswaldChapter 2: The First Software Age: Programmable Enterprises Creating New Types of Jobs by Robert B. CohenChapter 3: Mobilizing Ecosystems to Drive Innovation for Jobs by John HagelChapter 4: Innovation Dynamics: Analytics Based on Big Data and Network Graph Science— Implications for Innovation for Jobs (i4j) Initiatives by Daniel L. Harple, Jr.Chapter 5: Accelerating Toward a Jobless Future: The Rise of the Machine and the Human Quest for Meaningful Work by Steve Jurvetson and Mohammad IslamChapter 6: How to Disrupt Unemployment Policy? by Sven Otto LittorinChapter 7: Developing Middle Class Jobs in a Digital Economy by Geoffrey MooreChapter 8: The Supercritical Human Elevated [SHE] Economy by Monique MorrowChapter 9: Innovation for Jobs with Cognitive Assistants: A Service Science Perspective by Jim SpohrerChapter 10: Creative Learning and the Future of Work by J. Philipp Schmidt, Mitchel Resnick, and Joi ItoChapter 11: Can the Health Industry Cure the Ailing Job Market? by Joon YunChapter 12: Creative Learning by Esther Wojcicki

Disrupting Unemployment

Nordfors, David

Cerf, Vint

Senges, Max

Auerswald, Philip

Cohen, Robert B.

Harple, Dan

Islam, Mohammad

Ito, Joi

Jurvetson, Steve

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Journey Beyond Fear: Leverage the Three Pillars of Positivity to Build Your Success

Business Culture

Beyond Our Edge

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