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The 18 Minute Expert Examination
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Crowdworking: Let the Tail Wag the Dog
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The Rise of the Privileged Worker
by Peter Weddle -
How to Prevent a Wall Street Meltdown in Your Career
by Peter Weddle -
Carrie the Careful Consumer
by Peter Weddle -
Become a Career Activist
by Peter Weddle
The Information Age has done much to expand access to knowledge. Sadly, it has also undermined the value of information. We've become a nation of indiscriminate information sponges. We absorb billions of bits of data -- facts, analyses and opinions -- and, all too often, we accord every single one of them the same credibility and respect. And, in my view, that's a terrible mistake...
The potency of using a "long tail" strategy in selling to consumers was first popularized in an October, 2004 article in Wired magazine. Written by Chris Anderson, it urged companies to abandon their conventional focus on selling a small number of popular items and, instead, retool themselves to...
Look around at the increasing rate of unemployment, and it may seem like an odd time to be talking about "privileged workers." The conventional wisdom, of course, is that, other than overpaid CEOs, there are few people today who would qualify for such a title. And, I would respectfully suggest that exactly the opposite is true....
The past couple of weeks have been hideous for investors. Forget about the risk takers on Wall Street -- they deserve what they're getting -- I'm talking about the working men and women who have watched their 401(k) and mutual fund investments shrink before their very eyes. For many of us...
I received an email the other day from a recruiter with an interesting question. Let's call her Carrie. Or, better yet, Carrie the Careful Consumer. She wrote me to ask about a job board she was considering for some of her employer's staffing requirements. She had noticed that the site displayed the logo...
The most successful people in the world of work understand the importance of professional development. They know that the heart of a healthy career is one's expertise in their profession, craft or trade. More than simply being competent, they want to be experts in the knowledge that defines their field and masters of its application on the job....