Is it really necessary to have a fiery passion at work if you want to work well and draw satisfaction from it? The passion-at-work myth is ever present, but can make some workers feel guilty. In Dilbert’s universe (the comic strip), the work setting is a gloomy place where employees—imprisoned by their cubicles—punch out and […]
Although it’s the stuff of dreams, Artificial Intelligence (AI) also makes many people fearful of losing their jobs. AI could eliminate 7 million jobs by 2020 and only create 2 million, a net loss of 5 million positions in 3 years. Confronted by these figures, should we be alarmed? This study from Klaus Schwab and […]
Having been challenged for twenty years now, unions are losing their attractiveness and pull. Unionization campaigns are more puzzling than ever. Rather than a workers’ lack of interest, this decline reflects the current conditions of a difficult and unequal labour market. A kingdom of unions in North America, Quebec has one of the highest unionization […]
